Thank you for the quick replies.
katie, should I use the same camera for the front door too? I would want to capture who is coming to the front door. And the street in front of the house. I would say from the front door to the far end of the side walk is about 12ft. I would like capture another 12ft and the whole front.
I decided to go with the DVR Card. The one I chose is expandable to 16 cameras. But I will ultimately used eight, recording at 15fps. The card is 120fps capable.
I will go with the camera you recommended. It cost less. I like the system you recommended too but I could not shell so much $$ at once.
Soundy, I am thinking raid because it will give me more space for recording. A raid setup will make the two drives as one. If something happened I will review and back up what I need on dvd. I will start with one drive. If that suffice I will leave it that way.
Thanks again, your replies give me more confidence for this project. I have not done anything like this before. I will order the camera, dvr card and pwr supplies later today.