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Mr. or Ms. Australian Expert, I like the pinhole camera idea. Can someone point me to one? I've seen the smoke detectors, PIRs, clocks, etc., and all the rest I saw were wireless. Thank you! Sue O

Larry, thanks for that picture. We already have a PIR (our security system) located in the area where I would like the camera. Another PIR would look really strange. I thought about the smoke detector, but putting it near that area would look really tacky also. Thanks. Sorry so long to reply, for some reason I didn't get an email this time alerting me that there were new posts.

Larry, concealed is what I'm looking for. A wide angle view would be nice, but beggars cannot be choosers. Thanks! Sue

Ok, beginning to understand here. This is just coax like cable TV. Larry, the audio connection, what is that? Is it a 3.5mm stereo, or what? And what about the software? Does it come with? It looks like I can get the card and software for around $200? I can cool the heck out of my computer, no problem. I'll just get a Volcano 10, lots of case fans. Now you say Win2K or above. I wasn't aware of much above that. Win XP Home SP1 ok? Yes, I would love suggestions on cameras. I'm overwhelmed when I look at the catalogs as to which is best for me. Thanks for taking the time to help, it's much appreciated! Sue

I'm afraid I'm totally confused now. I have 4 computers in this house. Do I still need a DVR? Two are running XP, one is running ME. and one is running 98. Two of them have video capture cards in them, one has Pinnacle (software rendering) and one has the Hauppage PVR-250 (hardware rendering). I'm also confused about connecting this all up. Say I buy a GV-250. How do I connect my camera(s) to it? There seem to be 2 different types of connectors on the board. Please forgive my ignorance, but I haven't found a tutorial for laywomen. Thanks.

Greg, thanks very much. I totally understand. I wasn't worried about the hard drive space, hard drives are cheap. And I do have existing CAT5 right where I want to put my first camera. But like you say, with two I'm taking up precious router space and clogging up the network. I'm in the US, is that still a good place to contact (Geovision) for me (California)? Thanks much. Sue

Yes, I guess I would be on the wrong forum for webcams. I think a PCI card would be more secure than a webcam anyway. Thanks.

Thanks rory and DVR_Expert. I will check these out, and I'll probably have more questions after I do so. Yes, the DLink is an IP unit. I gather you think that is not such a good idea. I'll be back after I do some research! Thanks again. Sue

Thanks, Larry. I would like to do both, watch from the web and store video and audio for later viewing/listening. I'd like to keep it under $1000 if possible. I'm going to start with 1 camera, and originally I was hoping to only spend around $350 for that. I was originally looking at the DLink DCS-2000. I don't know if that is a good choice or not. Thanks. Sue