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Not a problem. Thanks for the due diligence

Mike, Did you get a chance to put together the comparison sheet for the DVR's yet? Thanks

First, the break-ins were occuring during the daytime, but now they are starting to do so in the middle of the night, when the lights inside my home are off and an infrared camera would come in very handy. Understanding that I will not be purchasing a top of the line camera with high-def resolution, or a 4CIF D1 DVR capable of recording at the best quality, would a combination of a G4-LTA DVR and G4-400HPT cameras be a good solution for my home? Would a G4-4XLA be a better choice? FYI Mike, I already posted a request on another thread for a comparison of these DVRs, so I won't ask again in this thread. Any camera can be a good deterrent when displayed in full view, but if someone does decide to snoop around my door to look in to see whether I have a surveillance system, I would like to be able to have a somewhat reasonable recording of them doing so, so I can give a copy to the police if need be. And if they decide to break in in the middle of the night, I would hope that I can provide a decent enough recording as well, given the rare chance that they would not be covering their face and would actually look in the direction of the camera. I realize the camera may be a bit much for indoor home surveillance, but I would rather be safe than sorry. Is there another camera you would recommend for my home? Mike, do you predominantly sell to businesses, or do you have enough home sales? Thank you for taking your time out of your weekend to answer these questions!

Thanks, Mike. I'll be looking forward to it!

Please excuse my ignorance as I am quite new to this market and am learning as I go along... My intent is to set up a 4 camera surveillance system in my home to complement my security system. There have been a few recent break-ins in the neighborhood, so I am looking for a peace of mind when I am away from home. I started with the standard internet searching (shallow at that), somehow coming back to the Swann DVDR4-Pro-Net Maxi Pro Kit. All the while I had been hoping to find something that would help me in my decision making process, and luckily I found this forum. I am impressed with what I have read about the Intellicam units, but am hoping that more than just a handful of people are providing positive feedback about them. Mike (shoreviewsecurity), what made you decide to go with the Intellicam products over the multitudes of others out there? I ask because I spoke directly to one of the top sales directors at Swann, and of course he was convinced that his product was far superior to everyone else's. He was quite believable, although thusfar he has not been able to provide concrete testimonials, forums, blogs, software download links, etc. Understand that since I am purchasing this for home use, I want to know that I am purchasing a quality product (for the price range) as opposed to getting stuck with a toy such as the Swann. Plus, since most of my monitoring will be done via the internet, good remote performance will be an important factor. I also have a question about cameras. Since I had spent most of my time researching Swann products, I took interest in their Maxi Day/Night cameras. Now that I have been turned in the direction of Intellicam, I am interested in how their G4-400HPT camera compares to the Swann model. Are they comparable, or does the Intellicam camera beat the pants off the Swann model? Also, for home use, do either of these seem to be overkill? Although I will be mounting them indoors, they will have a good unobstructed view of the outside, so the infrared will come in quite handy at night. If there's another camera in that price range and feature set that is a better recommendation for home use, please let me know. I apologize if these questions have already been answered in other threads. And if the camera question needs to be reposted in one of the camera threads, please let me know.

Does a comparison chart exist for the Intellicam DVRs? I'm looking to purchase a unit for home use and will most likely go with one of the lower end models, but would still like to see a comparison chart between the following models: G4-LTA G4-4XLA G4-4RTA Thanks!

Hi crazythunder, Your link to the embedded Linux unit was removed from your post. Could you please tell me the name of the unit so I can find out more info? Anyone know whether the embedded Linux DVRs allow ssh or telnet access to set up samba sharing of the recorded files on my home network? Thanks!