House break in - help urgently required

[kerrymc 0]

Hi,

 

I’m a complete CCTV novice looking for some advice.

 

My house abroad was broken into recently and I’d like to set up a CCTV system to continuously record for up to 8 weeks while I’m not there.

 

I’ve been looking at Storage Options kit which comes with a 1 TB DVR and 2 cameras. My house doesn’t have an internet connection and I can’t spend a fortune on this so looking to start relatively cheaply. My main aim is to catch any burglars in the future and to so the image quality has to be good.

 

I really don't know much at all about CCTV so any advice would be very helpful.

 

Thanks very much.

 

K

[Numb-nuts 1]

Don't buy Storage Options then. Recording continuously for 8 weeks at a time is RIDICULOUS.

You don't need to continuously record as any reasonable DVR has Motion detection recording

so the DVR records only when motion is detected this will save you a heap of time searching

through events rather than one continuous recording for a couple of seconds of useful footage.

 

You can also record on PIR or some alarm sensor like a door contact etc ( door contacts can be problematic if an intruder leaves doors open and you are away)

 

Also if you are not in residence you should consider a steel lockbox for your DVR and don't leave a display screen near the DVR, it's like telling the criminals where to find the evidence they want to destroy.

Make it very obvious there is CCTV surveillance in place, this is a great deterrent because the crim simply looks for a place without CCTV.

 

The principle is to deter rather than capturebut to then gather evidence if the deterrent hasn't worked.

I had a Giant schnauzer dog in my home for 15 years and never once got burgled whereas a lot of my neighbors did get burgled and some more than once. Proves that the criminals very often do consider which is the easiest target.