What Kind Of Security Camera System Should I Purchase For My Home?

This is a simple question with a more complicated answer; as there are many variables to determine what security camera solution would be best and the answers are unique to each homeowner.

Here is a list of questions to get you started and help you navigate through the process of which high definition residential camera solution is best to protect our home and family.

• Does your home have accessibility to run Cat 5e wiring from the desired camera location to the recording device. The recording device is known as a Network Video Recorder (NVR) or Digital Video Recorder (DVR) which is typically located near your internet service provider (ISP) or electrical utility room with access to the internet for remote viewing.
• Do you want an appliance such as a network video recorder (NVR) or digital video recorder (DVR) onsite, we suggest securing this location out of site to prevent theft.
• Do you want cloud storage offsite versus recording to a device onsite? cloud storage involves a monthly cost but the video cannot be stolen as it’s secured and encrypted in the cloud.
• Alarm.com offers cloud storage for motion recording, event triggers and alarms which sends video to the cloud while offering redundancy to record all video to a Steaming Video Recorder (SVR) hidden onsite. The SVR is an optional device and can be added in future if needed
• Do you have accessibility to run a low-voltage power cable to a Wi-Fi camera? Example, camera viewing the driveway that is powered from the garage or can I run a cable to a local Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch and power the camera with PoE? are there available PoE ports? one port is required per camera.
• Do you have an existing hardwired doorbell? if so, you may want to upgrade to a video doorbell and record motion near your door and receive calls to a smartphone and be notified. With a smartphone you can communicate to the visitor at the door while at home without answering the door, you don’t even need to be home to talk to the door? – that’s cool
• Do I want to record all motion movement while I am home or away to a hard drive or only alarms or selected events?
• Appearance is importance, do I want a dome or bullet style camera?
• Are cameras vandal resistant, are they weatherproof?
• Can I install the solution myself or should I hire a professional to install?

As you can see there are many questions to determine prior to purchasing a camera system for your home, hopefully this list will help you select the solution that is best suited for your home and families protection.

if you are this far in the process, you are heading in the right direction with installing the right camera solution. Unfortunately the world is a changing place, weather you want to monitor your delivered package until you arrive home, see visitors, be notified when family members arrive home, deter or catch a thief that is lingering around your car looking for loose change, your wallet or to even boost your car, our SecurU sales team can help you find the right solution based on your needs and budget.