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[r1]

I have decided to install a home security system and would like some advice in what to look for etc this is what I am looking at
a 4 camera system
500 g hard drive{ that records for 2 weeks so that's enough]
seen cameras that say they are" 600tvl" what does this mean? are they the ones to go for? or is it all smoke and mirrors?
"IR CUT" is this any good?
anything else I should be looking at?
any makes to avoid as I don't know any of them
thanks
ps budget is about £300

[the alarming man]

tbh £300 is not enough for good quality CCTV system ...for a DVR recording images from  4 camera should be as a minimum of 1 TB storage.

when I say good quality that is getting facial recognition of a known person (which is minimum you should be looking at)
the maplins and the like system really are not upto the job of protecting your house and I wouldn't have one protecting my garden shed

[tigers_gonads]

Sorry, but no chance of fitting anything of reasonable quality for 300 quid   

Are you thinking about wired or wireless ?
Dome camera's ?
Stand alone monitor or something you can view on your tv downstairs in real time ?

Have a look at this site.
I've used them in the past and the tech backup is pretty good to be fair.
Its trade only so if you want to use them, give us a shout and you can use my cash account and i'll get the stuff delivered to site (your address)

Oh yeh, maplins stuff is okay for a cheap internal fit but not suitable if you want a decent system

[r1]

Sorry, but no chance of fitting anything of reasonable quality for 300 quid   

Are you thinking about wired or wireless ?
Dome camera's ?
Stand alone monitor or something you can view on your tv downstairs in real time ?

Have a look at this site.
I've used them in the past and the tech backup is pretty good to be fair.
Its trade only so if you want to use them, give us a shout and you can use my cash account and i'll get the stuff delivered to site (your address)

Oh yeh, maplins stuff is okay for a cheap internal fit but not suitable if you want a decent system

thanks for the offer
what site?

[tigers_gonads]

Sorry, but no chance of fitting anything of reasonable quality for 300 quid   

Are you thinking about wired or wireless ?
Dome camera's ?
Stand alone monitor or something you can view on your tv downstairs in real time ?

Have a look at this site.
I've used them in the past and the tech backup is pretty good to be fair.
Its trade only so if you want to use them, give us a shout and you can use my cash account and i'll get the stuff delivered to site (your address)

Oh yeh, maplins stuff is okay for a cheap internal fit but not suitable if you want a decent system

thanks for the offer
what site?

     Sorry, i've been up since 5am and the hangover is kicking in 

http://www.systemq.com

[the alarming man]

try this lot as well cheaper enough but better quality than system Q



http://icrealtime.com/newweb/

[tigers_gonads]

try this lot as well cheaper enough but better quality than system Q



http://icrealtime.com/newweb/

Here we go again 
I had this of you when I offered to help Paul Lovecock out when he wanted to fit a system to his house 

R1, pm me if I can help you out bud 

[r1]

thanks for the replies
so what spec stuff should I be looking at then? as  I cant get my head round all the different specs.
cheers

[Darth Loo-knee]

Baseball Bat??

[cleggy]

Dummy domes and a sign re CCTV as a deterent or use motion sensors linked to a DVD player of a big freak off dog barking.