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Home security cameras
(Malay Mail Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) HAVING a home security camera is one way to protect your home against burglars.
With a home security camera system, one or more small cameras are mounted, usually outside your home to deter burglars.
In many cases, the home security camera is activated by motion and can swivel to begin filming in the direction in which motion is detected.
The home security camera will transmit images that it views to a monitor where it can be viewed and recorded.
Purchasing a home security camera for several locations on your property and the monitoring and recording equipment can be quite expensive.
However, while a home security camera system has been proven to be an effective burglary deterrent, some homeowners opt for a dummy home security camera to deter burglars, avoiding the high price of a real home security camera.
The question, of course, is whether or not a dummy home security camera can really be an effective way to protect your home from burglary.
There really is no simple answer.
A dummy home security camera that is convincing and can be difficult to distinguish from a real home security camera might be effective.
The more the dummy camera looks like the real thing, the more likely it is to fool burglars.
The problem with this is that the more realistic the dummy security camera looks, the more expensive it will be.
The price may still be lower than a real camera but it may be close enough in price that a real home security camera may well be a better option.
There are many dummy home security cameras that can be purchased for very little money but when the price is low so is the quality of the replication.
A dummy home security camera that is clearly a fake will not be effective when it comes to deterring burglars.
For many, determining whether or not a dummy security camera is an economical choice has more to do with effectiveness than it does with finances.
A dummy security camera may certainly be an affordable home security option but if is not effective, it will turn out be very costly.
A real home security camera will more than pay for itself if it prevents you from losing valuable or irreplaceable pieces of property.
A real home security camera not only acts as a burglary deterrent but in the event that the burglars do enter your property, a real security camera can record valuable evidence that might be useful in regaining your property.
Copyright 2006 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. Source: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Intelligence Wire.
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