Dunno if it'll help, but when I was looking for a computer camera to go with
the Skype application so I could talk to and see my grandkids, there were
some surveillance type cameras, as I recall. I can't remember where I found
the one I bought for my computer.
Brian K
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> From: Mark Watson <watsonm05@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Mark Watson <watsonm05@comcast.net>
> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:50:57 -0500
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] outdoor low light "security" cameras
>
> Hi, Marcus,
>
> First off you hit the nail right on the head when you said: "The
> collective wisdom on this list never ceases to amaze me."
>
> About x10.com - well they sure bought into the "sex sells" message.
> What do scantily clad young ladies have to do with the systems being
> advertised? The "eye-candy" distracts me from looking at the product so I
> end up not looking at their site at all. Hype is right.
>
> How about poking around Smarthome? www.smarthome.com On their "Cameras
> and Surveillance" page they have a "Camera Selection Assistant" that lets
> you narrow down the number of cameas to review. I don't know how they
> compare price-wise. They have been around for quite a while - I've been
> looking at their catalogs for years and dreaming of what I'd like to do
> given any money and, more importantly, time.
>
> Let us know what you do - I've got an area behind my garage that I'd
> like to be able to watch.
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcus Pless" <mpless@servo.ucsd.edu>
> To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:05 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] outdoor low light "security" cameras
>
>
>> I'm looking for a cheap outdoor low light "security" camera solution
>> to figure out which varmints are poking around the garage at night.
>> I've definitely seen foxes in the back yard right next to the garage and I
>> suspect there might be a coyote as well. I'm hoping to avoid
>> walking out of the garage at night and tripping over a skunk or
>> coyote. ;-)
>>
> <snip>
>> Does the stuff at x10.com work as advertised? Their website is so
>> full of hype that I'm having a hard time believing the info there.
>>
>> The collective wisdom on this list never ceases to amaze me. Any
>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> --Marcus
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