Surveillance equipment

Paul <nospam DeleteThis @needed.com> wrote in news:fb04vc$cns$1@aioe.org:


Actually a cam corder with some low light recording capacity and a
movement/on sensor is really what I need. Also want to use it for other
things besides just catching this guy, as in travel. I want something
portable that I can set up in a hotel room also for security. Very
sorry, I was not clear in my O.P. Does anyone know of some models of
camcorders that will do this and their approx. cost. Thanks again for
your replies. Sorry, Just don't know much about this at all .

>
> Webcams, with USB interfaces, are easy to use. There are a number
> of surveillance cameras on SuperCircuits, that have 75 ohm video
> output, and then you need a frame grabber or a VCR to record the
> baseband video output from the camera. Which is not quite as
> convenient. Some TV tuner cards have video input connectors,
> and my WinTV card is what I use to capture video from my
> B&W and color CCD cameras.
>
> Have fun,
> Paul
>

<me.RemoveThis@notmsn.com> wrote ...
> Actually a cam corder with some low light recording capacity and a
> movement/on sensor is really what I need. Also want to use it for other
> things besides just catching this guy, as in travel. I want something
> portable that I can set up in a hotel room also for security. Very
> sorry, I was not clear in my O.P. Does anyone know of some models of
> camcorders that will do this and their approx. cost. Thanks again for
> your replies. Sorry, Just don't know much about this at all .

I had never heard of one, but Google returned 15,400 hits
when I searched for: camcorder motion-detect

Many of the hits were for motion-detection software for your
webcam (as we have been suggesting).