There are two main reasons for the need to use a hidden camera today. One is that the economy has driven many people to commit crimes in business places and private homes. Another primary reason for hidden cameras in the home is that there are people who want to get into your home and harm your children or the elderly. These people will operate under the disguise of a caretaker or baby sitter. Another problem is the tremendous wealth of private information about individuals available today, to the public, so that someone might know at all times who you are and where you are at any moment. This information can make you vulnerable to crime in your home or business.
The hidden camera, nanny cam, spy camera, secret camera or home video surveillance camera is a video camera that is disguised as another object. These small video cameras have tremendous resolution, yet are small enough to hide in a radio, smoke detector, mirror or many other familiar objects that would be in a room. Hidden Cameras can be used not only in the home, but commercially or industrially as security cameras.
Today a hidden camera can record video for viewing at a later time or connected to the internet for viewing from anywhere in the world at real-time. To connect to the internet you simply need a small device called a USB DVR - Digital Video Recorder. This device connects directly to your camera and your computer to make your video available on the internet. An IP Camera does not require a USB DVR, but is hard to disguise because of its size.
The next choice to make is do you want a wireless or wired camera system? A wired system is just what it sounds like; you take a wire from the camera to your DVR or computer to transmit the signal. A wired system is not limited by distance, but the wires need to be concealed. A wireless system has a range from the camera to the DVR or computer or between 75 feet and 250 feet or more under normal conditions.
I've mentioned a DVR, and most of us are familiar with the DVR (digital video recorder) connecting our cable TV or a TiVo DVR recorder. A security DVR connects your camera or cameras by wire or wirelessly to your computer or a monitor to view what the camera views. A DVR can record the video on the computer's hard drive or on a memory card so you have a permanent record if needed for proof or prosecution. The DVR can be motion activated so you conserve recording space and you are not recording when there is nothing to record.
The Quad Processor or HDMI Splitter is a device that allows you to view more than one camera image on a video monitor. Usually the Quad will split the image into 4 separate camera views on one monitor. When using a video surveillance system with a Quad and video monitor, someone is usually watching the monitor, such as a security guard.
A wireless home video surveillance camera system will require a transmitter at the camera and a receiver at the computer or DVR. Hidden cameras primarily use 2.4 GHz as a frequency, so it will not interfere with other common household wireless devices. Hidden cameras today usually have the camera and transmitter together inside the object such as a radio, clock, smoke detector or other object you have chosen for your home or office.
A person can buy a wired hidden camera for just over $100 and get good resolution and the option of recording on a DVR or broadcasting on the internet. However there are systems that have the camera, DVR and memory card all-in-one unit, so you can place the object on a table or bookshelf and just plug it into an outlet for power. No other wires to expose its purpose, and usually the radio, lamp or fan used to hide the hidden camera works normally as any other radio, lamp or fan.
Every situation and location has different needs that must be analyzed before the purchase of a hidden camera. Just buying the most expensive hidden camera with DVR may not be what you will need. The determining factor is not price, but location and purpose. Monitoring your home while away on vacation with an all-in-one hidden camera with DVR recording on a memory card may not monitor your home in real-time. A hidden camera connected to the internet with a USB DVR would be less expensive, and give you the ability to monitor your home from anywhere in the world on your laptop computer.
Review all your options before purchasing your nanny cam, hidden camera or video surveillance camera for your home or business. Remember also that in court there is no better evidence than a video recording of a crime or abuse.
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