We did camera at the front/rear door entrance which turn on with motion/doorbell ringing. I have attic access to the sides of our house so I will run wire for cameras on each corner of the house and one for the little one's room as well. Cameras for indoors aren't bad and not that expensive to get a good image. You can pay decent money for a camera that you can see images on but if you want a camera that is detailed and per say can identify a burglar or what not they are very expensive and you will pay dearly. Exterior cameras are awhole different ball game and the high end cameras are definitely not be in the $1,600 price quote received. Hope that helps!

Yosemitebill, Dang Yosemite, the search function on this site either sucks or my way of searching sucks. Anyhow, I've been trying to see what your take is on LCD vs Plasma tv's. I promised my family I would buy a 50 or 55 inch tv for the family room wall. I was looking at the LED/LCD from what I had been reading here and listening to peoples opinions. Is there any way I could get you to change your stance on not getting involved in the debate. An opinion from a real professional would really help me out!!! I'm sure the thing would get turned on and stay on for a lot of the day on weekends. During the week, it would probably only get turned on in the evenings for a few hours. I'm looking for the best type to hold up under those conditions. None of us are too picky about having the feeling of "being there" we just want a good picture on a tv that would last awhile. One of us will be watching cartoons, 2 teens will be watching a variety of stuff, rock concerts I'm sure will be in that mix. The rest of us are into History, Nat Geo, Documentaries, Sci-Fi, Shootem/cussem-up movies, and infrequently, some varying types of high profile sports. pleeeease????

We just had a security company give an estimate yesterday. More problems in the neighborhood lately, moreso at the other end of our street near the woods and apartments. But more car break-ins (ours are always locked and empty) and potential people casing the neighborhood. The truck was parked outside our house between calls and I got him to come in. However, if we did a security camera in the back of the house, here are some of the issues the rep talked with us about. If you want to record 24/7 you need to have a strong enough internet connection. You also need to have the ability to have a video recorder attached to it; hence, the internet connection. You also need a place to install. If you don't want to record 24/7 then there are lesser requirements, but if we want to monitor the back of the house, it makes almost no sense not to record 24/7. Our street is busy enough someone would have to be nuts to come in through the front, but the back would be pretty easy.

You probably want to instal PoE, NVR. Just WiFi does not have the capacity... Typically you choose between PoE or PoC (Coax). Bigger issue are the locations: people tend to put cameras like two story high ... and all they record will be top of the cars and heads. There have been cases/videos posted on the youtube with 32 cameras ... and not one of them recorded the faces because all were installed pretty high up. To me 4k cameras feel excessive again imho. No to usb or 3 prongs.... Go with PoE.