Home Security Systems - Know The Basics

Home security is vital for our well being. Simply locking our doors at night is no longer sufficient when it comes to providing a comforting feel of safety as we sleep, or even go to the office. Yet, there are so many types of home security systems on the market that many home owners simply give up trying to decide what type to buy or how much to spend.

Nowadays, video is everything. We can’t just expect to have an alarm go off as the door or window is pried open, and then have the burglar run scared as he takes off. A loud noise is certainly going to scare someone into thinking twice about robbing your home or your office, but will it catch the bad guy? Probably not.

Home burglars consist of two groups: the pros, and the street punks. The pros are adept at cutting the wires to prevent the security system from working, and the punks are usually too stupid to care, and even with the alarm blaring they are well aware they still have time to take your valuables before the cops arrive.

Many alarm companies sell silent alarms and convince homeowners this is the way to go. Unfortunately, these are anything but helpful. Considering that burglars already know they have five or ten minutes with an alarm sounding, without the alarm they won’t have any way of knowing. If the cops are taking their time, these bad guys will have all that extra time to do even more damage.

What you need and what the police want is video! They need to see the guy’s face! If they are lucky they’ll even see the getaway car and a license plate, and perhaps his buddies who helped.

As long as you are adding video cameras, make sure you have cameras that include motion sensors - these cameras follow movements. There’s little sense in installing video cameras and then finding out that all the action was out of camera range! Make sure you have at least a camera at the front door, and then put alarms on each window. A super effective system will have cameras and alarms at each entrance, and cameras and audio that cover the entire property.

Additional cameras come in handy when additional crimes are committed over and above theft. If a home invasion includes an assault or other crime, the police will need to rely on these tapes in order to collect evidence. Usually these systems only include video, and not audio. Many times video is enough to find and convict someone, but in some cases, audio is even more important - especially in situations where certain actions aren’t caught on tape, but accompanying audio is just as or even more incriminating. A bare bones beginner set up should at least have a camera at all entrances (front, back, garage, etc.), one in the kitchen, family room, and entranceway to the bedrooms (hallway, pathway, stairs, etc.).

Check out our new CCTV Security systems website today, or mayby you want to read more at our Home security systems hub on hubpages.

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