How safe are you in your home, apartment or condominium? With home burglary and home invasion reaching almost epidemic proportions there is a one in five chance that you will be a victim of one or the other this year. That's a pretty alarming statistic. And it's only to get worse. While many areas of crime are going down burglary and home invasions seem to be going up.
Home invasion prevention and burglary prevention are two pretty hot topics that account for the main reason why home security camera sales are booming. The home security industry is one of the most rapid growing businesses in the country today and the sub segment of that dealing with the sales of home hidden cameras, spy cameras anything related to CCTV is booming too.
People all over the country are using hidden security cameras and surveillance systems for internal and external home security. Security cameras can be used to detect vandals in a neighborhood; catch the bad guys in the act of breaking into a house or breaking into a car; not to mention keeping an eye on a nanny, or even a cheating spouse.
Spy cameras have business applications as well. Do you have employees you suspect of cheating at work stealing from you? A hidden security camera can catch them!
Cost used to be a factor for hidden security cameras. But because of price competition and tremendous technological advances you can get an inexpensive hidden security camera for under $150. You can get a four channel USB DVR surveillance system for just under $400. So cost is not a factor anymore. And difficulty? They are so easy to install even I can do it.
Depending on your needs you can set up remote Internet surveillance where you can see what's going on at your home from anywhere in the world that there's an Internet connection even on your cell phone.
There's no limit on where they can be installed. Almost all external surveillance cameras are weatherproof and have night vision capability. The most common places to install security cameras are the front door and the back door of your home but a side yard that leads to a backyard may be an issue as well.
So take a few minutes and sit down and analyze your home and see how many cameras you might need. You may not need as many as you thought. And then when you go to order consider ordering online. You can get the best deals from online distributors. The right distributor can quote you prices and the answer any questions that you might have.