1. Home Video Surveillance Systems: Using PIR Motion Detectors for More Efficient Home Security Surveillance by Jeffrey Parker www.home-security-pro.comFor peace of mind, there's really nothing that beats a body guard. You know, someone trained in self-defense and paid to jump in front of a bullet for you. Trust me - you'll have a long search ahead of you if you try to find a high-ranking celeb or politician without one. Many even have teams of people providing home security surveillance , monitoring the entry points to their estates, watching over them while they sleep.This, sadly, is the kind of comprehensive service that is out of most peoples reach - and, indeed, is really not necessary for the average person. People call for cash to cover every hour of their time dedicated to your service, whereas machines, once you own them, will do your bidding until they break down. What's more, a fully integrated home security surveillance system, utilizing security cameras and PIR motion detectors, will scare off the vast majority of intruders, while at the same time recording footage to ensure you identify the intruders and prevent them from staging a repeat attempt.The problem people first encounter with home video surveillance systems is logistical. Just how are you going to store all that footage? If your home security surveillance system includes numerous cameras, you'll find that just a few days of recording can call for terabytes of storage space. Since even expensive HDVRs (Hybrid Digital Video Recorders) are only scalable up to sizes of about four terabytes, the first part of the answer is that you'll need to use a looped system of recording, whereby you keep between a couple of days and a couple of weeks worth of footage before taping over it. With the increasing speed of internet connections and the growing efficacy of wireless technologies, most people are choosing to sign up with online storage clusters that will sell you storage space according to your requirements. You can access this footage through your own private website. This method is great, as it all but eliminates the possibility of crooks messing with your footage to cover up their crimes.There is, however, a much more nifty solution to the problem of storing digital footage. It involves the judicious use of PIR motion detectors which, with a little uncomplicated rewiring, can be used to activate your home security surveillance system. PIR motion detectors cover a cone-shaped area, and are activated by a Home Video Surveillance Systems: Using PIR Motion Detectors for More Efficient Home Security Surveillance by Jeffrey Parker www.home-security-pro.com

2. change of sufficient degree in the heat of that area. Thus, they utilize very little power and take up no storage space in terms of information. When activated, they'll cause your cameras to come into operation, setting them to run for a certain specified period beyond the last detected movement or change in the observed area.All you need to do for an efficient home video surveillance system is to have your PIR motion detector rigged to activate the recording function of your cameras, and BAM - your information storage costs just dropped to negligible levels. Your system will now record only when it has to, for a fixed period. It's possible to make such a system even more effective, if you're willing to shell out some cash for panning, tilting and zooming (PTZ) cameras. These are capable of tracking motion, shifting to follow the actions of intruders. If that's too expensive, you can get motion-activated dummy PTZ cameras, which could do a lot to scare off thieves before they even enter the premises.Home video surveillance systems can be constructed with the cheapest of materials or utilizing the most sophisticated technology (indeed, PIR motion detectors can be had for as little as $20). The best move when deciding which route you'd like to go is to do lots of research, determining how the ever- fluctuating market looks relative to your pocket, and determining whether you'll be able to do the installation as a DIY project. If it all looks too overwhelming and complex to you, you'd probably be best served by signing up with a good security company that will do the home video surveillance system installation and monitoring for you - and back it up with force when the need arises. Home Video Surveillance Systems: Using PIR Motion Detectors for More Efficient Home Security Surveillance by Jeffrey Parker www.home-security-pro.com