Hidden Cameras, Nanny Cams, Spy and Surveillance Equipment

My sister drives a bus for her son’s karate school. She drives to grade schools and then transports the children to the karate school for after care and karate classes. She only has a few children on the bus and does not have many problems, but you never know when something is going to catch you off guard and go wrong.

The Rearview Mirror Camera is perfect for cars, trucks, limos, buses, taxi cabs, handicapped vehicles and so many other applications. Don’t let something happen while you or a loved one is in your vehicle. In a fender bender, stopped by the police, want to record that perfect house and yard… now it can be recorded easily.

The Car Rearview Mirror Camera is a Audio / Video Recorder and a DVR Recorder. It has a built-in color camera that can rotate 330 degrees to view anywhere you want. Face it forward out the window, or turn it to view the inside your car. You can continuously record what happens in front of the car or inside the car! Finally!

It has a 1/4 inch digital CMOS Color Camera built in, and a slot that accepts up to a 16 SD Memory card. (8GB SD card included). A 3.6 inch TFT LCD (Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display) monitor on the mirror allows you to instantly playback video and watch it in real-time 30 FPS. You can choose between the front or the external camera with the touch of a button.

The Car Rearview Mirror Camera has a built in rechargeable battery. You can also run it off your car’s auxiliary cigarette lighter. You can also recharge the battery by plugging into your computer using the included USB cord. Battery life is approximately 3 hours.

The Car Rearview Mirror Camera is simple to install into your vehicle by clipping it onto your existing rear view mirror. This awesome kit also includes a wireless external camera that you can set up on the rear dash or attach to the outside of the car.

Other Features
• Wireless & Wired DVR + Two Cameras
• Built-in Rechargeable Li-battery
• Two cameras: front rotating camera; wired or wireless rear view camera
• Manual switch from front camera to wireless rear view camera
• 3.6 inch TFT LCD 960*240 pixel, 262,000 color
• Password Setting to protect recording info
• Recording Mode: Manual A/V Recording; Time setting Recording
• Inner Memory: 32M; Support 16G SD
card (approximately 16hrs)
• Overwrite function. Once the card is full, Car-DVR will delete the old recording files automatically for continue recording.
• Built-in Microphone
• USB Port: USB2.0, compatible with USB1.1 (PNP)

Camera Specifications
• HDR Imaging Sensor: 1/4 inch digital Color CMOS
• Horizontal Resolution: 420TV Line
• Pixel: 640 x 480 (NTSC) / 320 x 240 (PAL)
• Manual Adjust Focus
• Minimum Illumination: 0.1Lux
• View Angles: 90 degrees
• Operating Range: 100m
• Operating Temperature: (-10)-(+40) Degree Celsius
• Operating Humidity: 85%RH

DVR Specification:
• Frequency: ISM 2,400 – 2,483MHz
• Work current: 500 mA
• Compression Format: MPEG-4 H264
• AVI Video Resolution: 640 x 480 (NTSC)
• FPS/Second: 30 fps (NTSC)
• Internal Memory: 32MB
• Maximum SD Capacity: 16GB
• Operating Temperature: (-10)-(+80) Degree Celsius
• Operating Humidity: 85%RH
• Video Output: 1Vp-p@75 ohm, S/N>38dB
• Audio Output: 1Vp-p@600 ohm

Includes:
• User Manual
• 8GB SD card
• Car Cigar Charger
• USB Cable
• Rear View Camera with IR, Can be used Wired or Wirelessly

Check out pictures and specifications of the Car Reaview Mirror Camera

With this just released 4 Channel H.264 DVR it is not impossible any more to monitor your home, office, factories or anywhere, anytime in the world through your Mobile Phones or PDA. Advanced wireless technology makes live monitoring truly LIVE!

Events (motion detection, alarm, video loss) can be triggered with email notification to you or anyone of your choosing. Check in on your home from the office.. or your office from home!

It features H.264 compression which is ideal for saving HDD space, real time live display, records up to 120FPS @ 360×240 recording (NTSC) with live display, record, backup, playback and network access at the same time. This is no “Spy Shop” DVR.

Other awesome features include:
• Control methods: front panel, USB mouse,
• IR remote controller, client viewer
• Intuitive GUI for easy configuration and menu driven operation
• 1 channel audio recording and playback
• Supports 1 SATA HDD
• Pan / Tilt / Zoom camera control
• Data backup: USB devices, network
• Event triggered with email notification: motion detection, alarm, video loss
• Support Internet Explorer with same GUI as DVR site
• Multi-language OSD
• Central Management System (CMS) supports up to 16 DVR’s
• 3G/GPRS mobile phone monitoring
• 1 Year Manufacturers Warranty

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Weatherproof Flood Light, Self Contained Hidden Camera DVR System records both Audio & Video onto a Micro SD Card. This is the latest innovation in home security and is by no means your ordinary motion sensitive flood light.

When motion is sensed by the built-in PIR, not only does the 300 watt high intensity halogen light illuminate the area, but a time/date stamped video and audio record of the intrusion is immediately recorded on a tiny SD card, stored in a hidden compartment.

Unit can even emit a audio warning to intruders, including a barking dog, doorbell chine, or your own pre-recorded announcement. 60 degree viewing angle and effective viewing distance of 32 feet insures wide coverage area. 640 X 480 high resolution video @ 10fps offer great detail in video recordings. Approximately 500 video “clips” of intrusions are stored on a 2GB SD card.

Features
• Auto Exposure Control (white balance and sharpness)
• 2 Pre-recorded Audio Alarms and 2 User Alerts
• Motion Light, Video and Audio Alarm|
• Flood Light Time Delay Settings
• Color Hi Res CCD Camera
• 180 degree motion sensor
• Weather Proof Design
• Time Date Stamp
• Built in SD card Slot
• 300W Halogen Tube
• Sensitivity Control
• 1 Year Warranty

Flood Light DVR

Portable surveillance is all the rage these days. Whether you are at home or on the road, a good surveillance system needs a good video recorder. Sacrificing on the DVR will mean sacrificing on the quality of your video. We have all seen surveillance videos on the news that are so “grainy” that you cannot even make out the features of a person. What good is that?

A quality DVR does not need to cost a fortune. This great little Mini MPEG4 Portable Surveillance DVR Recorder offers features found only on high end security Digital Audio/Video Recorders. User options include manual, scheduled or motion activation recording and time/date stamp overlay recording. These features are packed into a device about the size of a standard deck of playing cards! Video and audio are recorded and stored on tiny SD (secure digital) card. You can record up to 5 full hours recording on a single 1 GB SD card. Recordings can then be viewed by connecting the SecuMate MPEG4 DVR to any TV/monitor or through windows media player by simply removing the SD card and inserting into your computers card reader. Supports SD cards 256Mb and above. (SD card not included)

Specifications:
• Auto detection of NTSC or PAL
• Quality level High, Medium or Low
• Manual, Motion Activation and Scheduled Recording
• Max Frame Rate 704×480 @ 24fps
• AV In/Out
• Video MPEG4 ASF
• 1 Channel Video/Audio
• Time/Date Stamp Overlay
• Adjustable Motion Activation Sensitivity
• Batteries Power Unit for 3 Hours (AA x 2)
• AC Adaptor 5VDC
• 5 Hours Recording on 1 GB SD Card
• Key Lock Function
• 2 1/2 X 3 1/2 x 1 Inches

Check out the MINI Mpeg4 Portable Surveillance DVR Recorder or our full line of High Quality Portable Pocket Surveillance DVR’s

This 8GB Mini Stick High Resolution (640 x 480) Spy Cam Records Audio & Video at the touch of a button. The PI CamStick AVI super compact Audio & Video camcorder is smaller and lighter than a disposable cigarette lighter yet packed with high quality features. CamStick records Hi-Resolution (AVI) @ (20fps) video via its internal pin hole camera. Recordings are stored on a tiny removable Micro SD card. Up to 6 hours of video can be recorded on an 8Gb Micro SD card. Internal rechargeable battery is recharged via USB connection or included AC wall adaptor. Records for over 2 hours on a single charge. Using High Resolution AVI files format recordings can be played instantly on Windows Media Player, Real player or QuickTime. Sd Cards are compatible with Mac Computers.

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Digital recording devices and Pocket DVR’s are becoming popular in the digital world and are increasingly being accessible to the home consumer. Some digital recording features can already be found in digital cameras while the advanced recording features are prominent in HD digital camcorders. However, higher qualities and lengths of digital videos mean greater file sizes and when it comes to sharing videos online, file sizes should be reduced to avoid long delays in sending and receiving the entire clip.

Video compression has gone a long way and their main objective still strives to have the smallest file size possible while still preserving good video and audio quality. MPEG4, H.264, and MJPEG are three DVR CODECs that aim to compress the videos for transferring purposes. Each of these formats have their own strengths and weaknesses.

First came MPEG-1 followed by MPEG-2 and now MPEG-4 comes into the picture. MPEG-4 is a massive upgrade to the MPEG-2 format that focuses more on compression. It is a standard that can effectively compress both audio and visual data for streaming purposes or to fit lengthy data on optical media. Because it incorporates the existing technologies of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 is also good for video conversations and television broadcasts. It can shrink even the largest video files into small pieces for faster transfers through the internet or over a wireless network. Other data may be incorporated to the MPEG-4 as well like images or video. MPEG-4 also sports some interactive elements as long as they have the supported player to allow some layers of the video to be manipulated.

H.264 otherwise known as MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) takes the MPEG-4 format to another level and is advantageous over the older formats as it contains inter-picture prediction features allowing up to 32 picture references. It focuses on lossless methods and aims for flexibility on a variety of different systems. Their lossless methods can also reduce their file sizes even further than MPEG-4 formats making them ideal for HD video. Still many mobile devices use the more popular MPEG-4 format.

MJPEG is another format that may not be familiar by everyone. MJPEG basically comes from the JPEG format, which is highly standardized for compressing images. The MJPEG follows that same process and adds other stuff in streaming each image or frame together. The end result leads to lower CPU usages compared to the other formats, but higher file sizes leading to increased bandwidth needed for streaming.

Your choice of DVR compression depends on the specifications of your system and your intended use of distribution. This is why there is currently no format that rules over all. If you plan to distribute video clips for slower computers, MJPEG could be the choice. For better compatibility with mobile devices and standard computers, MPEG-4 could be a safe choice. If quality must be preserved while keeping the file size small (preferably on high definition videos), H.264 is the best choice. You can even try compressing the video in all 3 formats, compare them all, and see what looks best for you.