June Said:

How to deal with Dirty Neighbors?

We Answered:

Get a good CCTV camera system that has video watermark so images will hold up in court.

Otherwise its your word vs them plus you can check you house while you on vacation.

Here is a little write-up on CCTV cameras.


Not all CCTV equipment is created equal, in fact there are many options that offer varying performance much like the automobile industry. In the world of CCTV you can find the equivalent of a $2,000 golf cart and a $350,000 Ferrari and everything in between. Both have 4 wheels but that's where the similarities end, it’s under the hood that counts.

Just like any other consumer electronic in the end you get what you pay for. Most retailers and sellers make about a 40-80% profit margin, this is after costs like shipping and overhead. That means when you buy a product that costs $100.00 the manufacturer usually has only spent $30 to build it which simply means it’s not a good product and will probably have a working life of about 2 months. There is a reason these products are 1/10 of the price of good and reliable DVR brand names. The type of seller these products attract are online sellers (ebay) and will make profits margins as low as 2% which means they can’t afford to offer good service or allow for RMAs (returns). Cheap products are like disposable razors they are NOT designed to last for a long time and you will end up replacing them every 2 months.


Ascendent makes cameras fir military and critical infrastructure so you know there good quality and there price is about 20% below Bosch and Pelco and offer higher specs and performance.
Not the cheapest but they are the best bang for the buck.

Military, Government, Homeland security
Ascendent's Terra-360-1/2EM-101000/202000 + 2x 500MIRL-850 2x LIR5KM-860

At night can see 1km 2km 3km 4km 5km 6km 7km and 8km in pitch dark using high powered continuous laser illumination and 25km by day with the Terra's 20-2000mm lens.
MSRP about $70,000~200,000 depending on model
http://www.ascendentgroup.com/pdfs/Terra…


For oil and gas marine and other corrosive and industrial and corrosive environments.
TERRA-550EX-65300
Explosion-Proof PTZ Camera
25-1500mm lens (15km by day)
Laser illumination provide images at 4km in pitch dark
Explosion proof made of stainless steel 316L
MSRP $50,000~140,000
http://dealer.ascendentgroup.com//indust…

For Corporate and municipalities
TIR-7261 (100,000 hour IR life time)
Long range IR camera
See in pitch dark 250m
2km by day using 7-260mm lens
-40~55C IP 66
MSRP: $9400
http://dealer.ascendentgroup.com//dvr-ir…

High end Residential or commercial
SUMMIT-550-3FL
Long-Range IR Camera
See 200m
Source(s):
http://www.ascendentgroup.com/