a good camera system???

hiya lads can anyone recommend a good but cheapish cctv system for me to put in my growroom?
my room is attached to my garage and ideally it has to be wireless and connected to my pc or an internet browser??
can anyone tell me what i need etc?
thanks guys
daz

anyone lads??

Have you used Google to search "wireless cctv" or used ebay to search? You might be surprised.

check out radio shack .com . They have 1 for 299 that has what you need to run it through your computer to be able to monitor it with your cell phone if you want. Thats right, have your camera feed sent directly to your cell phone and/or recorded elsewhere in case they(the thiefs) get the idea to take your computer also, they dont get the recording. Sweet huh ?

Logitec has a wireless (802.11g) webcam for like 99 bucks that you can hookup to the internet over a local network and for a like 9.99/mo fee hook it up to the rest of the inter-tubes.

Having a wireless feed can be very dangerous!! Think hard wire! You are talking about a very expensive system for one that is unHackable. They sell ones that easily attach to any Tv, with long hard lines, for close to fifty dollars. Just my two cents. I would love to have a feed that could be viewed from any computer, but thats the thing! It can be viewed from any computer. Ya know what I mean?

yer but even if its viewed from any computer would that mean any one in range or just anyoen cos if its just anyone then it dont really matter cos it could be here in uk or in usa yes?
its right down teh botttom of my garden so puttin a cable isnt relly accessable and she would go freaking nuts lol
daz

thinking abou tit i dont really need/want it to go on tinternet just on my pc would be fine i suppose
daz

I look at my grow op several times a day via web cam,you just cant have the cam showing the interior of the room,i know whats inside the room & whats going on inside the room so i dont need to see any of the plants,the rest of the building is my concern,especially the front of the building & entrance.

Its nice to know that nobody is sneaking around looking at things.

Wal-Mart sells very adequate camera systems if you're in the States.

sams club has a good1 inferred night vision, wirless, records its self on2 a hard drive and 8 camaras but it aint cheap 1800

I hate to suggest this company because I loathe their marketing and web site, but www.x10.com has what you're looking for at good prices. You can just do cameras or you can check out all the other cool remote control goodies they have like motion sensors you can easily incorporate into your own high tech but inexpensive setup. They have low cost cameras that have full pan and tilt as well as optical zoom, plus the remote light switches and relays and lots of stuff that could be of use.

I have a box full of x10 stuff I use around the house and love it, so bear with the popup ads and just make sure to opt out on any sales crap during the order process if you do decide to buy from them.

Wireless camers's I wouldnt worry so much about as long as it can be set up with a very secure password and with the right encryption so it's not at all easy to just hack in.

That, and I'd have the camera's power switch off and on with one of the x10 remotes, that way it's never broadcasting all the time where people might have a chance to hack in. You remotely turn it on, look over your crop with it, then remotely cut it's power. Can't get much more secure than that. If you plug a green light bulb into the module that turns the camera on and off then you can look it over day or night without interrupting the plants light schedule.


With that you can control the camera or any aspect of the grow from anywhere in the world via the internet if you wanted. Yes you could control lights and pumps and whatever.