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By Jeff Monson

For easy set up of your home or business surveillance system, you can’t beat the convenience of a wireless hidden camera system.  Having no wires visible adds to the covertness, and you save the hassle of running wires through walls, over ceilings, and under floors.  A wireless camera consists of a camera with a transmitter and a separate receiver which attaches to your TV for real time monitoring or a recording device, be it a digital video recorder (DVR) or video cassette recorder (VCR). There are also models that, rather than having a transmitter and receiver, have a DVR built in, and usually records the covert video to a secure digital (SD) card (some models use micro SD). 

To make it ‘hidden’, the camera is built into an existing everyday object that you would usually see in your home or business. Some popular items are wall clocks, alarm clocks, digital picture frames, lamps, plants, teddy bears, air purifiers and more.  A wireless camera can be tailored to fit into your home or business, and since it looks natural being plugged in the wall there is no need to disguise the power cord.

Typical applications:

-          “Nanny cameras” are becoming more and more popular in helping parents.  You can keep an “eye” on your children while you’re away and they are under the care of a nanny or baby sitter. Now, if your child is injured you’ll know exactly what happened, and you’ll see exactly how your nanny treats your children!

-          Is the cash register coming up short lately?  Install a covert camera and find out what’s really going on!

-          Going on a weeklong cruise and leaving the teenagers at home?  Find out how they treated your home while you were away.

-          Keep an eye on the repair man doing work in your home.

-          Make sure your housekeeper is really doing her job.

-          Keep an eye on your pets.

-          Possibilities are endless. 

The bottom line is that a quality wireless hidden camera is going to show you what the REAL story is when you are away.

Benefits of a wireless hidden camera system:

-          Portability.  It can be moved easily. You can even take it on vacation!  Watch your children during the day and watch your front door at night. Move the receiver and watch from any room in the house!

-          Evidence.  A camera lens doesn’t lie!  Most of the laws dealing with video recording privacy issues tend to allow covert recording and monitoring of video activity under most circumstances without notification of any of the parties involved.  The footage is also admissible as evidence in a court of law in most cases.  Did you know that the arrest rate for burglaries is 15%?  Help raise that statistic.

Always check your local laws before purchasing and using covert video equipment.

For more information, check out our line of SecureShot and SleuthGear wireless cameras.