Outdoor Home Monitoring Cameras Catch Christmas Thieves

This past holiday, thieves stole packages off doorsteps and porches at an astounding rate. Most of the parcels were gifts the homeowners purchased online to give to friends and family. Online gift purchasing is a popular trend, especially for those with work and home responsibilities and little time for mall shopping. The media called the thieves “Grinches,” but that only likened them to a cartoon character that actually had a heart. The real thieves, who completely ruined the holidays for so many hardworking people, had no hearts at all. Individuals lost money they specifically put aside for the holiday, special items they selected for loved ones, and hundreds of dollars.

Homeowners Videotaped Thieves

There was, however, some positive news. Various homeowners had previously installed Wireless Outdoor Home Monitoring Cameras that videotaped the goings on around their homes and where their packages were left. Many had a feature that cued the camera to turn on when it detected motion, so when the thieves stepped onto to porch and/or steps, recording began.

These homeowners caught full, facial shots of the thieves, which they provided to police and also posted online and on social media. The police were then able to make various arrests, including a 65-year old woman who one victim called “the Granny Who Stole Christmas". She may also be involved in other cases.

Wireless Home Monitoring Camera

A Wireless Home Monitoring Camera or Wi-Fi Monitoring Camera is a suitable for outdoors and can be mounted almost anywhere. You can link it to your computer, cell phone, iPad, and/or any device you wish.

Depending on your device and system, you can record and/or receive live footage of areas around your home, business, or wherever you wish. Some offer features such as the above mentioned motion sensor and others have speakers, which allow you to communicate to whoever may be near the camera.

In order to record, you’ll need to purchase a camera with storage ability and/or cloud capacity and/or use a separate DVR system. Most cameras with recording capability come with onboard SD or microSD slots that provide adequate recording space.

Clever Uses for Home Monitoring Cameras

Home Monitoring Cameras

Home Monitoring Cameras can be used inside and/or outside the home and office. They allow one to sit at home or at their desk and check up on what the kids are doing; monitor the babysitter while out on a date, to see who is knocking at the door. All of this can be done discreetly and in real time, through a computer, laptop, or smartphone.

But, did you know you know that home monitoring cameras are helpful in other ways?

Pest Control

Home monitoring cameras are sensitive enough to detect pests such as rats and mice. Home monitoring cameras can even help detect insects. Once the camera captures the behavior on camera, an extermination service can properly dispose of the pest or, at least, keep them away.

Record Sleeping Patterns

A home monitoring camera can also be used to record a person’s sleep. Some individuals suffer with sleep issues and watching a tape of what goes on during the night can help them figure out what they need to do or if they need to seek professional treatment.

Baby Monitors

Baby monitors once used to just let a parent know if their baby was crying. With home monitoring cameras, parents can actually see what their baby is doing in real time.

Create Time Lapses

Lovers of nature can create videos that show nature’s beauty, such as a growing flower or the changing seasons. And, with a home monitoring system, you don’t need expensive technology to create the effect.

Check on Aging Loved Ones

Everyone knows how a home monitoring system can help them keep an eye on their pets and children, but what about their own parents? Today, many people are also caring for their own parents and a home monitoring camera can ease their worries when there are at work or away from the home.

Enjoy Your Kids

Of course a home monitoring system allows one to check on their children, but it also lets an individual who’s at the office or away from home enjoy their children. Imagine having an awful day at work and then getting the chance to use your home monitoring camera to see your child play for a few moments. It would instantly make you happier.

There are so many ways home monitoring cameras can ease your worries, simplify your life, protect what is important to your, and/or just make life more interesting.

SpotCam HD Pro Outdoor Home Monitoring Camera

SpotCam HD Pro Outdoor 720P Cloud Based WiFi Security Camera With Free 24 Hour Cloud Storage

110° Wide Angle View

Normal home monitoring cameras come with 50°-70° view angle only that can't even capture your whole living room into the scene. Make sure all the scene is covered is far more important than the ability to do pan/tilt for an indoor monitoring camera.

See Clearly in the Dark

Most people don't know that to see clearly in the night is just as important as in the day since most events happens when it gets dark. To make sure you can see whatever happening even in pitch dark, SpotCam HD Pro is equipped with 12x IR LED to make sure you can see professional level night vision video.

See Finest Detail with HD 720P High Resolution Video

Never Miss Any Detail of Important Moment

With 720P HD resolution, you will no long miss any detail happening in your home.

No More Server in the House

1-Day Secured Cloud Recording FREE FOREVER

Why put a bulky server in the house when you can have cloud recording for free?

When you buy your SpotCam, you are instantly eligible for free 24-hours auto-recycling cloud recording.

Unbelievable Easy Playback and Sharing

When other people suffers from all kinds of predicament of SD card recording (i.e. removing SD card from the camera, installing dedicated software for SD card video playback, playback is only viewable when one's at home...etc), you are just one click away from playing your recorded footage with mobile phone / tablet / laptop / PC.

Dual Protection for Your Private Video

Your private video is perfectly secured by two security measures, bank level SSL security for video transmission and video encryption on the cloud server. Nobody can access your video without your permission.

Most Advanced H.264 Compression Technology

Only Minimum Bandwidth Required for SpotCam Video Transmission

It is always a headache to streaming high resolution with limited bandwidth, especially for WiFi connection. This is why we insist to go with H.264 compression while many of our competitors still adopt MJPEG.

24/7 Active Alert Notification to Your Mail and Mobile APP

SpotCam HD Pro not only detect motion, it also detect sound events in the environment and disconnection between SpotCam and cloud server. You can always stay informed by our active E-mail or/and APP alert notification.

SPECIFICATION

Video:

Up to 720P HD (1280 x 720) at 30 fps

Streaming:

H.264 Encoding

Field of View:

110 Degrees (diagonal)

Mobile App:

SpotCam

Web Browsers Supported:

Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3+, Safari 3+, Chrome

Iris:

Auto

Audio:

Speaker and Microphone

Night Vision:

12 High-Power IR LEDs

Operating Temp.:

0 - 45°C, designed for outdoor use

Dimension Bracket:

Ф7.5cm(2.95")

Dimension Body:

Ф 4.8cm(1.89") × 14.8cm(5.83")

Wi-Fi:

802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz

Wi-Fi Range:

100 Feet

Weight:

198g (6.37oz)

Protection Level:

IP 65

Power Input:

12V DC, 1A