XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.privacy   
   From: somewhere@theedgeofspace.org   
      
   On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:15:58 -0500, "philo"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"RichD"  wrote in message   
   >news:8413291d-e327-4dc4-8722-839867426ed9@p14g2000pra.googlegroups.com...   
   >>I was in a laundromat the other day, a typical   
   >> downtown retail space.  It has 4 fisheye ceiling   
   >> cameras.   4 cameras... a laundromat!   
   >>   
   >> I guess we've gotten used to it at this point -   
   >> Big Brother is always watching.   
   >>   
   >> But really, they're recorders, not live watchers,   
   >> except at places like WalMart. (ever looked   
   >> at a WalMart ceiling?)  So my question is,   
   >> for a small business, how long do they keep   
   >> the DVD?  How far back do their records go?   
   >>   
   >> They have to swap a disc every 4 hours.  If   
   >> they use DVD-R, how many discs do they   
   >> typically store?   If DVD-RW, how often do   
   >> they recycle the discs?  In either case, do they   
   >> have hundreds of discs, going back months?   
   >>   
   >> Anybody have experience with security systems?   
   >>   
   >> I don;t know which board to address this question -   
   >>   
   >   
   >Security systems can be had for about $225 that contain a 1 TB hard drive   
   >and can store over 24 hours of data depending how many cameras are used.   
   >I set one up for a place where I do volunteer work...   
   >right off hand I forgot the exact specs   
   >   
      
     Get it to work on a micro chip instead of a hard drive so it can be put   
   on RC planes, and you'll be set.   
      
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