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    Best Webcam/security package?

    I'm after a USB webcam for use with a WinXP machine.

    Basically, I want to put an old Compaq SFF machine with USB in my garage and have it connect via Wifi to my home network.

    I then want to connect a USB webcam that will capture movement and dump it to the HDD or an FTP site etc.

    I also want to be able to connect to it across the web at random and be able to view the video via a web browser.

    So.... whats a cheap, but well spec'd package?

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    Would it not just be cheaper to get a CCTV package and have it record to a VCR?

    One of my mates on another forum wrote a program that would capture any movements and send the picture to his FTP site so he could view it.

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    just found this as well,

    http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/cav116

    supports everything you are looking for only £50.

    If you really wanted to splash out

    http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/cav119

    Costs £200 but you can pan and tilt etc

    Here is the affilate link (make the forum some dosh)

    http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?...078239&g=95784
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    how about one of these ?
    http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=17

    we use one at work.

    grab me on msn for a demo.
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    this months computer shopper has a labs on cctv
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
    how about one of these ?
    http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=17

    we use one at work.

    grab me on msn for a demo.

    Wow. I want one of those. But at £200 it's an expensive toy.

    Anything cheaper about?
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    Axis IP cams are good as well, but they will cost more than the D-Link ones.

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