what about real cameras?

Oh snap :lol

Real cameras are 62.839% effective at reducing theft.

Hahahaha, that is the ULTIMATE in cheaping out. Costco package systems = pure junk.

wanna give the exact location where these cameras will be installed? area is a big factor in determining if your gonna get robbed or not. lol

Back in the day, I used to collect these things for fun.

then again, even if real cameras are not that much more expensive, how effective are they? i assume they'd be just as effective as dummy cameras at deterring unwanted activities just by their presence (assuming the dummy cameras look the same)...

but so let's say you catch kids on video tagging your fence or attempting to break open your tool shed... what's that going to do for you? all you're going to get is a vague description of the suspect unless you have a super quality HD security camera where you can see all the facial features of the suspect...

and THAT's only useful if the suspect is known to police or others. you'd be hard pressed to find some random suspect that you caught on camera.

This is true if you're talking about cheap Costco package systems with junky offshore IR cameras. However...

This does not require super-high-end HD cameras... it can be done quite nicely with DECENT quality, PROFESSIONAL cameras.

My experience, suspects caught on video ARE more often than not, WELL-KNOWN to police. Easily 80% of the video we provide for police, they take one look at the pictures and say, "Oh yeah, THAT guy!"

gonna put a dome one in front of my house looking towards my car.
and the huge police jail style ones side and back of my house looking towards my carport/driveway/ garage door

the reason im looking at dummies because they have no wiring. Its going to be too much work wiring one through the walls. Also i want people to see the cameras so they get scared and run off.

they'll get stolen.
when I was working at the mall back in highschool they installed 3 of those one week at the loading bay, the next day all three were gone lol
I later found one smashed in a shopping cartq

^ don't think it will get stolen as its high up unreachable with a ladder.

i think they will work.

my buddy has them at his home in the fraserview area, but they actual record and display on a tv inside lol

The box-type enclosure on an arm are easy to get down without a ladder - just toss a rope over it and give it a good tug.