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With crime on the rise again, protecting your home and property with video security alarm systems is more important than ever. Home video security alarm systems come with a wide range of features, and prices, but just two basic types: wired and wireless. As explored in this article, the basic type of system to choose depends upon a few, basic considerations.

Wired systems require you to install wiring inside your home’s walls, and thus are less expensive if they are being installed into a house under construction. Installing a wired system into a completed house will require drilling and electrical work to run the wires around the house and install the system’s components, and there requires very careful planning. Installing a wired system takes more time and money, but results in a system that is better hidden and more reliable.

No major interior planning or modifications is required to install a wireless security system. This is partly because of the newer technology used and also due to the fact that a wireless system does not require as much maintenance as a wired system. Nevertheless, the reception of a wireless system from the camera to the base station, could be spotty or inadequate - depending upon the interference from radio transmitters in the vicinity, the house layout as also the distance of the camera from the base station. But finally, a wired system guarantees the best transmittance of images / video feeds to the base station.

In addition, even though wireless system installation is cheaper and requires less time, buying the system itself is generally more costly than purchasing a wired system. There is less component maintenance with a wireless system, but poor reception may force the owner to continually have to move or retune the components. However, you may find this preferable to the more complicated, maintenance prone wired systems which require you to install costly new wiring in order to run them.

Both wired and wireless video feed may be viewed live, recorded for later viewing, or both. It’s possible to use motion detection software to raise an immediate alert of an intrusion. The owner can use a secure website to check both the video feed and the motion detection information remotely, so the owner can be aware of these things even far away. Some alarm companies also monitor for notification of intrusion themselves and will alert the proper authorities immediately.

You need to compare the features, installation, operation, and price of the various kinds of alarm systems to determine which one best suits your needs. The basic wired and wireless type of systems each have many options available that you should explore. We hope that this article has helped clarify your decision making and given you ideas on how to proceed.

With crime on the rise, it’s important to protect your home and property with video security alarm systems. Installing a wired system takes more time and money, but the system is usually better hidden and more reliable. There is less maintenance with a wireless security system, but poor reception may require components to be moved or retuned. Whether wired or wireless, the video feed may be recorded for later review, viewed in real time, or fed over the internet to a secure site for review while away from home. Specialized alarm companies may also be employed to receive intrusion notifications, and respond by summoning the proper authorities.

- Edson Buchanan

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