Stupid thieves ;)
 

Was sent this link today by one of my contacts at 3xLogic... hint: if you're going to break into a place, make sure it isn't the main office for someone who makes and sells high-end surveillance systems!

http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=2001409

(Be sure to hit the HD button and go full-screen for the full effect!)
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Saw that on the NEWS ,:haha:,finally a surveillance system that actually has an identifiable image. :thumbsup:

Should it be singular...?

I only see one person...

wow thats some awesome quality surveillance system

Fucking thieves. Low-life motherfuckers.

Wonder if they put little to no deterrence in order to gain the publicity they receive now.

Yeah, I'm sure that was the plan all along.

i need some of this stuff in my garage

I can hook you up :) It's a bit spendy, though... don't know exactly what model was used for that video, but it's probably one by these guys, looks like a 3MP model, and probably runs around $1000-$1200.

you would think the thief would wear a mask?

seriously..
with today's technology and education (street smarts) people have... you would think doing stuff like this would be a no brainer.. provided you had the kahuna's to do it..

HD button = instant win

i like how he knocks on the door in the beginning...

:lol

Here's the full news item:
http://www.youtube.com/user/3xLOGICv.../0/_tm6goa5oWI

haha wtf so stupid

So apparently the guy is well-known to police and was on probation... they know who he is, they just have to find him :)

Very awesome demo of their services :thumbsup:

So $1000-$1200 for the whole recording system? Fuck that sounds like a good deal to me if you've got a car and however many thousands of dollars of tools in the garage

that's to see if someone's there...

what the point of robbing a security camera place?

Nobody ever said criminals were smart.

Uh, no... that's the price of the CAMERA. Depending on the brand and quality, megapixel cameras will run you anywhere from a couple hundred on fleaBay for a 1MP, to over $10,000 for a large-sensor Avigilon camera that uses Canon EF-mount SLR lenses.

Now granted, a lot of these cameras can record internally to SD card... pretty much all cameras of this resolution are IP network cameras, so many can also send video clips and stills via email or to an FTP server...

However, these guys in particular are recording to the DVR (digital video recorder) and NVR (network video recorder) systems *that they manufacture* (check out www.3xlogic.com)... those start at around $5000.

Yeah, that's kinda the point of the whole article...

At the very end, you can see a car (headlights) pulling into the parking lot. Someone to pick him up, or caught in the act?

^ it looks like the car is below him, so probably going to another business or something

Holy shit, I thought it might be less as the camera would be like a HD camcorder but without all the extra features that you don't need on a stationary camera. Then again, looking at what these guys sell, their stuff looks way more hardcore than you would want/need for say your garage, unless you're mega rich.

The fact I was left unimpressed with was how easy it was for an idiot to break into the offices of a company - in the security industry - and potentially have stolen customer information / computers as well.

Cops arriving, would be my guess. Keep in mind that these systems record only when there's motion detected, so between the time he leaves and the time the headlights come in, there would be nothing recorded, and it would just skip from one to the next.

Yeah, pretty much. We're using this type of cameras now at fuel services a lot - all the new Petros and Essos are getting them at the pumps, and some are putting them in-store as well. One new Esso we did a couple years ago was *all* megapixel cameras - 13 of them. We're also upgrading a lot of the Cactus Clubs with them.

Here's a sample from a downtown liquor store... first shot is a regular cheap dome camera, second shot is 1.3MP (you'll probably have to click it to get full-size as 1.3MP = 1280x1024) from the same position (you can see the dome in the bottom corner).

http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/cctv/cheap_cam-1.jpg

http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/cctv/good_cam-1.jpg

The technology is a bit pricey, yes, but it pretty much sells itself. I took screenshots as we were installing them in the Bentall Cactus when it was being built... showed those to the owner of this pub, just kind of as a "check out this neat stuff we're using now", not even trying to sell it... first words out of his mouth were, "I want that!".