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    Newbie assistance

    Sorry, it helps to add the pics....
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    Newbie assistance

    A little delayed, but this is the location. Front yard on a quiet street in a cul de sac. Trees make this end of the yard dark at night. At the other end of the front yard is a bright street light illuminating drive, garage and front door area. My thought is to mount motion sensor flood light...
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    Newbie assistance

    Thank you, you are all very helpful. I will post pics of the installation area tomorrow. Thanks.
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    Newbie assistance

    Thank you Aristobrat (I like that name!) for the info, it's quite helpful. I understand most of what you said, and my biggest concern was having the right camera and being able to feed it to the dedicated PC. I'm not too concerned about motion activation vs 24/7. I'm basically just trying to...
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    Newbie assistance

    Although I am fairly technology oriented, I am not familiar with surveillance cameras and setups. This is what I want to do--I want to install one outdoor camera and record to a dedicated, stand alone desktop computer. (Later, this year or next, I may want to add a second outdoor camera. But...