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These days a large number of people are installing security camera systems in their homes to prevent thefts and trespassing. An even larger number are thinking about installing home surveillance systems. However, selecting the best home security setup for your house is a daunting task, especially for someone who has little knowledge about security systems. The confusion in selecting the best surveillance camera system is also aggravated by the presence of numerous home security camera systems in the market from different companies and possessing contrasting features.

Selecting a good security system is vital for your house’s security, as an improper system will not be able to safeguard your house and intruders might still sneak into it. Following are some tips that might be helpful to you in selecting a good home security system:-

• Survey the house: This is the first step in determining the type of surveillance system you need. For this one should make a complete list of all the doors and windows to be brought under camera surveillance. The house survey will help you in finding out your camera needs. For example if you are installing the camera outside the house, it needs to have a weatherproof housing. Also depending on your requirements you can choose between fixed and movable camera, black and white and colored camera, wireless and wired camera, etc.

• Warranty and customer care services: One should always select home security systems from reputed companies. Top rated home security camera system comes with a minimum one year warranty. This time is adequate to discover if there is anything wrong in the system. Also good customer care services are desired so that if you face any problems in using your camera setup, your complaints do not fall on deaf ears.

• Security accessories available with the camera system: Many different types of security cameras are available with several other security accessories like alarms, motion detectors, display panels, etc. According to the requirements you had determined in house survey; you can select the camera system available with the most appropriate security accessories.

• Read reviews: Study both online and offline reviews of the security camera system you are intending to buy. Reviews are usually written by people who are already using those systems. So, you can easily know about the efficiency and lag of a security system by reading its reviews. You should be able to separate genuine reviews from paid or fake reviews, to be able to gain substantially from reading reviews.