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New products: Secure view video camera

May 5, 2002

http://www.freep.com/realestate/renews/rd5_20020505.htm




One of the best new products I've seen recently is called Secure View. It features a miniature camera disguised to look like a floodlight bulb.

It uses Seaview Video's patented PowerLine technology called IRFS. What that means to us is that you don't need to install expensive wiring or cables throughout your house or business to use this security device. You just screw the bulb into a regular socket.

The bulbs come in two models. One looks like an outdoor floodlight and is waterproof. It's called Secure View SVS-A1. Model SVS-B1 looks like an interior bulb that fits in recessed or can lights. The manufacturer's suggested price for either light is $199, but they may be purchased for less at area dealers. A Secure View representative said the pricing information on the company's Web site -- www.seaview.com -- is outdated, but the site is useful for viewing products..

These innocent-looking bulbs contain high-resolution cameras with infrared illuminators. They send images through a house's 110-volt wiring back to a decoder (included in the price) that is plugged into a wall receptacle near your television or VCR. Another wire connects the decoder to your television or VCR. The company says the Secure View transmits clear images despite any line interference from peaks, dips or use of appliances.

The bulb has an 85-degree, wide-angle view and in daylight can project images from 100 yards away. In total darkness it can detect images up to 30 feet away.

Many companies make the "can be installed in minutes" claim, but this time it's true.

Contact Secure View at 888-727-7388, ext. 211, for information on a Michigan dealer near you. By Lon Grossman, Free Press special writer