Let's Go to the Videotape (or at Least the Hidden Cameras)

For years that has been the tagline of New York and Washington sporstcaster Warner Wolf. He started that schtick back in the early 1980's and is still doing it today. The thing is, back in the old days, videotape is actually what was used in the surveillance game. We have plenty of old movies and television shows that you see the old tape machines running, usually in the back of an old van that is too cramped, and full of old food cartons.

Today the cops and many others still do surveillance, but the technology is light years beyond what was being done in those days. In fact, today, just about anybody can have a great surveillance operation. We have the capability to watch things today that nobody was even thinking about in 1980.

Hidden cameras can be put in almost any item, ranging from clocks, mirrors, and boomboxes, to teddy bears. You can even put a hidden camera in a cannister of Clorox wipes. I remember trying to locate the camera in that one, and finally somebody had to show me where it was. (You'll have to find out for yourself.)

There isn't anymore videotape these days. Oh, you may still see some old systems around, but they are dinosaurs, and they don't work very well unless conditions are perfect, if they work at all.

Todays surveillance systems work in any kind of weather, and can virtually see in the dark. And you can sit in a crummy old van if you want to, but the reality is that with an internet connection you can watch your home or business from the pool or beach in the south of France. (Your can go there now that the French got rid of that idiot Jackie Chirac, and put a real man at the helm.) Or if you are still upset with the French, you can go to Spain, or Portugal, and do the same thing.

Installation of hidden cameras takes place in minutes, and a full blown surveillance system would only take a competent electrician a few hours. Then its up to you, but if you have any problems, we have people standing by to help you get everything running smoothly.

Hidden cameras and surveillance systems are new frontline warriors against theft, abuse, and many other problem situations. They are high powered insurance at a relatively low cost. The feedback we receive here is that the systems easily pay for themselves in the first year, and then go on to actually be a profit center. You can't ask for more than that.

If you're prepared, you'll never be surprised.