> I must congratulate you on not using a cloud service for registering your surveillance videos. On the DVR note, mine is on the ceiling above a TV. Cables come

> I must congratulate you on not using a cloud service for registering your surveillance videos. On the DVR note, mine is on the ceiling above a TV. Cables come down a short height to the TV. This predated anything like that. I had to build the system myself, complete with analog cameras and a capture card (or two?) rated in frames per second. After that we put the DVR in the ceiling too. For a later break in they cut the power and internet cables. Had backup power but didn't think about internet. Got a cell backup after that, but it was never needed. Shortly after that this jerk hit some guys store for the third time and the owner had been sleeping inside with a pistol. Didn't shoot him but pistol whipped him and roughed him up until the cops showed up. No more break-ins in our neighborhood and the urgent care doctors a few doors down didn't have the copper stolen from their air conditioner ever again. > Didn't the police take your key to unlock the door? No, we weren't there to help. We called 911 back to tell them the burglar was still inside but the cop had determined 'there was no signs of forced entry' so he left. We were a bt over an hour away with family at the time and wanted them to stay while we drove over but he had already made his determination that there was nothing more he could do, I guess.