QNAP's NVR-1012 network surveillance kit watches goons, your wild offspring

Ever peered up in a dimly lit parking lot only to spot a smattering of cameras peering at your every move? Now you too can have such a sophisticated monitoring system right around your own home thanks to QNAP's NVR-1012. The network surveillance kit is designed to provide "professional grade" live video recording abilities in homes and offices where hoodlums and malefactors tend to linger. The entire system is Linux-based and comes with a single NVR-101 server and a pair of IP cameras; reportedly, the solution is a breeze to install and every recording function can be carried out via an Internet Explorer window. Best of all, you'll even find 2-way audio capabilities, so you can have a quick chat with any caught-red-handed crooks or mischievous youngsters right before the fuzz / man of the house swarms in for capture. Talk about a thrilling way to spend a Thursday evening.

[rony @ Apr 25th 2008 6:55AM]

CONSTANTINE...................

[Aguiluz @ Apr 25th 2008 7:31AM]

@rony

I simply don't get it

[paul smith @ Apr 25th 2008 7:34AM]

price?

[tekdroid @ Apr 25th 2008 7:38AM]

Internet Explorer window? A-ha! The perfect spyware surveillance opportunity.

[rony @ Apr 25th 2008 7:40AM]

@ aguiluz

someone will..............watch movies btw?

[The New Guy @ Apr 25th 2008 8:37AM]

Man, i've been wanting catch the bastard stealing the flowers from my front yard and letting there dogs poop all over my front lawn....


Finally!! I'll let you guys know what i did with the bastards when i catch them!!! Oh Yes, there will be hell to pay!

[Rynth @ Apr 25th 2008 9:07AM]

Stealing flowers from and letting dogs poop on Homers front lawn makes Homer.....

[JC @ Apr 25th 2008 9:54AM]

Burglar: What a cool external hard drive, I think I'll steal this too!

Owner: 'Doh!

[bobl @ Apr 25th 2008 1:51PM]

"every recording function can be carried out via an Internet Explorer window"

should read:

"uses activeX and will not function with firefox, safari, or any platform/browser other than win/ie"

[Rob @ Apr 25th 2008 10:02AM]

I guess Mac users shouldn't be buying this... Why do many security camera system rely on activeX?

[Russell Center @ Apr 25th 2008 11:31AM]

Pardon my ignorance, but this appears to run Embedded Linux. Can Linux provide ActiveX content? I thought that was an MS exclusive...

[mohaine @ Apr 25th 2008 12:33PM]

Of course a linux web server can provide ActiveX content. You couldn't use the ActiveX controls in a linux web browser, but the web server would happily serve the files.

The main reason all of the web based cameras use ActiveX/Java is for video. Web browsers can't reliably do video without the help of ActiveX/Java/Flash. I haven't seen any of these that use Flash yet, but I'm sure they are coming.

[Brian @ Apr 25th 2008 4:04PM]

I want one...

[Brandon @ Apr 28th 2008 5:13AM]

I've got a Synology and Surveillance is a build in standard and I am very happy with the feature!