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Getting Connected: The Video Connection

Whole house networks support video options that provide advanced home security, allowing you to monitor any room in the home from inside or out.

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These days with TVs all over the house you want to be able to watch all your video sources on every TV. Home Director's Network Connection Center, for example, distributes up to 16 video sources to every TV in the house including satellite, broadcast or cable TV, DVDs, VCRs, and security cameras. RF modulators create a unique channel for video sources including security cameras and DVD players by assigning unused channels on the TV system. Each video source can be assigned to an unused channel on the TV network. Channel 63 could be a specific DVD player, channel 92 could be an output from the PC which would allow you to see streaming video from the Internet on any TV. The network hub bundles video amplifiers to boost the signal and ensure a clean picture even over long cable runs. When the doorbell rings you can flip the channel on the TV and see who's in front of the security camera without getting off the couch. Touchscreen remote controls with video capability can also view any video source on the network. The video network extends to PCs, too. Connect a web cam to a PC and you can have videoconferences with someone who has a similar setup. Homeowners can also keep tabs on the house even while they're away since security cameras on the network can be accessed through a web browser. Panasonic, for example, even gives homeowners the added ability to change the angle of its in-home and remote access surveillance cameras via a special Web site.

Interior Video Monitors - Web-based Internet cameras can be placed almost anywhere in a structured wiring environment.

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Exterior Video Security - A home network's video options allow you to keep tabs on the kids in the backyard or check who is at the front door from any television in the house.

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