Digital Nanny Cam

Installing a Nanny cam hidden in a fake smoke detector or teddy bear may make you feel like dusting for fingerprints or running a DNA scan, but the feeling of high-tech “spy” equipment may not last. If your camera is analog based, it doesn’t matter how tiny it is, it won’t be convenient. Analog cameras are recorded to VHS cassettes. Yes, they do still make those. VHS is the culprit behind “Be Kind- Please Rewind” stickers that remind us a cassette has to be fast forwarded or rewound through the film before you can see what you want. This means everytime you’d like to check your Nanny cam recordings, you’ll be spending time skimming through the whole tape and constantly maintaining cassette replacement. If you are looking for the cheapest Nanny cam, the inconvenience might be worth it; if you are looking to realistically keep up with your recordings, you may want to pay a little extra and go digital.

At one time, digital Nanny cams were non-existent. When they did appear, they were outside most families’ budgets. But, as we all know, technology improves at an incredibally rapid rate, and we now have digital systems for just a few hundred dollars. It may sound like alot, but if you are truly wanting to monitor your child daily then a digital system will be worth the investment.

Digital Nanny cams can be placed just as inconspicuously as their analog counterparts, but are maintained much more easily. The cameras can be connected to a computer to DVR ether by cable or wirelessly to a USB connector. The wireless connector transmits to a USB receiver that plugs right into your computer. If the images are transferring to a computer, you can access it from any computer (or have it sent to your cell phone or email address) with the use of a password. When the recordings are connected to a DVR, you have nearly unlimited storage and a convenient way to skim each day’s happenings.

Having a Nanny cam monitoring your home comes with a responsibility to watch the recordings. Fortunately, digital technology has made that responsibility a bit easier to tackle.