Best CCTV equipment?

[secure bob]

I'm looking at CCTV equipment options and would like to know where's best to buy retail and wholesale for CCTV cameras and surveillance systems?

[LyricB]

Have you checked E-bay? Seems they have EVERYTHING!

[PhilosophiX]

I see that SONY have a range called IPELLA. They are new out, I'm not sure which regions they are available (I know I could get them in Malaysia). They look as if they are pretty good. They enable streaming of the footage over a network to recorder. I think they can also be configured to look around in certain patterns etc, and controled from a central location via PC. If you already have a pc and a home network might be woth looking into although they mikght be a bit pricy given that sony is marketing them more towards corporations.

So all in all LyricB probably has suggested the optimal route.

[LyricB]

<applauding self>
I was trying to be silly, but if my suggestion had merit then hooray for me!

[brian]

You could always try somewhere such as Pakatak:
http://www.pakatak.co.uk/

They do both retail and wholesale, so if that's what interests you, it may be worth having a chat with them to strike a deal.

[Numenius]

A home/shop/business suitable CCTV camera from a UK company:£ 84.99
*Exactly* the same camera purchased by me on ebay direct from China?

£23...

Of course, if it goes wrong then you have a problem, but it could go wrong 3 times and you would STILL be in pcoket!
Or try these who I have also used:
http://www.hkshopeasy.com/index.php

[brian]

The trouble with eBay is one of trust - I've been hearing a lot of complaints recently that it seems to be the scammers who are moving in most on eBay these days.

Just 2c.