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I have a couple made by Swain - they're decent enough - short range wireless although you have to run a cable to power them (either that or change 9V batteries every few hours). They work pretty well, infrared LEDs. I have 'em in my garage right now. I got the setup at Frys - they're kind of "made in China" crap overlooking obvious features that'd be nice (i.e. able to rotate the image 90 degrees for sideways mounting, a more standardized power supply, etc.) However, these are more inconveniences than inhibitions to their usefulness. If anyone was to ever break into my garage, I'd absolutely, positively have them IDd. I run the signal from the capture box to a video capture card on my PC. Very easy to do.

Biggest complaint is the relatively short range of the cameras wireless - it's good for maybe 50', less with intervening walls. There are an assortment of ones with coax cables though, so maybe you want to go that route.

Why the F would anyone want a fake camera? That's like trying to defend yourself with an unloaded gun.
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