Restaurant Security Cameras - A necessity?

If the register in your store is holding $Thousands at the end of the night, is it necessary to have a safe or empty the drawer? Most likely your answer is yes. Restaurant security cameras provide many valuable and needed functions for your restaurant. Restaurants are one of the first businesses to be affected by gas and raw material price increases. What is also evident, is that restaurants are one of the first hurt by an increase in the cost of living or recession...people just stop going out to eat, and when they do go out, they order less expensive and spend less money. This puts restaurant owners in a difficult position to begin with...but you already know that. Owning a restaurant is not for the feint of heart, clearly. The fact is that there are many additional factors that make it even more difficult to keep the doors of your restaurant open. From dine-and-dash customers to vandalism to less-than-honest employees, the budget of your restaurant can absorb many unexpected hits.

Restaurant security camera systems can help you keep an eye on your restaurant, watch your registers, monitor your customers, watch your kitchen and supplies and more. These security camera systems can let you record exactly what is happening, so that when problems occur you will have a complete and honest recording. There are various types of restaurant security camera systems that can help to secure your restaurant.



Restaurant Standalone DVR Systems

Standalone DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) are a great selection for smaller restaurants. These embedded style standalone dvrs provide the ability to digitally record from your cctv security cameras onto an internal hard drive, and even provide basic remote viewing capabilities. These systems are generally chosen for small installations, because they do not require a PC on location, and can still plug into a DSL or Cable broadband internet connection and allow you to watch your cameras remotely over the internet.
Standalone DVRs and Standalone DVR Systems


PC-Based Restaurant DVR Systems

For larger restaurants or installations where higher resolution video is required, PC-Based DVR Systems are a great selection.  These systems in general provide higher quality recording, better quality remote viewing and additional access from Windows Mobile PDA Phones and Smartphones. These systems are the clear choice when you want to be connected to your restaurant at all times. PC-Based DVR systems are also more easily expandable for future, as well as upgradable to hybrid DVR Systems that are compatible with newer megapixel IP cameras.
Restaurant PC-Based DVR Cards and Systems


Restaurant Security Cameras

Restaurant Security Cameras are popular to provide coverage of 5 main areas of your restaurant: the customer area, the kitchen, the cash register, the storage rooms and the parking lot area. Each area has specific needs that can affect the type of security camera that is selected. That is why we have broken down each of these areas of the restaurant seperately, to provide better coverage and understanding of your restaurant's specific needs.

Restaurant Customer Area Security Cameras

Restaurant Kitchen Security Cameras

Restaurant Cash Register Security Cameras

Restaurant Parking Security Cameras



Standalone DVR Restaurant Security Camera Systems

Standalone embedded DVRs are a great choice for lower budget restaurant security camera systems. These embedded standalone dvrs provide the ability to digitally record from your cameras onto a hard drive built into the standalone DVR unit. These DVRs allow you to view your live and pre-recorded video right on a TV or LCD screen, as well as remotely video video from your security or surveillance cameras from a PC or laptop over the internet. These DVRs are a little more basic than some of the PC-Based Restaurant Security camera systems, but they still deliver high quality recording and remote viewing capabilities.

Standalone DVRs


Standalone DVR Embedded Recorders

These Standalone Embedded DVR recorders are a great choice for restaurant surveillance camera installations. A hard drive gets installed into the VCR sized device that will plug into your security cameras and will record from the cameras.  These advanced H.264 embedded linux standalone DVRs provide high quality D1 recording (720x480) with the new advanced video codec, permitting for longer recording times than previous DVR models. These standalone DVR recorders also contain motion detection capabilities built-in for optimal storage capabilities. Each standalone DVR includes advanced remote viewing capabilities so that you can watch live cameras, playback pre-recorded footage and even backup video right over the internet.

Restaurant Standalone DVRs with iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Remote viewingStandalone Embedded H.264 DVR Recorders

DVR-2644S -4-Channel H.264 Standalone DVR

DVR-2649S - 9-Channel H.264 Standalone DVR

DVR-26416S - 16-Channel H.264 Standalone DVR

These H.264 Restaurant Security Camera Standalone DVRs provide Internet Remote Viewing Capabilities to allow you to view your security cameras at your restaurant from a PC over the network or even over the internet and will even provide basic remote viewing from an iPhone, BlackBerry, Android PDA phone.




Standalone DVR CCTV Security Camera Systems


The following restaurant security camera packages include a 4-Channel H.264 Standalone DVR with various business security cameras which are popular for small business cctv security camera installations. Each of these packages have options for remote viewing, which will allow you to control the Standalone DVR over the internet and remotely view your cameras. The following packages are the most popular indoor and outdoor business security camera systems.