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Electronics are not just about fun. In addition to TVs, DVDs and surround sound, you can help keep your family or business safe with surveillance equipment. It's more than just cameras, although security cameras are vital, it also includes video monitors, recorders and some little-known surveillance accessories. Let Overstock.com be the place where you find all of the surveillance accessories you need to safeguard your home and family.

Surveillance accessories aren't part of the system; they are the stuff that makes the surveillance system work better. For example, some new doorknobs don't just keep bad guys out with a deadbolt. The door handle is equipped with a fingerprint recognition system. If your keys are stolen, the thief can't use them on a house that doesn't have keys. There are also fingerprint readers that can plug into your computer, to assist in keeping private data private.

You may wonder why surveillance accessories are needed in addition to a home or office security system. Isn't a monitoring system, with security cameras peering into every corner, enough? Absolutely, if you can afford to have every corner covered by multiple cameras. Truth is, most homes and businesses don't have total surveillance camera coverage, and any good thief (that is, any successful thief) can hide his face or alter his appearance or just slip by them. When surveillance monitors or surveillance recorders do catch them, they aren't HDTV-quality, so thieves may still be hard to identify.

It's a simple theory--get them any way you can. Your surveillance system is the front line--the bad guys see it and work to get around it. Surveillance accessories become the commandos, sneaking up on a thief and making his work so hard he runs away frustrated. One thing is certain, you won't be running away--from Overstock.com or the great ideas and great discounts you find here every day.