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“We’re good at residential and the category is growing,” Boyce said. “We feel it’s underpenetrated. We can achieve our near term and midterm growth goals in residential. We’re going to stay focused. ”And that means more than security. Of its clients, 85 percent employ some “smart home component,” Boyce said. That could include the ability to disarm the home alarm, lock a door, or look at security camera footage via a cellphone. But increasingly, Boyce said, smart home components include the ability to adjust components like lighting, heating and air conditioning, and appliances and devices. Defenders projects up to 97 percent of its clients will have some form of smart home technology within 12 months. “We think the residential security business will continue to grow and the growth will accelerate because there will be more smart home components,” Boyce said. That’s pretty impressive penetration considering Defenders didn’t get into smart home devices until 2014.

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A quick note: This article may contain affiliate links from Amazon and/or other platforms. This is how we pay the bills and ensure an ad free distraction free experience for you. If you click on one of these links and then purchase something, we will receive affiliate income for referring you. This goes towards the costs of hosting and running this website and does not cost you anything extra. Thanks for understanding!MethodologyAs usual, we have grouped our recommendations by the best budget kit, the kit offering the best value, and the best high end kit system. Which DIY route – Easy DIY or Pro DIY?A home security camera system consists of the following essential parts:The heart of the system, the Network Video Recorder NVRBefore the advent of network cameras, the equivalent of the NVR would have been called a DVR which works only with analogue security cameras. An NVR works only with network based cameras. So remember a DVR works with analogue cameras. and an NVR works with network cameras only. In this article, I will be looking only at NVR based systems. This is because DVR based analogue systems are on their way out, they simply cannot compete with the quality and convenience of network cameras and NVRs.

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Monitoring for professionally installed systems tends to be more expensive. The ADT Pulse monitoring service starts at $28. 99 per month and requires a three year contract, but you also have to figure in the cost of things like hardware components, cellular backup, and installation. When we reviewed the Pulse system, our upfront cost was more than $3,000, with a monthly fee of over $60. Some vendors, such as LifeShield, will let you buy the components outright or lease them. For example, LifeShield's Security Essentials system will cost you $29.

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