| Did you hire a new teenage babysitter to watch | | | | what is known as a wireless transmitter to transmit |
| over your baby while you and your spouse are out | | | | the signal to the VCR. |
| on the town? Do you not feel comfortable with her | | | | One can purchase them on the internet for less that |
| yet? Perhaps you want to know what is going on | | | | $400. These cameras can be positioned in just about |
| with your babysitter while you are away. A nanny | | | | any household item. Nanny cams come available in |
| cam is a perfect tool to use to keep a close, | | | | smoke detectors, wall clocks, alarm clocks, and |
| watchful eye on her. | | | | VCR's. |
| A nanny cam is simply a hidden camera. In general, | | | | If you choose to hook up a nanny cam to a VCR, |
| the camera is hidden behind a dark class plate or | | | | keep in mind that the VCR can record no more than |
| plastic face plate of a stereo boom box or alarm | | | | six hours at "super long playing" or SLP as it is called |
| clock. You can position this camera anywhere in your | | | | in electronics lingo. |
| house, and usually the stereo will work normally in | | | | With increasing sales of digital video recorders |
| case the nanny wants to turn it on. | | | | (DVR's), VCR's are taking a backseat not only to |
| The stereo boom box is advantageous in that is can | | | | providing entertainment but also for recording your |
| operate on batteries with no direct connection to an | | | | favorite TV shows. DVR's are better than VCR's in |
| outlet. The disadvantage of it is that they do not | | | | that DVR's contain more memory with which to |
| have a video cassette recorder (VCR) hooked up to | | | | making a recording using the nanny cam. Those six |
| it. In order to record using a nanny cam, one must | | | | hour time frames that VCR's have are obsolescent |
| connect a transmitter to the video output of the | | | | as DVR's take digital recording with nanny cams to |
| camera to a VCR. If hiding the cable between the | | | | new heights. |
| two machines is not possible, then you must use | | | | |