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99 package range, installation fee, six month money back guarantee, $500 theft security guarantee, deals for new customers 4/5Equipment: wired and cellular systems, 10 door/window sensors included, motion detector, keychain remote, state of the art devices 5/5Customer Support: free in home consultation, complaint level high, BBB rating of "B" 3/5CreditDonkey Score: 4. 25/5As with any company that's been around a long time, ADT needs to keep up with technology by adding other offerings to make it competitive. It's now adding voice commands, a "chaperone" service which serves as a virtual companion for entering unsafe places, and providing monitoring services to third party equipment manufacturers. In a recent CNET story, Ry Crist wrote: "By offering that monitoring to others, ADT capitalizes on its successful service side, while also strengthening the security offerings and easing the burden of a service overhead from any hardware partner that wants in. That's a savvy move by ADT, and not one we expected. " A solid company that adjusts to a changing marketplace is one that is more likely to stick around and offer additional services that you may want in the future. Home security technology continues to rapidly advance. And savvy burglars will try to keep up with that by circumventing alarm systems. However, carbon monoxide detection, fire alarms, the ability to turn your lights on and off, knowing when your kids come home when you're at work all of these monitoring services are attractive to consumers who want to protect their assets and have peace of mind. For this alone, a home security system is worth considering. If it's a budgetary decision, weigh the pros and cons: A basic monitoring service might not justify the cost if you're not getting carbon monoxide monitoring or remote access to your electronics.

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A smart home security system connects to your Wi Fi network so you can monitor and control your security devices using your smartphone and an app. Entry level systems usually include some door and window sensors, a motion detector, and a hub that communicates with these devices using one or more wireless protocols such as Wi Fi, Z Wave, Zigbee, or a proprietary mesh network. You can add extra door, motion, and window sensors to provide coverage for your entire house and build a comprehensive system that includes door locks, garage door openers, indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras, lights, sirens, smoke/CO detectors, water sensors, and more. A word about wireless protocols: In a perfect world, all home security components would use the same wireless standard to communicate with the main hub, but factors such as power requirements, signal range, price, and size make it virtually impossible to settle on just one. For example, smaller components such as door/window sensors typically use Z Wave or Zigbee technology because they don't require a lot of power and can be powered by smaller batteries. They also operate in a mesh topology and can help extend the range of networked devices. However, neither protocol provides the bandwidth that you get with Wi Fi, which is why it is usually used in security cameras to provide smooth video streaming, and in other devices that require a fat pipe. Moreover, Z Wave and Zigbee devices are connected and controlled using a hub, while Wi Fi devices can be connected directly to your home network and controlled with an app. Finally, Z Wave and Zigbee devices use AES 128 encryption, and since they operate in a closed system with a dedicated hub, they offer more security than Wi Fi devices. Any smart security system worth its salt offers components that work together in a seamless environment and can be manipulated using customized rules. For example, you can create rules to have the lights turn on when motion is detected, have your doors unlock when a smoke alarm goes off, and have a camera begin recording when a sensor is triggered.

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Some systems store recorded video locally on an SD card or a solid state drive, while others offer cloud storage. Locally stored video is a good choice for do it yourselfers on a budget, but you have to be careful not to overwrite video you may need later. Cloud storage makes it easy to store and access recorded video, but it can cost hundreds of dollars per year depending on your subscription. Some systems offer both cloud storage and local storage, and some provide a dedicated storage drive that gives you DVR capabilities with time lapse recording, which makes it easy to find a video event that took place at a specific point in time. All of the systems we've tested feature an app that lets you use your smartphone as your command center to arm and disarm the system, create rules, add and delete components, and receive push notifications when alarms are triggered. Most apps also allow you to do things like view live and recorded video, lock and unlock doors, change thermostat settings, and silence alarms.

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