Everyone has at one time or another experienced the feeling that overcomes us when we go to the computer store or electronics store and buy the latest and greatest personal computer or even worse the latest and greatest flat screen television and just as we are driving home from the store all excited about ripping open the box and setting up our new pc or lcd tv we drive by a billboard or see some kind of advertising stating that an even newer and better version of what we just bought has come out. Ouch! Well the home security system industry is no different. Every year new and exciting features and new models are upgraded from the previous systems. With the transition our world is making into the digital age, home security is already starting to get integrated to keep up with this new technology. Experts in the industry agree that within the next five years, alarm communication to a central station through a traditional hardwired landline will become obsolete.
It is not a surprise that all law enforcement agencies agree that the number one way to protect your house without a doubt is by getting a monitored home security system. The fact of just having a sign that indicates that you own an alarm is many times a deterrent in itself for a would-be burglar to go somewhere else for an attempted break in. Home alarm systems have become so inexpensive in the past ten years that every home by now should have one. Twenty years ago any home security system would cost no less than five hundred dollars, and that would be for a basic system not including more than three doors and one motion sensor. However today you can get a complete installation covering all of your door and windows and several motion detectors for as little as 99 dollars. Even though home security systems have become extremely affordable many people still feel they don’t need one. Well to those people I say don’t wait for me to say I told you so because without an alarm system you are ten times more likely to become a victim of a break in. If you still feel you don’t need one or feel you just can’t afford one then the next best thing all law enforcement agencies recommend is to install good locks on all your doors and possibly even tour windows.
