silicuda

I think you may need more of a solution than that dude.

unfortunately i live in serbia, where the cops don't do anything or care .. land of anarchy

i've been reading, and should i considering perhaps an IP camera?

What's your idea of affordable? And for that matter, what's your idea of shady! I think I'd speed away if someone came barreling out of a house at me! Were you over reacting, or was it really shady? Not every car that slows down in front of your house is shady. However, when possible I take note of such things as well, and the later it gets at night the more I try to record. I use this ptz at work, the 700tvl version-

 

http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/sd6923-6930-6936-6970-h--86.html

 

It has such good low light vision that just a bit of exterior light from street lights and such is enough to be able to keep the IR's off. And that allows it to act as quite an effective LPR camera, and of course you can follow and re-position as needed. But it's not a cheap solution, which is why I ask what's affordable is to you. I'll post some pics later if I can of how well it can work for LPR.

lets just say someone sent me a sniper rifle bullet, and a death threat saying they will kill my 2.5 year old son if i dont pay them

so yes it was very shady, and i need a solution that will get me license plates at night

That's not what I need

I just need a camera that will show me the license plate when I playback the video frame by frame, rather than a completely whited out image where the license plate is.

I am looking to add a camera on the top of my house to monitor cars (and their license plates) passing in front of my house.

This is my situation I am trying to solve: Had a shady encounter few days ago, where someone slowed down and stopped and then sped up when I ran outside, and when I watched the camera video back, their plate was completely whited out (night time).

Any help on an affordable solution would be great. Thanks