FTV-11 - Advanced Burglar Deterrent Device – Widescreen Realistic Television Simulator with Reflective Lens - Dummy Home Security Device with Lights – Protect Your House & Valuables

Fantastic addition to a home security system. I’ve had mines for about a year. No problems at all. From the street, it really does look like a real television playing. I have mines setup in a guest room, and I placed it on a dresser (in the same spot and position I would put a real tv). I don’t have it directly facing the window. But, this thing is so bright, and realistic, you don’t need to. I had it on a timer , but decided to get fancy. About a month ago, I plugged my fake tv into a smart plug. So, now, I can turn it on, no matter where I am. I can also set a regular timer on my smart plug, or set a countdown timer on the plug. This allows me to turn the fake tv on where ever I’m at, and set it for a countdown timer to go off for however long I want it on......or, I can set a countdown timer to have it come on also. I also turn it on and off when we’re home too. Using this in addition to my smart bulb in our guest room, it gives our always empty guest room a lived in appearance (at least from the outside). Anyway, my point is, there are so many things you can do with this thing. Unfortunately this is the world we live in. But, for the price of this thing, and the peace of mind, it’s a fantastic addition to any home security system.

I love these things, they really work and look just like a TV is on. Great for when you are traveling, extra security.

This unit is small; the size of a point-and-shoot camera. It has bright LED lights in front that flicker from blue-white to a few colors (red, green, blue) to project the light as if a television set were on in any room. It gives the appearance of someone home and watching television, thus a deterrent to any home invader who doesn't want company while they ransack your place.It has a good feature; goes on at dusk (sensor at top) and off four or seven hours later.Pros:Cheap and easy. Well, not so cheap. It's about $20 more than it ought to be, in my opinion. We're probably shelling out that extra twenty for the feeling of security. But it's not a very elaborate or complicated device.Takes the power of a nightlight, so is energy-sparing and economical to leave on for a period of time.Easy to use; on-off switch, electric cord, timer feature.Proven deterrent to criminals; TV means Person Home And Awake.You don't have to leave on a real TV on a timer.It's bright.Cons:I think it's a bit overpricedIt doesn't have sound, of course. But you can leave a radio on a timer for "sounds of home"It has to be near an outlet--short cord.Works best behind a window shade of some kind so the flickering light shows but you can't peer in and see the fakey-fake-fake TV.Summary: reasonable addition to home security, liked by self-defense experts, not a huge investment.

Works very well. Can adjust the time on.

Excellent product. There's only one improvement that's necessary:Add one simple thing: a DIMMER setting--too bright. Concept behind concept behind the TV is good of course everyone knows Fake TV is good of course everyone knows (trust me I own three, so I'm a fan but my feedback is that much more valuable. HOWEVER, here's the problem: since the obvious purpose of the product is a theft deterrent, and since thieves commonly stick out a house for a few days first, they will easily be able to recognize the difference between a much lower brightness of your regular TV and me five times higher brightness of your fake TV. this is the problem but it is a cheap fix for you just add a dimmer in the back so that the user can adjust to match the brightness of their own real TV so that it's less suspicious . Then you have the perfect product then you'll have the perfect product and theft deterrent . actually I have one additional awesome suggestion to add more value to your company: everything probably by design has a high action movie type of display (Always flickering a little bit too fast) always flickering a little bit too fast . My suggestion then is to randomize between different types of flicker speed "THEMES" every (Again randomize) 20-40 minutes since this will more realistically reflect real TV as people often switch between NEWS and documentaries (lower flicker rates) and action (your current is high action movies only). Another reason this is important is that because of the extreme I brightness in the extreme high action, we noticed that even with the doors closed etc. that this can contribute to the poor sleep and nightmares versus keeping it off at night which is precisely when we need to keep it on so the suggestions also solves problems as well as more closely approximate but more closely approximate a real TV viewing real TV viewing. In summary 2 things: 1. A brightness/dimmer setting; 2. RANDOMIZED "Theme" variations, where "themes" represent low speed flicker viewing (like dramas/news) vs higher speed (sports and action movies) at random for changing intervals that our minimum of, say, 20 minutes. This will make your product twice as good, and twice as realistic, with the least amount of investment.

I've used this for years when I'm away from the house: it gives a very convincing "someone at home" look. Now we've purchased another for our vacation home. Great device by itself. Combine it with a smart plug to vary the times it comes on and goes off even more.