hi

So, heres my situation.

I want to take different forms of media and put them onto discs.
so I'm a junkie. :P

The things I want to do are

a) take the images/video from home security system (which I have yet to purchase.. answers may help decide what exactly to buy) and file those.
b) record television shows onto disc that I may miss while working or sleeping.

and on a way off idea - anyone have any ideas on how feasable it would be to take a webcame or Digital Camcorder and patch it through orr film through the lens of a highpower telescope?

Ideally I would like to be able to play these in my dvd player, but conversion from one format to another is something that I can worry about later.
I'd like anyones experiences with various equipment, suggestions and or tips please.

thanks for your time
-DVD_NDN