How far can images be enhanced?

[Iamzod]

I have done some googling earlier following my CCTV picking up some extremely dodgy guys being recorded yesterday afternoon whilst I was at work having a look around the outside of my house & trying all the doors to the house & garage.

It filmed their vehicle however it was quite far away from the camera & the resolution doesn't give away the reg plate. Is it possible to do something with the frames on the video to get the reg out of it or is this sort of thing all in the movies?

My googling gives mixed results.

 

[Iamzod]

I thought so, I have just finished adding more locks to the garage doors. Going to set up the CCTV for e-mail alerts tomorrow on the motion detection part of it.

They were looking in the windows at one point but suddenly backed off as I think the dog spotted them and he tends to go mental if someone comes to the window, the neighbours said he was barking but they thought nothing of it.

8 stone of slobbering teeth & muscle probably isn't too appealing to someone wanting to make a quick couple of hundred from nicking my electrical goods.