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Fake TV Simulator (Burglar Deterrent)
Fake-TV burglar deterrent

Fake TV Simulator (Burglar Deterrent)

Makes an empty house look lived-in.

$29.99One-time · free tracked shipping
  • Looks like someone is home watching TVIt flickers in color like a real screen through your curtains.
  • Turns itself on at duskA built-in light sensor and timer run it for you, every night.
  • Costs pennies to runIt sips power like a nightlight, far less than a real TV left on.
  • Two-minute setupPlug it in, pick a timer, face it toward the window.
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Fake TV Simulator (Burglar Deterrent) $29.99

Why an empty look invites trouble

Burglars don't pick houses. They pick empty ones.

Most break-ins happen in daylight and early evening, when homes sit dark and quiet and nobody is expected back for hours. The one thing a burglar checks from the street is simple: is anyone home.

A flickering screen answers that before they walk up. The light shifts and changes color the way a real TV does, so from outside the house reads as occupied, and occupied houses get skipped.

An empty house is a decision. This one looks like a no.
2min
to set up
1W
power, like a nightlight
7hr
auto-off timer
4.6/5
owner rating
Fake TV Simulator (Burglar Deterrent)
For trips and late shifts

Best for the nights you're not there.

Away for the weekend, or home late after a shift? Leave it on the timer and the living room glows like any other evening.

Face it toward the front window so the light reaches the street, not straight at the glass.

VacationsLate shiftsEvenings out
Set it once

Plug in, set the timer, place it at the window.

1

Plug it in

Any standard outlet near the front window works.

2

Pick a timer

Choose the run time so it switches off late evening.

3

Aim it

Point it so the glow reaches the street, not at the glass.

4

Leave it

The dusk sensor takes over and runs it every night.

No app, no wiring, no monthly fee. Just a lived-in glow at dusk.
If you travel

The light that house-sits while you're gone.

You can't leave a real TV running for a week. This gives the same signal on a timer, for the cost of a nightlight, and it sits ready for the next time you head out the door.

Layer your defense

Looks occupied. Stays protected.

The simulator keeps your home looking lived-in from the street. The TremShield Alarm covers the windows and doors if anyone tests them anyway.

See the alarm
Looks occupied. Stays protected.
Good to know

Questions, answered calmly

Yes. It cycles through the colors and brightness changes of real on-screen content, so through a curtain or blind it reads as a television playing.
No. The light sensor turns it on at dusk and the timer turns it off after the hours you choose. You set it once.
About as much as a small nightlight, far less than leaving an actual TV running. You can leave it on for a whole trip without worry.
Near a front-facing window, aimed so the glow can be seen from the street. Curtains or blinds make the effect look most natural.
No. It is a simple plug-in device with an onboard sensor and timer. Nothing to connect, nothing to subscribe to.

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