![]() ![]() The camera is a PoE so it does not have a power supply with it. it has many features built in including motion detection, sending emails with 3 snapshots, and tripping a NVR if you have one. about 2 years ago i bought a hikivison DS‑2CD2332‑I PoE dome camera with night vision. ![]() I went the hikvision route after reading MANY forums and reviews and have been very pleased with the results. yes its a pain to fish wire but at the end of the day it will be more reliable and more secure. I think the only way to really get what I want for proper motion detection will be to set up a DVR that has software that can send multiple motion-detected snapshots attached to a single email. The industry trend seems to be moving towards putting less and less useful features into the cameras themselves, and forcing you to do things the manufacturer's way to enhance vendor lock-in and force you to pay for their "cloud services" instead of giving the customer the features that he wants. I've been searching everywhere for a better replacement, but so far, haven't found exactly what I want. A smart person will make a special disposable email account somewhere and use that that to register for their "cloud" login for these cameras' softwares. so who knows what kind of spying is going on there. The Android (and presumably also the iPhone too) apps also require you to register online with an account that is on a server somewhere in China, and if you don't register for such an account and use it to login to the app, the software simply won't let you in, period. I could not get it to work with anything but IE. I'm still using it but not fully pleased with it.Īlso, Beware that all these new H.264 WiFi/IP web cameras require you to use a browser plugin to manage the camera that only works with IE, despite claims that the plugin is also supposed to work with Firefox and Chrome. ![]() The video on this camera is only 720P, and nowhere near as pretty as the Amcrest's video, but good enough. It only sends 3 snapshots, which is better than only 1, but not what I wanted. ![]() I then tried one of Foscam's later offerings (the FI9821PV2) after their salesrep (via web chat) told me it would send 6 snapshots attached to each motion detect email. Utter madness and totally useless for trying to view on a smartphone. each with only one single snapshot attachment. I found that its motion detection is finicky and totally unreliable, and it only sends a single snapshot attached per each email, and it will send you a burst of sometimes hundreds of emails in rapid-fire succession. I've been searching for a replacement to upgrade them and bought an Amcrest 1080P ProHD camera to test, and the video quality is quite stunning for a $100 Chinese WiFi webcam with pan, tilt and digital zoom. They send a series of 6 motion-detected snapshots attached in each email, which is very useful for seeing the sequence of whatever triggered the motion detect, especially when viewing that email in the Gmail app on an android smartphone since you can easily see all 6 snapshot thumbnails on one screen. They have pretty good motion detection, but their ancient 640x480 VGA or 320x240 QVGA video quality looks very bad when compared to more modern cameras. They are over 5 years old and even though they are indoor units, I've got them outside under a carport where they are protected from rain, and they have not succumbed to the elements yet after half a decade of exposure. I have some Foscam FI8918W WiFi cameras set up at my house. Unless you can find a used "bundle" that has a nvr and a few cameras, I don’t think you're going to get far with your budget.Īs I said, I don't need a NVR, just a basic camera with alert features (ideally with a screenshot in the email), and remote view from Android or browser (I could set up port forwarding if necessary). ![]()
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