Indoor Surveillance Camera
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I had started a thread a while back, looking for some recommendations for an outdoor camera system:
Home Surveillance System (Outdoors)I have not moved forward with that project, yet.
However, I am now in the market for an immediate purchases of at least 1 indoor camera system. Are the same brands mentioned for outdoor also viable for indoor?
Some people here at work have installed some of the $70ish cams to watch their dogs. But considering all the same stuff from, say, Ring and Nest, costs $200, I worry about the security of said $70 cameras. Seems like every other IOT device gets hacked these days.
Here is the $70 one:
http://www.amazon.com/YI-87003-Camera-Official-Micro/dp/B019SR3C82?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00So, is the high cost of Nest and Ring just marketing?
I'm not looking to break the bank at this time. Just need a camera set up on a door for a particular reason at the moment.
Would love to hear what anyone else is doing for this.
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Ring is Wifi, and alerts you on your phone with an app on motion and also does cloud recording for $9/year. Not marketing just a different type device.
Ring is also outdoor
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@Jason said
Ring is Wifi, and alerts you on your phone with an app on motion and also does cloud recording for $9/year. Not marketing just a different type device.
Ring is also outdoor
I think they raised it to $30. But still a heck of a lot less than the Nest Cam.
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I'm still looking over devices myself, ... but take a look at SPECO. They have a decent line of gear
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@gjacobse said in Indoor Surveillance Camera:
I'm still looking over devices myself, ... but take a look at SPECO. They have a decent line of gear
There are sooooooooooooooo manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy devicesssssssssssssssssssss
I think my keyboard is sticking.
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Also - All the cameras I plan to install for myself will be PoE,.. I won't do WiFi on any of them
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@gjacobse said
Also - All the cameras I plan to install for myself will be PoE,.. I won't do WiFi on any of them
Security reasons?
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@BRRABill said in Indoor Surveillance Camera:
@gjacobse said
Also - All the cameras I plan to install for myself will be PoE,.. I won't do WiFi on any of them
Security reasons?
Security and power.
I have a PoE switch just for my main AP and the cameras. This will all be on a UPS so that even if the power is out, they will function. Since point for the power to come from, and only one cable I need to run.
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The only device that I'm currently aware of that even looks remotely secure is the Ring video doorbell. They do updates as needed (and security researchers have been pounding on them, found flaws, and Ring fixed them instantly).
Zigbee and other protocols are horribly insecure, there are several papers out there telling you exactly how to by pass security on them.
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Little follow up on this.
I have been playing with the Ring Stick-Up cam, both indoors and out. And it has not really performed to my expectations.
I'm not sure if I got a bum device or what.
Currently trying to improve my Wifi and see if it helps.
I mean, I am getting 20Mbps to the Internet from the same location as the camera, but their "interference" number is around 60, and it's supposed to be at 55 or less to not get blocky video.
Example 1:
https://ring.com/share/1247678751Example 2:
(this is of an "intruder" (ME!) stealing beer from my fridge)
you'll see it's got a wierd pink hue, as well
https://ring.com/share/1297845399Neither is anywhere near the quality they show on the commercials.
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I'm working with them but their support is kind of hit-or-miss. Been waiting 2 days for a response.
