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Dec 25, 2024
9:34:09pm

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Eufy is also a Chinese company

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maxpowers

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What's the best non-subscription security camera brand? Doorbell and cameras.

Best Guess

Dec 25, 8:26pm

Not an IT person - EUFY. If you have a pretty good understanding of IT and networking - Unifi.

AltTabbins

Dec 25, 8:36pm

I have Dream Machine and still haven’t done anything with it.

eysikal

Dec 25, 10:39pm

They work really well if you are in the ecosystem. The cameras are great and its nice having local storage without a nas

AltTabbins

12:25am

Eufy IMO. For the detached garage, I suggest a Reolink camera because it gives about a 180 degree view

KingDave

Dec 25, 8:37pm

Can camera brands be mixed and matched? I was anticipating I'd need to choose

Best Guess

Dec 25, 8:41pm

They’d each have their own app

KingDave

Dec 25, 8:55pm

Yes, using a third party. I have different brands on HomeKit.

molodyets

Dec 25, 9:00pm

Reolink is a Chinese brand which may mean it can access some of your

goofball

Dec 25, 8:59pm

HomeKit Secure Video makes this easy.

molodyets

Dec 25, 9:00pm

Eufy is also a Chinese company

maxpowers

Dec 25, 9:34pm

I’ve heard good things about Reolink.

Jay_L

Dec 25, 8:37pm

If you are willing to wire up PoE with an NVR, Reolink is pretty dang good.

slappy

Dec 25, 8:47pm

Just got a Reolink Doorbell today. Happy with it so far.

SlyCoug

Dec 25, 8:53pm

If I don't know what you are saying does that mean Eufy for me?

sah22

Dec 25, 9:14pm

I'm new to security cameras, but from YT it seems pretty straight forward...

Best Guess

Dec 25, 9:41pm

To TV? So you can bring it up like a security room?

eysikal

Dec 25, 10:40pm

Correct. If you can't view what's going on, what's the point in cameras?

Best Guess

Dec 25, 11:43pm

I imagine every system has a web interface for looking at video.

eysikal

5:58am

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