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★★★★★
Despite a few quirks, this wifi security camera is the best thing out there.
IMO, this is the best wireless IP Security for less than $100. The video capture quality and storage flexibility is simply the best out there. The setup of this camera is pretty straight forward using your android or iphone. You can use 2.4ghz wifi or ethernet connection, but I wish that it has 5ghz wifi also. Afterwards, you can log into the portal website where you can remotely view the camera with some playback. Playback is not much and you can purchase more cloud storage for more money, but it is not necessary. Another way to access the device is to log into the device itself. Somehow Edge browser doesn't work and Chrome requires a plugin for the Amcrest web view. From here, you can configure all the nitty-gritty things like setting the time and date as if you log into the cloud I see the year 2000 unless you change it here. There are lots of configurations of this device where you can store the videos locally into a microsd card (64gb max) as well as uploading to an ftp site or nas server. By default it records only on motion and audio detection and with compression, it records about at least 1 week or 2 using my 32gb microsd card.
The camera's video quality is very good, and you can control the tilt and swivel using the amcrest app. The best part is that it has a mic and speaker so you can speak to the person using your smartphone or tablet.
February 2017 · Electronics