Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Easy install and setup, very wide field of view, and absolutely incredible resolution and image quality. I have mine paired up with an Amcrest NV4116E , and it was instantly recognized and displayed. I have this vandal-resistant dome camera on my front porch, watching over my front door. My previous "wide angle" security camera placed in the same location could see the front stoop and 3 steps leading up to it. This camera however, sees the entire stoop, all six steps, a 30 foot walkway, and half of the front yard; all in exceptional detail. If I (hopefully don't) need to use footage to identify someone, it would be absolutely no problem with this camera. Without exaggeration, I can count the leaves on a boxwood plant that is ~25 feet from the camera; the image is *that* sharp. I absolutely love this camera, and will certainly be buying many more from Amcrest in the future. That being said, this product is not really for the average joe. In order to have this working well, and installed properly, you'll need to have moderate DIY skills. Being super nerdy helps too (PhD in engineering here) Knowing how to setup secure networks, DDNS, and terminate cat5e all really help here. Not difficult by any means at all, perhaps a little outside of the knowledge of the average DIY'er. Also, as with other Amcrest products that I've purchased in the past, these are all "prosumer" devices. Very little in the way of documentation or instructions at all. It isn't too difficult to figure out, but if you haven't played with a PoE camera before, it might have a bit of a learning curve. One other happy surprise that isn't shown in the pictures or written in the description; the wiring pigtail obviously has a PoE port, but it also includes RCA ports for audio in and audio out, as well as a 3-wire pigtail to alert an alarm system. Nice, unexpected bonus.