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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Through a publicly available hack.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    I did not say anything bad yet (I still have problems with tracking after I mounted it, worked great from the window). All I pointed out is that even a good expensive camera can miss limbs and ghost people. By itself the problem does not mean much without the technical context. Thanks for your...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    I found out what was the problem with illuminator. It is not respecting the profile, so whatever you choose in Illuminator settings stays there for all profiles. The profile does not apply to illuminator...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Lol @bigredfish , thanks for asking. I double checked to be sure and you are right, IR was off. Must have forgotten it during trials. Will have to wait another night how it works now ;)
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    And before anybody says it, yes, I need to cut those branches that limit the clear view only to half the frame.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Ok, folks. Last night, I tuned the PTZ425DB-AT to get licenses. It is not perfect, but I am surprised I can even do this. In pitch dark, I can see some license numbers, but this depends on the plate lights of the car itself. By day, license plates are very easy to catch and identify: I am...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    I have not bought any Reolink IP cameras. Just slowly getting ready to find the right cameras to upgrade. As for the Synology, I have not spent anything either. The NAS was mine and turned out to work as NVR very well. As for the camera licenses, I have not spent anything yet, thanks to...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Thanks guys. This turned into a PTZ425 thread, but your help is great. I didn't know the Anti Flicker threw the limit up. I am familiar with photo variables, F aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, etc. These are the only three parameters that matter in real photography, but these concepts have...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Ahh, ok. Thanks @wittaj . This is more helpful. I did play around last night with shutter speeds, trying to see if I can capture license plates with a PTZ (don't laugh!). I managed to put shutter down to 1/120 coz the PTZ did not go any lower. And yes, I could read license plates far away with...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    The reason I opened this thread is to have a constructive conversation. I know most of you guys know better than me, but I like to follow the evidence. Trust and belief is for religious people, which I am not much :) Ok, so Reolink is missing arms. Last night I installed the $400 Empiretech...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Hi all, I have been reading this forum for a while, and often the advice I read here is to avoid buying Reolink. There are no good arguments or facts to support the advice, so I am asking here to dump all the concrete examples why Reolink should be avoided with concrete facts or own experience...
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    Mounting to Soffit with no backing?

    Yup, I will need to work from the attic for this. I was so happy to get this ptz, works great for my purpose. Now I have to wait for the snow to melt to get up there.
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    Mounting to Soffit with no backing?

    This is the old camera's spot. There are screw spots already which I have to check if they can hold the heavy PTZ.
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    Mounting to Soffit with no backing?

    What did you end up doing? I just got the same PTZ425DB-AT as you to replace on older dome camera on the second floor soffit. But I think the old camera had only some wood screews directly on the soffit, which would not hold for the PTZ. I thought buying the expensive camera was the most...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    The camera turned out to be garbage. I finally had the time to properly test the Jennov P87HM85-30X-EAS. I put it by a window and tested both with the window open and closed. I walked in front of the house and had a few cars that drove on the street in front of us. The camera is close to being...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Ok folks, here is an update on what I tried and what I upgraded with. Synology DVA1622: This turned out to be useless. It has some AI features, but there are only two threads (they call them tasks), so only two cameras can benefit from AI. On top of this, turns out that the bandwidth of this...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    A small update. I found out that Synology is making an NVR with some AI capability. I already have a Synology NAS and I am a bit familiar with Surveillance Station. So I am starting to consider to get their 2 bay NVR for now. Any thoughts are welcome. This is the Synology NVR: Amazon.com (only...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Thanks for letting me know. I am within the return window and need to make a decision within a couple of weeks. I am really starting to buy into this Unifi NVR. Just watched a bunch of videos and might be a good idea. @Ookie thanks for your help. Can you clarify a few things for me please: I...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    @Ookie how do you power your cameras? I am confused with Unifi. I thought they need multiple devices, routers, and whatnot just to have the cameras powered and connected to the NVR. I also read somewhere that they are trying to kill all third party cameras connections, so people use only their...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Well, I just dropped the offer to get the DS-7716NI-M4 for $500. I know it may come back to bite me but I have too many old cameras to upgrade them now, so better to rely on the suboptimal Motion Detection 2.0 of the NXI series. The Ubiquity recommendation is quite intriguing though. @Ookie I...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Price? Does it work correctly with human/vehicle detection sent by the cameras?
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Hikvision gurus, anybody else here?
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    I have enabled Motion Detection 2.0 on 15 cameras and it seems to work without complaining. This is another mystery of specs to me, between all of AI engines and options, it is hard to figure out which AI feature is limited to 4 channels and why MD works on all of them This said, I agree that...
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    Which NVR to upgrade with from Hikvision

    Hi all, I have an old LaView system with 16 PoE cameras. The NVR started to act up, so I decided to upgrade. There are three options on the table: * DS-7616NXI-I2 - I already got this NVR and the AI helps to mark footage for humans and cars, which I find helpful. I am talking about Motion...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    BTW, this screenshot reminded me of a small detail. All the LaView/Hikvision cameras show status "Connected" while the Jennov camera shows simply as "Online" despite being on the Hikvision protocol. What that means? Who knows...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    Just an update. The Jennov camera can be added with Hikvision protocol even from the local PoE port. To do that, there are a couple of tricky steps. 1. Go in the camera configuration via web browser and enable "Use ONVIF on all subnet" (or something similar). This will enable the NVR to detect...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    The Jennov camera has port 8000 specifically set for Hikvision, there is also a setting in the configuration for that. The issue seems to be with the certificate, just like you had. No idea what certificate is looking for. And btw, unchecking Verify Certificate does not help, just like you...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    Just a small correction, the Jennov is now live on HikConnect even even connecting through the platform.
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    (I think) I managed to add the camera with the Hikvision protocol from the LAN. I tried the human detection playback from HikConnect and seemed to work to some degree. Then I brought the camera to the NVR and tried to connect it to the PoE port. Put the camera password the same as the NVR...
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    Jennov 8mp POE PTZ

    Pinging also @alastairstevenson since he seems to know about Hikvision NVRs.
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