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Courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY we have a new camera to review! This time it is the EmpireTech LPR413-Z3 Automated License Plate Reader camera. It sports a 4MP 1/1.8"CMOS | Focal Length 8mm to 32mm | License Plate Recognition Distance Distance up to 20 m (65.62 ft) | Capture and Recognize License...

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/massive-changes-coming-to-google-chrome-threaten-to-reshape-the-modern-internet-160044166.html

As many of us have experienced, and well documented in this thread, that the 3M printed plates, especially those with blue in them, are very difficult to get with infrared. Unlike the stamped/raised plates, these printed plates do not have the same reflective properties and the flat nature of...

We aren't surprised at this finding https://www.yahoo.com/tech/surprise-this-30-video-doorbell-has-serious-security-issues-130630193.html

While most of us that use Pushover are either using the Pushover email option or the API option that @jaydeel created a thread about, for those that were using the SMS feature of Pushover, that feature will stop on July 1, 2024. This is a great article that discusses in more detail why SMS...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ring-no-longer-allow-police-201806895.html

Given the improvements that Dahua has made with the 5442 S3 series and the incredible night performance improvements, time to see if putting 8MP on the same size sensor results in a degradation or improved performance, so compliments of @EMPIRETECANDY we have one to do a side-by-side comparison...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meta-face-camera-heralds-age-124419459.html

As many of us are aware, Dahua decided to keep the same model numbers of some of their most popular models like the 5442-Z12E and the 5442 series cameras, but they have been updated with a newer GUI and specs that on paper show better than the previous version as was discussed in this thread...

As @EMPIRETECANDY pointed out in this thread, I have been playing with and testing the thermal camera IPC-TPC124X-AI. In particular, we wanted to see if they performed better than the previous thermal cameras that had proven unreliable if being used in mission critical situations and could...

https://www.wdbj7.com/2023/11/02/auto-business-workers-use-forklift-prevent-theft-suspect-escaping-video-shows/

As many of us are aware, Dahua decided to keep the same model numbers of some of their most popular models like the 5442-Z12E and the 5442 series cameras, but they have been updated with a newer GUI and specs that on paper show better than the previous version as was discussed in this thread...

Just got an alert and this image pops up LOL. It looks like something they used in Ghostbusters LOL. It's the gas company checking for leaks.

Has anyone done this? Good idea or make the home a target? https://www.rd.com/article/why-you-should-blur-out-your-house-on-google-maps/?utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_content=fhm&trkid=soc-fhm-facebook&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR199TVYNE7LSlay94DytKEtC6k3tTa58EIIcUdrTKhOlXYmn1EwBbjDCC4

Because we have had so many incidents over the years, I had finally convinced the neighbor at the beginning of the subdivision to allow me to put my LPR camera on their house so we could get everything coming in and out as they have a better angle and shorter distance than I do. I think many of...

This is interesting. With prices that are currently better than Ring...for the moment. It will be interesting to see if they gain enough market share for Ring to reduce their pricing or if this is introductory pricing that will quickly escalate to Ring pricing or higher...

So BI offers the ability for your system to do a command/routine/etc. on a profile change: I now have enough cameras with speakers that I thought I would add an alarm profile and have it play an audio file when I switch it to that profile: However the sound wouldn't play so I thought hey I...

We recently had a group come thru checking mailboxes, so I wanted to share the differences between the PTZs. I purchased these from @EMPIRETECANDY The 49225 was the sub $400 autotracking king of PTZs. It sports 2MP on the 1/2.8" sensor. This camera is still being sold, but autotracking has...

@samplenhold and @Flintstone61 have been sprinkling in to threads our Technical Terms, so thought we would put them here LOL FTS = IPCAMTALK Technical Term for Fuck the Specs DUFOPWD = IPCAMTALK Technical Term for Don't Update Firmware On Perfectly Working Device DFWAB = IPCAMTALK Technical...

Thought this was a cool capture someone posted. They are supposed to be 1,000 feet vertical separation, but that sure looks closer

So an NFL player with a $48M contract has cameras installed on his house. Some kids were playing Nerf Wars around 8pm in the neighborhood and the NFL player and his sister and her boyfriend go out into the backyard with guns in hand thinking maybe they were under attack. Even though they...

We have many members here that are east by wind or downstream by river of this major derailment and subsequent controlled burn, so thought I would make a thread for those east of this. This is right at Ohio/Pennsylvania border. Reports of cows and fish dying 100 miles away from site. All of a...

Louder than the speaker from a camera LOL https://www.9news.com.au/national/parrot-scares-off-melbourne-intruder-with-terrifying-shrieks/bad645bd-7152-44bb-aa15-9552b54ec0b5

This was just posted on Nextdoor LOL (it would be more believable if it was in B/W or all color. I guess instead of providing good images, the ADT monthly fees go towards gimmicks like this LOL):

I think @Flintstone61 should install this at the condo LOL. https://www.kmov.com/2022/11/10/kirkwood-company-sells-anti-theft-fogging-systems-that-blind-burglars-with-fog/

Let's just say that will be the last theft that person does.... https://www.yahoo.com/news/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-created-035500026.html

Is everyone getting their pushover images this morning for those using the API? I am getting no images this morning. In the past I would get an occasional no image but it had settled down quite a bit and had been rock steady. I rebooted the BI server, cleared the app cache, rebuilt the DB, DB...

I love how Rob knows what is coming from many of us that he simply says it LOL "So big surprise everybody Rob's going to say that the Reolink 510a is the best budget camera under $50" However, he does caveat it with the nighttime video is not as good. He ranks the Reolink 510a as the best...

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Courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY we have the Full-Color 5MP IR and White Light IP Smart PT PoE Camera 4.0mm Lens ,Support Two-Way Audio,Human Detection,Sound and Light Alarm SD2A500-GN-A-PV to check out. It can be purchased here: Amazon or AliExpress Camera Image Sensor 1/2.8" CMOS Pixel...