I am probably going to go ahead and do the subscription for a couple of reasons.
1. I saw several articles on the site that looked interesting. Hopefully, the contents are as interesting as the titles.
2. If they really do a great job of independent testing then it might be well worth the money. I recently did a decent size Hik install and found Hik's documentation to be extremely lacking, especially in technical details. It was very frustrating. For example, I was trying to decide between regular Class 10 sd cards or UHS 3. I asked if the camera models are capable of taking advantage of the UHS 3 speed and the reply I got was that they don't recommend relying on sd cards for recording. Ok, I understand that, but it was not the question that I asked. Another time I asked about the difference in sensitivity between 850 nm and 940 nm, as the client wanted completely covert lights, if they would work. This is not a difficult test for a diagnostic rig, under controlled conditions, and I would guess they already do the testing for 850 nm, but the answer I got was, "It should work ok. We support infrared." Wow! Really? I used to run a performance benchmarking lab and if I gave answers like that, I would have been fired. Maybe I'm just pedantic, but in a detail oriented industry, that is a good thing, right? Alright, I'll stop complaining there. In general though, I do like most of the qualities of their products, especially for the price point.
