How do you like the D-Links? I've got two plus one of their video recorder appliances, and have found them to be completely reliable but the app is hot garbage. Any tips?
They're OK, but fairly old. I've switched to Amcrest as my go-to brand as I'm having a tough time figuring out if the newer D-Links will work with Blue Iris or if they will only work with D-Link's app/cloud stuff.
Some of them are starting to exhibit mechanical failures - I have one pan/tilt model where the connection between the camera and the rest of the unit has broken, and I have another where the mechanical IR filter is starting to stick and sometimes fails to engage or disengage. I think these failures are primarily age-related and I expect that my Amcrest cameras will eventually start to fail in the same way.
These days my main considerations are whether the camera can serve up an RTSP stream. I do all of the motion detection/notification/recording/viewing/etc via Blue Iris.
Mister_Snuggles|6 years ago
Some of them are starting to exhibit mechanical failures - I have one pan/tilt model where the connection between the camera and the rest of the unit has broken, and I have another where the mechanical IR filter is starting to stick and sometimes fails to engage or disengage. I think these failures are primarily age-related and I expect that my Amcrest cameras will eventually start to fail in the same way.
These days my main considerations are whether the camera can serve up an RTSP stream. I do all of the motion detection/notification/recording/viewing/etc via Blue Iris.