Reolink doorbell is great. Comes in a WiFi or PoE configuration. Can be used with their app with a local NVR, or used as an IP cam into your own NVR.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HA | Home Assistant automation software |
| ~ | High Availability |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
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In my experience pretty much all IP cameras phone home in some way at some point, so yeah, you are best off putting them on a separate VLAN and routing appropriately.
The only brand I've had a good experience with is Reolink. I don't think the quality is appreciably different than a brand like Hikvision and the firmware and support is vastly superior.
Edit: Some good info on using Reolink cameras with Frigate. I use Blue Iris but would vastly prefer OSS.
2N Verso.
- Works totally offline/Cloud free if required.
- Can be integrated into any NVR&SIP environment
- Can easily be used with plausible deniability. "Yeah, officer,I am just using it when someone rings the bell, no recording,the bell system never records,no!"
- Very sturdy and reliable hardware
- Offers indoor viewing stations (for the less technically adept household members)
- PoE based, can be used with LTE in some versions.
- Good documentation
- With the automation licence (Costs a bit extra,but is "buy once" at least) basically everything one can imagine automation wise can be achieved, including API calls,etc.
- Can be extended with RFID, Fingerprint, Bluetooth,Induction loops,etc.
If you want to use their cloud service you have to pay a small fee,but that's purely optional and you can easily use your own SIP solution to avoid this. Or simply don't answer your door from somewhere else.
The big downside? It's ridiculously expensive. But I mean...how often does one buy a new doorbell?
unifi has nice (a) doorbell(s). you need a server to record and run the controller though, but that can be a raspberry pi
Don't the Ubiquity doorbells require a 'dream machine' storage appliance for recording video? I didn't think there was a way to use your own storage anymore which has been my main hesitation in getting one.
oh, i didn't know that, as i'm already in to deep in unifi appliances 😬
i think i remember that it was not required, but i would not be surprised if that has changed.
consodering that you would need a subscription for a ring doorbell (if i remember correctly) the 200€ for the storage device and the ~180€ for the doorbell would still be cheaper. i'd be surprised to see another alternative with the same features for less money or without a aubscription.