[PLUG] monitoring camera

[Erik Lane]

I saw a review of the Wyze security camera that was pretty positive on it.
It's dirt cheap ~$26 at Amazon. I was impressed because of all it packed in
for that price, but I'm not really in the market, so I didn't pay a ton of
attention.

Sorry, but I can't give any more in depth info. Looks like it ticks most of
the boxes, but it's not open in any way, I believe.


On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM Michael Rasmussen <michael at michaelsnet.us>
wrote:

> This sounds like a great meeting topic and presentation.
> Tomas?
>
> On 2020-07-24 08:37, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> > I researched this a while back and came to the conclusion that bunch of
> > raspberry-pies with their basic camera + cheap plastic case combined
> > with
> > millions of free usb chargers laying around is the way to go. It all
> > costs
> > less than $70 per camera and you can manage them, without any cloud
> > spying
> > and extend as needed even outside to the interwebs.
> >
> > That or ask one of the three letter agencies for their existing feed.
> > It is
> > taxpayers paid after all.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 19:05 Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for suggestions for a web camera for monitoring a senior
> >> that is living in our house.  I'd like to be able to switch to a tab
> >> in
> >> my browser and check in on them.  I would also like to be able to do
> >> the
> >> same from a phone on my local wifi.  I suppose this effectively a baby
> >> cam.
> >>
> >> Here are the features I think I want, but this will be my first camera
> >> of this type, so feel free to point out the error of my ways.  Of
> >> course, I reserve the right to ignore good advice.
> >>
> >>
> >> Simultaneously stream the video to two or more places (two people
> >> doing
> >> the monitoring).
> >>
> >> One way audio to hear requests for help, and to be sure the TV is
> >> still
> >> working.  Two way audio might be nice, but I'm not sure I would use
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Local-only network operation, or at least the ability to shutoff
> >> internet access, and confidence that it truly is off.  Access from
> >> outside the local network is not required (there will always be a
> >> caregiver at the house).
> >>
> >> POE if possible to simplify wiring.
> >>
> >> Wide angle lens
> >>
> >> Night time operation, but any infrared lighting must not interfere
> >> with
> >> IR remotes.
> >>
> >> Motion detection might be useful, particularly at night, but I'm not
> >> sure how I would get an alert without needing some sort of phone-based
> >> app.
> >>
> >> I don't think I need the ability to record.
> >>
> >>
> >> I briefly looked at some of the Unifi cameras this afternoon.  I'd be
> >> willing to spend at that level if the performance justifies it.
> >>
> >> thanks for your help,
> >> galen
> >> --
> >> Galen Seitz
> >> galens at seitzassoc.com
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