Hello everyone,
I am currently considering which video door entry system to buy for our single-family house on a hillside.
I find the video feature very useful since our living and dining area is located in the basement, so you don’t have to go upstairs every time the doorbell rings.
There are many versions on the market, and unfortunately, they vary significantly in price.
Do you have any recommendations on which ones to buy?
What do you think about this one?
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Best regards,
Micha
I am currently considering which video door entry system to buy for our single-family house on a hillside.
I find the video feature very useful since our living and dining area is located in the basement, so you don’t have to go upstairs every time the doorbell rings.
There are many versions on the market, and unfortunately, they vary significantly in price.
Do you have any recommendations on which ones to buy?
What do you think about this one?
link removed by moderation; construction expert
Best regards,
Micha
If your current cameras are sufficient for your needs, then something similar will definitely work for the doorbell as well.
In your case, it’s more for casual use and quick checks. It doesn’t really offer real surveillance and protection. I assume your system is not protected against power outages, and there’s no external backup either...
Three days of recording is hardly anything. If you’re on vacation and something happens, the system will overwrite the footage after three days...
You can’t access it from outside right now? Especially when I’m not at home, I want to be notified if something happens...
Are the cameras all on the same local network? It doesn’t matter if you access them locally or not. They probably send data back home unless you cut off their internet access. If you’re running a DLNA server, your photos and videos might be transmitted as well.
A good system for access is an NVR or NAS (e.g., Synology or QNAP).
Remote access is easy. Just connect to your home network via VPN and access everything as if you were at home. It’s free. In the worst case, you can use the VPN function on a Fritzbox. But there are other options, too.
In your case, it’s more for casual use and quick checks. It doesn’t really offer real surveillance and protection. I assume your system is not protected against power outages, and there’s no external backup either...
Three days of recording is hardly anything. If you’re on vacation and something happens, the system will overwrite the footage after three days...
You can’t access it from outside right now? Especially when I’m not at home, I want to be notified if something happens...
Are the cameras all on the same local network? It doesn’t matter if you access them locally or not. They probably send data back home unless you cut off their internet access. If you’re running a DLNA server, your photos and videos might be transmitted as well.
A good system for access is an NVR or NAS (e.g., Synology or QNAP).
Remote access is easy. Just connect to your home network via VPN and access everything as if you were at home. It’s free. In the worst case, you can use the VPN function on a Fritzbox. But there are other options, too.
K
KampfKraut21 Sep 2019 22:55I’ll take a look at what I find and write it here. I’m a bit short on time right now ^^
Whether you want to call it "using it for playing around" is a matter of opinion. We have already been able to identify a "trash bin kicker" more than once with this. It was enough for that person to receive a fine (at least the local police officer issued one).
Otherwise, 3 days of storage is more than enough for us. My parents no longer go on vacation, so there is always at least one person at home—continuously for 30 years (best burglary protection anyway ^^).
The cameras are on the same network—correct. But my data, like pictures etc., is stored on a self-built server (Windows 10/64-bit—encrypted). I keep a close eye on that.
I will handle remote access myself—after all, thanks to Facebook, I can unlock the front door while on the go.
Whether you want to call it "using it for playing around" is a matter of opinion. We have already been able to identify a "trash bin kicker" more than once with this. It was enough for that person to receive a fine (at least the local police officer issued one).
Otherwise, 3 days of storage is more than enough for us. My parents no longer go on vacation, so there is always at least one person at home—continuously for 30 years (best burglary protection anyway ^^).
The cameras are on the same network—correct. But my data, like pictures etc., is stored on a self-built server (Windows 10/64-bit—encrypted). I keep a close eye on that.
I will handle remote access myself—after all, thanks to Facebook, I can unlock the front door while on the go.
Hello, this thread is a bit older, but maybe it can be revived.
I am also facing the question of which video intercom system to install.
It definitely needs to be app-controlled (door opener, notifications for motion and ringing, two-way communication) and should use a 2-wire bus system (no LAN cable to the indoor station).
Upstairs, I would like an additional indoor station as a slave, for which I have not installed extra wiring (except of course power), so it should connect to the master indoor station via Wi-Fi.
So far, I liked the Doorbird D2101V, but it can only be used on a 2-wire system with a complicated and expensive adapter, and additional slave indoor stations are not possible without wired connections.
I have now found the Elogoo video door intercom system (+ extra slave monitor X4), which actually meets my requirements well and is still reasonably priced.
Are there any experiences with this system?
I am also facing the question of which video intercom system to install.
It definitely needs to be app-controlled (door opener, notifications for motion and ringing, two-way communication) and should use a 2-wire bus system (no LAN cable to the indoor station).
Upstairs, I would like an additional indoor station as a slave, for which I have not installed extra wiring (except of course power), so it should connect to the master indoor station via Wi-Fi.
So far, I liked the Doorbird D2101V, but it can only be used on a 2-wire system with a complicated and expensive adapter, and additional slave indoor stations are not possible without wired connections.
I have now found the Elogoo video door intercom system (+ extra slave monitor X4), which actually meets my requirements well and is still reasonably priced.
Are there any experiences with this system?
K
knalltüte28 Oct 2020 14:27Traumfaenger schrieb:
For the sake of completeness, I have tried Dahua. The installation is definitely not plug & play (nor are the German brands that cost twice as much), but it works reliably afterward and, unlike the alternatives mentioned above, can be configured so that not all data is routed through foreign servers. I am very satisfied with the system now (doorbell, additional cameras, switch, etc.).Have you tried these (turm.tech / Dahua)? (Still on my testing bench.)
Personally, I find them far from plug & play, but now I have to “push through.”
The build quality and video performance are excellent, even in the dark. The HEK is around 500€ (net) for all components...
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Traumfaenger24 Mar 2023 20:11Have you had any experience with whether it’s possible to stream the camera feed continuously to the monitor with Dahua or other systems? With Dahua, it’s very complicated and only works on a PC via the browser (Chrome extension), and after a while, it always requires the user to log in again, which is extremely annoying. Also, according to the Task Manager, the extension causes very high power consumption, and you can tell from the loud fan noise when this app is running. On the Dahua monitor itself, which belongs to the door station, an image is only shown when someone rings the doorbell. You can connect additional cameras, but their feed also cannot be streamed continuously.
I asked Metzler customer service, and their door stations and indoor monitors also do not support continuous streaming, even for extra cameras that are not built into the door station.
It shouldn’t be rocket science to permanently display the camera feeds on the screen upon customer request, right? The reason is that we specifically installed two cameras at the entrance area because it is somewhat hidden around the corner, and we would like to be able to see if someone is standing just out of view (that’s exactly why we have the second camera, whose feed is very cumbersome to access).
I asked Metzler customer service, and their door stations and indoor monitors also do not support continuous streaming, even for extra cameras that are not built into the door station.
It shouldn’t be rocket science to permanently display the camera feeds on the screen upon customer request, right? The reason is that we specifically installed two cameras at the entrance area because it is somewhat hidden around the corner, and we would like to be able to see if someone is standing just out of view (that’s exactly why we have the second camera, whose feed is very cumbersome to access).
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