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As I understand it, Ring is a motion-activated camera that effectively replaces an existing doorbell and installation consists of hooking it up to the two wires that should already be there.
I'm not shilling for them, I just keep hearing it advertised on some podcasts I listen to. And it sounds to me like sometimes--as others have pointed out--it's just not worth trying to reinvent the wheel when simple ready-made solutions already exist.
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I have also heard of Ring and have heard good things -- Skybell is a competitor. When someone rings the doorbell, you can view a live video feed from your smart phone, and if you choose to, reply (audio only).
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Ring's motion activated, so you can get video recorded even before someone actually rings the doorbell. I think that's kind of a must if you want actual surveillance rather just a "regular" doorbell but with video.
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Ring and offerings like them LOVE to identify their brand on the bezel of the devices. The entire device concept is to discreetly monitor your entry so lets advertise that we are. Doth!!!
On another note I'm really enjoying this thread as I'm very interested in setting up whole property monitoring inside out and y'all are feeding my imagination.
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I've been playing around with ip cams the past several years and there has been a dramatic improvement in both quality and affordability. In fact, I picked up a few ip cams last week capable of recording at 1080p/30fps for about $62 each. Almost everything I've seen includes integrated IR, which makes night viewing/recording possible (in black and white). Just be sure you don't put this up against a pane of glass, as there will be a reflection.
Also... to back up what others have mentioned, POE is really helpful to have (especially if you're going after an outdoor solution), as well as a battery backup.
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I bought a RING doorbell. If she has a powered doorbell, it is really easy.
It has a camera, motion sensor, and it notifies my on my phone when I am away from the house.
If it is powered through the doorbell wires, you can even remotely access the camera and "Peek" outside.
Finally, it has, for an extra fee, a record the events and send them to the cloud.
A handy feature.
My brother now has one, because in MI he is down in the basement, and when someone rings, he can see who it is without climbing the stairs to see it was a package drop.
While it's not cheap, I find it well made. And I was able to answer the doorbell when we were on vacation last summer, which is always cool!
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For this woman's application I would suggest a very simple solution. Her door should as most doors do, have a peep sight. You can buy a camera that is ready made to mount over a peep sight in the inside of the door. with it's own screen. Barring that you can make one with a Raspberry Pi3 and camera and screen modules, or even an ESP8266 and same. Either of those solutions will also allow you to connect the video to the home network.
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For years I've had a Sharx wireless indoor HD camera on the inside of my window with front porch, yard, and some of the street in view. It's worked well and has pretty good quality. I have it setup with a user-defined motion-detection box drawn over the front porch so any movement on the porch triggers 30s of video and 3 snapshots being ftp'd to an ftp site, as well as the 1st snapshot being emailed to me. The capture settings are pretty configurable via the camera's web interface (motion-det-only/constant recording, ftp, email, quality, etc). Since it's on the inside, the physical installation was pretty easy. Attached with bracket to wall, plugs into the nearest outlet, and connects with wifi to my home network. The camera has infrared leds for night vision but I have them turned off b/c they just reflect off the window. Fortunately there's a street light in front of my house that provides sufficient lighting.
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Since no one has mentioned a DVR, are we to assume "someone" is going to sit and watch the video feed all day long?
If not: 8 channel 2TB 24x7 DVR; 6 HD cameras; 60ft powered cables; Linux server; client intranet AND / OR internet access; detection emails. About 300-400 USD.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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One word: Arlo. Use it for my home, and the big drawback is if you lose internet, you won't get anything out of it, but if that's not an issue, the motion sensing and alarm seem to work well. I haven't caught anyone with it, except myself getting out of bed, and going downstairs, forgetting it was on.
Simple to setup, simple to use.
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just recently seen a few tv ads for the following product
https://ring.com/
no idea if it works as well as they say but may be of interest
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Proxomitron.Info ...the Webhiker's Guide to Proxomitron.[^]
This was da biznezz, back in the days when IE was almost usable.
I used to run IE through both this and MyIE (which later became an independent browser, and then Maxthon), making IE 4, 5, and 6 way faster and more usable.
If you're ever stuck in a dinosaur factory, and have to use one of those falcatuses, make sure you've got a copy of this with you!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oh lord can you buy me a mercedes benz/color tv, my friends all ...
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Consequences following American subject (9)
Slogans aren't solutions.
modified 28-Apr-17 5:50am.
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Consequences
following AFTER
American subject MATH AFTERMATH
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Indeed. Well done, you're up er, next (what with Monday being a UK bank holiday and everything).
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Methinks that article fails to distinguish between the traditional pagan spring festival and International Workers' Day but I didn't realise quite how widespread it is between the two of them.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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What is the significance of "American" ? Even just "subject" should or can point to MATH
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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The Western Colonials call it "Math". The civilized world calls it "Maths", which is of course the correct name.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ah Shucks, I was then sidetracked trying to think American subject as yankie or sam or in similar lines
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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OriginalGriff wrote: civilized
Are you sure the "civilised" world spells it that way? 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Oh yes. It's only the strange colonials who have to invent new letters of the alphabets such as "Zee" who spell it with an "s".
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My grandfathers say, "Let's do the Math, without us you'd be typing in German now."
You just sound bitter that we kicked you out.
Although I can't talk much, still bitter about Sherman. Not that the North won, slavery was/is terrible, but he was a right B@sterd in the way he went about it.
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Well spotted!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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