Yet ? Do you think there's another solution between storing in the cloud or locally ?
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Logitech Debuts New 'Logi Circle' Home Monitoring Camera
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And what if the little rascal defies me? What do I do then?It has 2-way audio, so you could talk (not yell!) to your dog when it happens.
I'd really rather not get into helicopter-parenting my pets. What they get up to on their own time is their business.
The problem is we are dangerously close to a world where you might get burglarized because you have cameras. Most companies do not take security seriously and they can become just as much as a liability in those cases.
What if you have two dogs, and you'd like to know which one is jumping up on the furniture when you're not home?That sort-of makes sense, but only if you're broken into frequently (as long, as others have pointed out, the bad guys don't steal the camer too!
I was thinking more along the lines of frequent occurrences that might justify the cost and intrusion of a permanently-running camera. Things like the dog jumping up on the furniture. However, there's not much you can do remotely in that scenario. And scolding the dog later, when you get home from work, is no use either. They've forgotten what they did.
We have a big dog and a small cat. Quite different coat colors.
We can tell who "did it" by the color of fur left behind and the size of the crater on the bed.
Not sure I want to set up an Internet-connected webcam pointing straight at my bed. The wife would wonder what I'm up to.
Good point.
The bad guys hack into the camera, case the joint remotely and then wait until there's clearly no one home.
most Logitech purchases end in regret, and they priced themselves right out of the market imo
Look for these on clearance closeout shelves in 6-9 months, then maybe the dollar store after that.
Look for these on clearance closeout shelves in 6-9 months, then maybe the dollar store after that.
Rule #1 in terms of IoT devices.... never EVERY buy on clearance unless you plan on swapping out the firmware. You might as well be putting XP laptops on your home network running a web server.
Yep, often poor quality for high prices. I have a large collecton of useless or broken Logitech stuff and try to avoid them.
I think you'll find Logitech has been in the home security and monitoring market for 5 years now. I have three of their Logitech Alert cameras, two outdoor weather proof ones and an inside one. Great cameras with 720p resolution and microphones that use PoE combined with Homeplugs to receive power and a data connection to your home network.
Earlier this year they announced they were getting out of the home video security market and ended the Home Alert camera series only offering replacement parts for those who needed them.
Seems they've changed their mind and decided to make a whole new brand of cameras with a different approach.
So they took the word "tech" from their brand. Then they make their product expensive. Where's the logic for this? I used to like them because they're well known brand and their price is very competitive. My speakers and mouse and keyboards and headsets are Logitech. Since then they start making overpriced keyboards for iPads and now this. SMH!
I rather have something like this where I can store it on my own remote server. Is there any software that does this, get the app, and what not, just store everything on my own cloud so to speak so I don't need to pay subscription fees to store it. Does something like this exist?
Exactly opposite. If your security camera relies on Internet, the bad boys would just need to cut your wire before entering the house.
A local store camera needs no internet, you just keep your storage device decoupled in a secret place and keep it synced over local wifi. So by the time the router is disabled the footage is supposed tobe saved.
I use a $50 Foscam with the iSpy app. Files are saved to my local HD in a folder sync'd to Dropbox.
I have a UE boom box, it works fine and also has had good reviews.
What was the problem?
The mini boom, not the boom. The last firmware update ruined the Bluetooth connection. Then they never issued a new update, provided no way to go back to the previous firmware, deleted all posts on their forum where people werE FREAKING OUT about it, continue to delete threads about it, discontinued the product, and stranded half a million or so owners out of a hundred bucks.
That is a company that deserves to go under. Their actions are criminal.
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry, I meant the Mini Boom. I had the first generation that you couldn't flash. Works really well with good sound considering the price and size.
Personally, I've never had any problems with Logitech and quite like the company - they make good products overall IMO. This camera looks interesting.
I think a better solution is a fallback to cellular if the WiFi signal drops out. And if somebody got as far as into your house to cut the wire to the router, they could also cut the wire to the camera (or if it is battery operated, drop a bag over it).
All communication that goes beyond two-way radios has a third-party mediator in its communication path: your ISP or MSP. What you would want is local device and the mediator not coming from the same company so the latter cannot install a backdoor into the communication path.
That sort-of makes sense, but only if you're broken into frequently (as long, as others have pointed out, the bad guys don't steal the camer too!
I was thinking more along the lines of frequent occurrences that might justify the cost and intrusion of a permanently-running camera. Things like the dog jumping up on the furniture. However, there's not much you can do remotely in that scenario. And scolding the dog later, when you get home from work, is no use either. They've forgotten what they did.
Yeah, why waste money on a camera for security unless you've been broken into a few times beforehand. I have a neighbor whose house caught on fire twice before he finally decided it would be a good investment to get homeowners insurance.
Not sure how a camera would help with a fire.
But you bring up a really good point about insurance: Pay the money for that, and you don't need to worry. Just get on with your life, knowing everything will be made good should the worst happen.
Are you suggesting the camera could replace insurance and save money on premiums?
I used a bunch of Foscam cameras before and although it works well, it's a lot of effort to get it to work and maintain it. At the time, it doesn't support full motion video recording but rather MJPEG, so that's big minus for me. I have these MJPEG files FTP-ed to a folder in my home server, which is actually a Dropbox folder. So the "footage" are stored both locally and remotely. This requires a server that runs 24x7 (had to get a UPS) that runs an FTP server to receive the footage. Also, I have to add a remote monitoring software (BlueIris?) on the sever. Oh, and the 3rd party iOS/Android software. So there's a lot of place that things can go awry.
I then got a Dropcam and it's a bliss. No more hacking around - just install and done. I got alerts, video monitoring on the cloud, etc from the same ecosystem. But after Google bought Nest and Nest bought Dropcam, everything went downhill from there. Alert is now finicky, the location based monitoring stopped working, etc.
So I am very intrigued with the Logitech Circle camera, which come with free 1-day cloud storage.
As far as storing videos on the cloud, I think the benefits outweigh the risk. Being be able to monitor my home remotely, store video evidences somewhere far away from my home and take immediate action if something happen are awesome. I am more worried about Facebook, Google photos, etc. (I don't have both), because companies (or someone with nefarious purposes) can actually build a profile about your life. This article provide a good overview of this: http://gizmodo.com/living-with-data-this-shirt-was-designed-just-for-you-1732302592
I then got a Dropcam and it's a bliss. No more hacking around - just install and done. I got alerts, video monitoring on the cloud, etc from the same ecosystem. But after Google bought Nest and Nest bought Dropcam, everything went downhill from there. Alert is now finicky, the location based monitoring stopped working, etc.
So I am very intrigued with the Logitech Circle camera, which come with free 1-day cloud storage.
As far as storing videos on the cloud, I think the benefits outweigh the risk. Being be able to monitor my home remotely, store video evidences somewhere far away from my home and take immediate action if something happen are awesome. I am more worried about Facebook, Google photos, etc. (I don't have both), because companies (or someone with nefarious purposes) can actually build a profile about your life. This article provide a good overview of this: http://gizmodo.com/living-with-data-this-shirt-was-designed-just-for-you-1732302592