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My dad just told me he wants a camera that's...
My dad just told me he wants a camera that's motion activated, has night vision and that he can watch on the TV, any recommendations?
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Feb 16, 2020
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My dad just told me he wants a camera that's motion activated, has night vision and that he can watch on the TV, any recommendations?
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Feb 16, 2020
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Ring but you need firestick to show on TV
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Feb 16, 2020
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or shield
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Feb 16, 2020
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Location for camera? Guessing outside? Backyard, driveway? I would personally go with a ring floodlight cam, the lights help significantly at night. Or cheapest would be a wyze with an ir illuminator. There's a lot more that goes into cameras then most people think. Ring floodlight would be easiest if you have an existing floodlight you can replace with it. You also need good wifi for both options.
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Feb 16, 2020
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outdoor by the barn. Not really a fan of Ring tbh
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Feb 16, 2020
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harod
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Well unless you get into more professional grade, you won't be happy with any night time picture quality. Look into Speco Ultra Intensifier cameras. Won best award last year at CES out of 30, 000 cameras.
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Feb 16, 2020
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Agree, Ring floodlight are excellent if you want to see things at night.
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Feb 16, 2020
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Love my Wyze camera.
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Feb 16, 2020
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electoral
how do you view a wyze camera on a tv?
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Feb 16, 2020
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win9
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That's what we have inside for the rabbit cam
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Feb 16, 2020
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electoral
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bicentenary
that you Unfortunately cant. Not that I know of at least.
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Feb 16, 2020
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divisibility
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electoral
You can do it via alexa on the firetv. “Alexa, show barn camera”.
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Feb 16, 2020
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Interesting. thanks for letting me know.
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Feb 16, 2020
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harod
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Tiny cam pro app works. But dont expect good night time picture with these cams. Unless you add a IR illuminator.
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Feb 16, 2020
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Wyze for the win
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Feb 16, 2020
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Anything that offers a RTSP FEED WILL WORK. I like Amcrest IP CAMERAS. For the specs you get vs price, you can’t go wrong.
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Feb 16, 2020
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I have a wyze on my front door and a blink2 on my back door and can display both on my TV via fire stick
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Feb 16, 2020
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Arlo. Can access from fire tv devices.
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Feb 16, 2020
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Does he understand most nightvision will only give you positive ID of a person less than 20 feet from the camera?
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Feb 16, 2020
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it's not for people
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Feb 16, 2020
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What other option is there besides Fire Stick with RTSP cameras?
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Feb 16, 2020
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Something like this
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Feb 16, 2020
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Clever dog
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Feb 16, 2020
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I have 6 reolink c1 IP cameras, can be Ethernet or WiFi, I chose Ethernet. You can use a android TV box, and an app from google play, to any HDMI TV or monitor
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Feb 16, 2020
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I have 3 Netvue wifi cams and they work great. If you have firestick you can tell Alexa to show the cam and it will pull right up on the tv. I have wyze cams they can do the same but i think they have short view time when called up by Alexa times out at 10 mins or so.
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Feb 17, 2020
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Every ip camera can be watched on tv with chromecast or smart tv. Just use the right applications.
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