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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I have a couple of caveats for how I use mine that may be different from what you’re doing with your setup. First I only use the app on my phone, never a computer. Second I also have 32GB mini SD cards loaded into both of my doorbells so all my captures are recorded there in the app (so I don’t...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I have 2 of these on my house (separate entrances) and same here, no ads with the app or issues with the hardware.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    That’s cool. My 2 big black dogs barking incessantly behind the door glass is usually enough to make any door-to-door sellers think twice before ringing my doorbell.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I use the Reolink app and yes, it gives you motion notifications as well as 2-way talk when the doorbell button is pushed.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I actually totally agree Tony, my Reolinks have been great to date as well. Only complaint is I have to use their app to get the 2-way capability. I'm definitely going to be waiting a bit for the Unifi stuff to get alot more reviews and of course price/availability could certainly be isssues...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Unfortunately, no, they don't support output as RTSP/ONVIF on Unifi cameras but Protect does allow 3rd party camera adoption. It is definitely possible to run Protect and BI at the same time though so you have the best of both worlds (some 3rd party 4k cameras have had issues displaying well in...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Backdoor can mean intentional or not, it doesn't need to be deliberate or nefarious. Hikvision definitely contained a backdoor which was proven to allow anyone access who knew about it. Hikvision was silent about fixing it and later buried all communications about it (not a very trustworthy...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    The hardware on the ban list are on there because they literally have blatant back doors built right into the firmware. That may please some politicians but reality is that’s very dangerous if not installed correctly (as has been outlined many times on this forum). IOTs are almost always a...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Yes, you can definitely set up the doorbell and configure everything without internet but if you use the phone app (ie using 2-way audio when doorbell is pushed) then they would need a path to the internet for access. It doesn’t use port forwarding or need any 3rd party services to allow access...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    The key is whether they are NDAA compliant and Reolink is so they are safe to use and allow access but several including Dahua and Hikvision are not.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I remember reading about that but when I use the Reolink app I have no ads. What part of the app does that?
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I only block my banned Chinese (Dahua, Hikvision, Lorex, etc) cams from the internet so the Reolink app works fine.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I assumed he meant the Reolink app, I never had the 2 way audio working working in Blue Iris myself. I have 2 of them and both have been working flawlessly for quite a while now. If they made a G6 doorbell I’d probably switch but these Reolink ones definitely beat the G4 for image quality.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    That’s the firmware version I’m using and it works great. v3.0.0.3215_2401272070
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    Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

    Definitely seems to do well even against the AI Pro, certainly something to consider going forward.
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