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infectotoday at 5:22 PM5 repliesview on HN

The cost is just insane though. $4-$500 for a camera that I can get equivalent specs for $50-100.


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9x39today at 5:50 PM

With face detection? License plates? Tamper protection?

I'm guessing you're thinking Reolink or other Chinese ultra-commodity cam. It's fine, it's just in a different product class and ecosystem - and that's where enterprises fit in, they want that support+ecosystem and not DIYing.

Reolink CX820 8MP $129 https://reolink.com/product/cx820/

Unifi G6 8MP ~$300 https://techspecs.ui.com/unifi/physical-security/uvc-g6-dome...

Avigilon H6A 8MP ~$1200 https://www.avigilon.com/security-cameras/h6a-dome

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kube-systemtoday at 6:14 PM

IME those sub-$100 Chinese IP cameras have you at the mercy of whatever firmware they cut from the master branch the week they shipped it. People don't buy UI because they win on specs-per-dollar. They buy it because they win on results-per-dollar.

projektfutoday at 5:36 PM

They're not all $500, some are $150-300. Overall price comparable to Honeywell, but more than, say, Lorex.

throwaway219450today at 5:39 PM

All the basic G6 cameras are in the $200 range and have edge compute?

What's the comparison at $50-100?

sieabahlparktoday at 6:37 PM

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