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Video doorbells?
Anyone got one? Any advice?
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newshound wrote:
Anyone got one? Any advice? watch techmoan then decide .... how **** they are |
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newshound wrote
Anyone got one? Any advice? IMO its best done as part of the surveillance camera system. That way you can answer the doorbell with your phone when you are out and tell the delivery person where to leave stuff etc. |
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Video doorbells?
Why would you want one, for years we have just had a bell.
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "newshound" wrote in message o.uk... Anyone got one? Any advice? |
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Brian Gaff wrote
Why would you want one, Handy to see who it is, and if it’s the joveys or some other sales fool with a clipboard etc, ignore them if you choose to. Also handy to be able to answer with your phone, see who it is and if it’s a delivery person, tell them to leave what they are delivering there if you don’t have to sign for it, or tell them that you are coming so they don’t just card it so you have to go down to the delivery place and pick it up later etc. for years we have just had a bell. And now its very affordable to do a lot better than that so it makes sense to have something better and more useful. "newshound" wrote in message o.uk... Anyone got one? Any advice? |
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newshound wrote:
Anyone got one? Any advice? Avoid Ring. Just look at the reviews on Amazon. Son has one, it's crap. |
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 17:48:11 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote: Why would you want one, for years we have just had a bell. You had a bell? That's posh. All we had was a bloodstain on the door where the local bill collector banged on it while we all hid behind the settee. |
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Andy Burns wrote:
newshound wrote: Anyone got one? Any advice? watch techmoan then decide .... how **** they are Been looking at the wired version of these for over a year. Prices are too high for 9 inch ones with 15V supplies. Many of the 7" ones have poor resolution. The cameras generally are narrow angle and IR lit. You really need 110 degrees and white LEDS. To get more than 4 monitors, you need to amplify and split the viedo. You need 15V supplies to keep the units compatible with wireless door opening and unlocking. |
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 21:09:41 +0000
Capitol wrote: Andy Burns wrote: newshound wrote: Anyone got one? Any advice? watch techmoan then decide .... how **** they are Been looking at the wired version of these for over a year. Prices are too high for 9 inch ones with 15V supplies. Many of the 7" ones have poor resolution. The cameras generally are narrow angle and IR lit. You really need 110 degrees and white LEDS. To get more than 4 monitors, you need to amplify and split the viedo. You need 15V supplies to keep the units compatible with wireless door opening and unlocking. Jeez, just get a Raspberry Pi and a camera for it, and connect it to your home wireless network. |
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On 03/11/2017 17:59, Rod Speed wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote Why would you want one, Handy to see who it is, and if it’s the joveys or some other sales fool with a clipboard etc, ignore them if you choose to. Also handy to be able to answer with your phone, see who it is and if it’s a delivery person, tell them to leave what they are delivering there if you don’t have to sign for it, or tell them that you are coming so they don’t just card it so you have to go down to the delivery place and pick it up later etc. for years we have just had a bell. And now its very affordable to do a lot better than that so it makes sense to have something better and more useful. That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. |
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On 03/11/2017 18:00, Capitol wrote:
newshound wrote: Anyone got one? Any advice? Avoid Ring. Just look at the reviews on Amazon. Son has one, it's crap. Thanks for the warning. Some review sites seem to like them. Havn't researched Amazon thoroughly yet. |
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newshound wrote: That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. -- *I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very skeptical. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 10:56:13 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , newshound wrote: That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. I'm thinking of having it play a short audio file that warns them I may take a minute or two getting to the front door. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Bob Eager wrote: Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. I'm thinking of having it play a short audio file that warns them I may take a minute or two getting to the front door. That could be annoying if you're out, or don't come to the door for whatever reason. A way of saying you're on your way would be ideal. -- *When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 05/11/2017 10:56, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , newshound wrote: That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. The things I am looking at talk to a phone app, give you a picture of who is there, and allow a two way audio conversation. Given that I always carry a phone, I can't really think of an *easier* way to tell callers that I am on my way. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote
newshound wrote That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? The better ones allow you to say whatever you like to the person ringing the doorbell. Even allow you to do that using your phone if you arent home when they ring the doorbell, so you can tell them where to leave the parcel if it doesn’t need to be signed for and even allows you to sign for it using your phone if they allow that form of signature for deliverys. Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. But not for working out who it is ringing the doorbell. |
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"Bob Eager" wrote in message ... On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 10:56:13 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , newshound wrote: That's exactly what I thought too. I have a somewhat rambling house and although I have a portable "ringer" if I am at the top of the house or the bottom of the garden, delivery guys are sometimes gone by the time I get there. Not quite sure how a video doorbell is going to help with that? Much easier ways of telling someone who rings the bell you're in and coming to the door. I'm thinking of having it play a short audio file that warns them I may take a minute or two getting to the front door. But its better to have a video doorbell so you can see if its a delivery person or a jovey and to be able to talk to the person when telling them where to leave the parcel if it doesnt need to be signed for. And to tell the joveys that you are a heathen instead of having to go to the door to tell them that and to tell the sales droids to **** off. |
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