
I would have preferred they make it a little more weather resistant but those seemed to cost more. This looks like a motion detector for a outdoor light, I'm going to hang it up under my eaves to watch my driveway area, it should be ok there and protected from the elements I just have to hope stupid doesn't figure out what it is and take the card out of it because it's pretty obvious what this is when you're up close to it.This item was surprisingly compact with full of features. Similar items in the market costing almost the same price lacks features like date and time stamping; recessed SD card slot; IR for night vision and PIR for passive detection. On top of this; this unit has a builtin rechargeable battery. There are so many features that I have yet to test but the video was very crisp; usually items like this have grainy video. Even has a remote control to alarm the unit.
Alas, the instruction was pretty poor for a complex item like this. Otherwise this is a 5 STAR product.Great gadget! After recording, I can watch it on my TV or on the computer. The instructions are written by a non-native novice English speaker which is entertaining to read. The night vision is not so discreet as the IR LED's glow to illuminate the subject. That is sure to capture the theif's attention. I am going to use it to capture a theif who enters my apartment while I sleep. Once the village police examine the evidence, I doubt the accused will be free for long. It records video clips, but not still pix. There is a 1-second delay between detection and recording.I feel I am lucky to choose this one after I did many research on this kind of products. I got it about three weeks now and it works very reliable and I have got many many useful, important AV recording. The things I like are
1. only one second delay once detects the motion and start to record video and audio. Almost nothing missing at all.
2. Camera sensitivity is very good on indoor and totally dark condition.
3. Remote control to arm/dis-arm or manually start/stop.
4. direct connect to TV and on screen control.
5. good enough size internal memory and can use external SD card.
6. motion detect signal also can wirelessly connect to my main alarm system.
7. time stamp.
There are also some limitation, but this is not important to me, and consider the price, this is an excellent product. The only thing I am not sure is the operating life time so far.
The limitations are
1. Camera can not work on strong direct sun light area.
2. embedded battery can not sustain long, such as over night. Either need to attach the AC power adapter or just plug in a large capacity battery yourself for long period monitoring.Warning! Only supports up to 2GB SD card. I clicked and bought the 4G card offered when I bought this item and it didn't work. Emailed for support and received an answer in less than 24 hours to go buy a 2GB or smaller card. I did and all works fine. Great value. Great item.
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