Howdy fellows, a gentleman from slickdeal asked me to share my experience with this particular doorbell. I found this doorbell to have a lot of potentials, but the current app is very lacking. I have the laview version, which I purchased for $99. Here's my take.
Pros:
1. Excellent video quality. I previously have the Skybell HD, but it did not work for me because my house is facing the sun. The image on the skybell HD tends to be very dark during the day time, but excellent at night because I have a good porch light. With the Laview bell, I can adjust the image to address this issue.
2. 24/7 recording when connected to an NVR.
3. Greater control when it comes to motion detection. But only when connected to an NVR.
Cons:
1. It's unusable unless you have an NVR. The app is very basic and is missing a lot of features such as: picture adjustment, motion sensitivity adjustment.
2. You CANNOT dismiss the notification on laview connect! You have to tap on the notification to open it on the app to get it dismissed.
3. You CANNOT silent the ring. There's no option on the app to silent it on your phone, there are lots of ring options, but none of them work. To silent it on your phone, you must turn off your media volume manually.
4. How the bell rings: When you press the bell, you get a busy signal instead of the bell ringing from the outside. Very absurd choice of tone.
5. Two way communications: I think this is relating to the app, there's a huge delay. It works poorly. (it is NOT my wifi signal, I have full wifi signal)
6. I have the opposite problem from my Skybell HD. Picture is great during the day time, but terrible at night because I cannot turn off the IR. I looked everywhere on the NVR but cant' seem to find the option to turn off IR. If I can turn it off, the picture quality is great.
