Doorbell camera with phone app and no subscription?

[EvanVanVan]

Are there any good options that have the convenience and simplicity of a Ring doorbell but without the annual subscription? And preferably with as good of privacy features as can be hoped for given the product?

Or should I just give in and get a Ring?

I have Dahua doorbell cam but without the dedicated monitoring station it doesn't really do anything useful. Also, I'm probably more comfortable giving a Ring access to my network than a Dahua camera lol.

Thanks

 

[TonyR]

Are there any good options that have the convenience and simplicity of a Ring doorbell but without the annual subscription? And preferably with as good of privacy features as can be hoped for given the product?

Or should I just give in and get a Ring?

I have Dahua doorbell cam but without the dedicated monitoring station it doesn't really do anything useful. Also, I'm probably more comfortable giving a Ring access to my network than a Dahua camera lol.

Thanks

Not much love on IPCT for Reolink but their doorbell is a different story: many users really like it. It's available in Wi-Fi or wired and NO cloud/subscription required.

New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

Recently found a few release articles and videos by Reolink on their new POE Doorbell Camera. Per comments by Reolink it's ONVIF and RTSP compliant. Although I've been running a YooSee SD-M5 POE doorbell somewhat successfully for several years now I check back here from time to time to see if...

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[elvisimprsntr]

Are there any good options that have the convenience and simplicity of a Ring doorbell but without the annual subscription? And preferably with as good of privacy features as can be hoped for given the product?

Ring doorbells are junk potato cameras.

I have 2 wired 2K and 1 wired 4K Lorex video doorbells. If you can wait, you can pick them up for half price during sales events. Local SD card recording and push notifications on a single device with two way talk.

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Support for multiple simultaneous RTSP streams. I have the RTSP streams integrated with homebridge and other 3rd party IP camera apps.




The only downside is they don't support ONVIF and API is not public. I got around that by installing a passive AC current sensing relay on my doorbell transformer and wired it up to my security panel.

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[TonyR]

The Reolink can connect via RTSP or RTMP and has a main stream or a sub stream. It is furnished with a plug-in, configurable (ringtones, volume) chime or can operate existing chimes as show in this YT video:

 

[observant1]

dahua DHI-VTO2311R-WP that has poe and wifi connection capabilities. The poe port to connect it directly to the nvr. No VTH/monitor. I think you can program it to use the poe port and the wifi at the same time....not sure. It "i think" can also be used like a doorbell to ring an existing chime. not necessary to set up the sip server.

Wish i could give more details but i was doing something else while tech support helped set it up at an entrence gate. So while it's not located at the door the poe port is on a closed network via fiber media converter to nvr nic as the nvr has no built in poe ports.

 

[MTL4]

I looked at both Lorex and Reolink but ultimately went with Reolink due to the wired POE and Blue Iris integration.

 

[EvanVanVan]

Thanks for all the suggestions.. I might be going with a Reolink. I ran cat6 for 5 security cameras while the house was under construction but didn't wire cat6 to the doorbell so I like that Reolink has a wifi option.

 

[FlipNJ]

Thanks for all the suggestions.. I might be going with a Reolink. I ran cat6 for 5 security cameras while the house was under construction but didn't wire cat6 to the doorbell so I like that Reolink has a wifi option.

How did you do with this project? I am currently looking for a simple wired solution for a customer. Really only need it for a senior clubhouse office who wants to be able to communicate with video and allow entry from the office without walking to the door. Was looking at the Dahua KTP03 but saw ppl trashing it. I definitely don't want a 1000 phone calls from the staff so needing simplicity, reliability and of course a reasonable cost. There is already access control at the door so if there is a relay on the unit would be nice.

 

[EvanVanVan]

How did you do with this project? I am currently looking for a simple wired solution for a customer. Really only need it for a senior clubhouse office who wants to be able to communicate with video and allow entry from the office without walking to the door. Was looking at the Dahua KTP03 but saw ppl trashing it. I definitely don't want a 1000 phone calls from the staff so needing simplicity, reliability and of course a reasonable cost. There is already access control at the door so if there is a relay on the unit would be nice.

I haven't gotten to this yet. I just started installing my Dahua cameras and Dahua NVR.

I also ended up investing in an entire Unifi network which I think opens up some options with VLANs and network configurability. Now, I'm slightly less concerned about being able to block devices calling home, etc. Unifi also has their own doorbell cameras (which are considered way overpriced), but I'm still debating what I want to install.