I think Amcrest cameras are not well respected here, but they're cheap. 
We've used 3 of the IPM-721 (720p) cameras to watch a relative's home, and they work fairly well. They were easy to install and access. They're up most of the time, have a halfway decent picture, the app works, and let us see what we need. Before them we used Foscam SD cameras with port forwarding, and both setup and access are so much easier with the Amcrest.
We've been experimenting with IPM-721 cameras at another location, where we also have microSD cards in the cameras and download the recordings with Amcrest Surveillance Pro. The problem we're running into is that often recordings won't download because they overlap by 1 or 2 seconds, or a recording will have a big jump (content missing). Again we didn't do port forwarding, so we're restricted to Amcrest apps AFAIK.
The cameras were cheap (<U$50@) and 720p is good enough for what we need. Is there another camera you'd recommend that is more reliable for both live and internal recording, perhaps better picture quality (either 720p or 1080p due to bandwidth constraints), not too hard to install (I can do port forwarding)?
Our budget might cover up to U$100 each but we'd prefer not to spend too much.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
=aw
We've used 3 of the IPM-721 (720p) cameras to watch a relative's home, and they work fairly well. They were easy to install and access. They're up most of the time, have a halfway decent picture, the app works, and let us see what we need. Before them we used Foscam SD cameras with port forwarding, and both setup and access are so much easier with the Amcrest.We've been experimenting with IPM-721 cameras at another location, where we also have microSD cards in the cameras and download the recordings with Amcrest Surveillance Pro. The problem we're running into is that often recordings won't download because they overlap by 1 or 2 seconds, or a recording will have a big jump (content missing). Again we didn't do port forwarding, so we're restricted to Amcrest apps AFAIK.
The cameras were cheap (<U$50@) and 720p is good enough for what we need. Is there another camera you'd recommend that is more reliable for both live and internal recording, perhaps better picture quality (either 720p or 1080p due to bandwidth constraints), not too hard to install (I can do port forwarding)?
Our budget might cover up to U$100 each but we'd prefer not to spend too much.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
=aw
