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In the aforementioned Google’s Nest Cams lineup, for instance, we were able to see the perks of motion tracking in real time. 4 While D-Link doesn’t have automatic tracking, we do know that this is an expensive and pretty rare feature these days. In other DIY security cameras we’ve reviewed, this feature was commonly known as Motion Tracking. But, going a step further, we wondered if the camera would use its pan-tilt functionality to automatically follow an object or person, rather than merely let us follow it manually, like a joystick in an old video game (also really cool!). That said, with D-Link, we found that as long as the location of your camera is within range of your Wi-Fi router and isn’t being obstructed by any large objects, you should have no problem. Not only did moving the cameras around give us more information about the nuances and quirks of this camera, it also presented a teachable moment: You can’t place these cams just anywhere.

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In its previous perch, the camera didn’t always respond as fast or as smoothly, so we noted this as we continued our series of tests.

Here, we started receiving person and sound notifications that matched what we had set up in our rules and automations tab, and the app began interacting with the camera, giving us more ways to see what this device could do. We tested several angles for our D-Link outdoor camera, knowing it would fit pretty much anywhere we put it – it’s small, lightweight, and not very obtrusive in appearance, in our view, As seen above, this one went right above our Ring Doorbell, where the two cameras could go toe-to-toe in a race to see which one catches the porch pirate first. That’s the first place we went, simply because we knew we didn’t have a terabyte or more to spare in our home Wi-Fi package at that moment. To try to relieve some of that strain, we decided to go into the app and lower the video resolution (very important!). Sure enough, it looked like our Wi-Fi was being stretched too thin. Overall, it made the whole setup run smoother, and it’s something we definitely recommend doing if you’re planning to add multiple security cameras to your home.Īfter a somewhat slow start loading live view and interacting with the app, we checked our Wi-Fi speed and discovered it was running at a bit less than half of its max-400 bps output. But with our wireless D-Link cameras, this connection was a factor so we set our cameras to record at a lower video resolution. In our hands-on Night Owl camera experience, for instance, we didn’t have to worry as much about our Wi-Fi connection because those cameras were wired to our home. In our previous tests of Wi-Fi security cameras, we learned that Wi-Fi strength makes a big difference in how the cameras perform day to day, right down to how clear your video recordings will be. Now let’s move on to discuss a few more features as we dove in deeper. So that was our first takeaway using D-Link cameras: They’re easy to use and control in conjunction with the app.

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Pro Tip: You can name the camera pretty much whatever you want but we felt that “Porch” was a much better name than “DCS-8630LH.” One word of warning, though: If you have another wireless device installed out there, you might want to name the camera something more specific than “porch” to avoid confusion. We’re still trying to make sense of it all ourselves, to be honest. We were slightly turned off by D-Link’s product names we think using model numbers like DCS-12345 doesn’t help consumers because they don’t mean anything in layman’s terms, and they’re another reason these cameras are a little difficult to find online. In our experience, it doesn’t tend to affect the quality of the camera itself.

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Indeed, bigger names have undergone huge shifts in their home security inventory over the years, as you might recall in our full Samsung camera review. And it’s not just limited to “legacy” brands like D-Link and the entry-level Swann Security System we unpacked not long ago.

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It’s not uncommon in this business for camera brands to frequently change and update their inventory. Nowadays, we’re seeing a handful of cameras in D-Link’s fleet, with lots of innovative features and great customization, as well as affordable prices.īut an important thing to note about this company is that they don’t make it easy to quantify and even compare the cameras they actually sell, and some models aren’t even available in the U.S. Cameras, we discovered, didn’t enter their galaxy until about 30 years later. Combing through D-Link’s company profile, 2 we learned they launched in 1986 in Taiwan, originally called Datex, with an emphasis on network adapters and routers.