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  • hmurchison - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    I'm not going to pay any company a monthly fee to store video of my property. All of this "Cloud" BS needs to DIAF. Yes I know I'll end up rolling my own solution but it'll be far cheaper in the mid to long term.
  • JimmaDaRustla - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    Exactly - I want network cameras which record data to a server in my house. If I want that globally available, I can sync it somewhere or stream it. Getting tired of proprietary security solutions.
  • hmurchison - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    I think we all realize that companies have to be financially incentivized to create product but what I see happening with the consumer cloud is nothing more than leveraging a free infrastructure (consumer paid broadband) and erecting a paywall between a customer and their data. 2015 for me will be about de-clouding my infrastructure. If the File Transporter from Connected Data delivers a stable product for 3rd party partners I'm moving to it for bulk storage and sync.
  • JeffFlanagan - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    >I want network cameras which record data to a server in my house.

    The nice thing about that is the burglar takes the recording with him before you can see it. I don't see any positives to this plan, other than for burglars though.
  • imaheadcase - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    He is not saying storing it locally forever, he wants to save his data and be given the option what to do with it, not the company. I agree with him, having options is better than the "Cloud or die" mentality going on with hardware now.
  • reelportal - Thursday, November 6, 2014 - link

    Glad to see someone else making their own solution. I recently released my ReelCam Video Surveillance system, which basically turns your own Android/iPhones into remote cameras. It requires a local Windows PC to record to, so your data is not in the cloud, unless you want it there. Since it's all based on my own ideas, I'd appreciate feedback from different perspectives.
  • Colin1497 - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    Surprised the ecobee 3 doesn't make the list of thermostats there.
  • name99 - Thursday, November 6, 2014 - link

    "As part of the smart home push, Netgear is introducing a hub to which up to four Arlo IP cameras can connect. "

    How do you tell that a company is more interested in lock-in than in actually solving user problems? When they start this "hubs" nonsense.
    Exactly WHAT does their hub do that needs to be done with yet another piece of HW? Why can't these camera's talk to a bog-standard WiFi network and be configured via a phone app or web interface?

    You can get away with selling a hub if that actually provides serious value (the mac as "digital hub" back in the day, or a WiFi base station) or (perhaps) if your brand name and general value is worth enough that people will put up with some BS. You can't get away with it if you're a no-name brand slapping "home automation" and "the internet of things" on some bog-standard commodity item.
  • T2k - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - link

    Shitty system design - WTF you need a fuckin dedicated hub for...? And even if you want to, why not 'locking' me into a Netgear router instead of this 'nother PoC unit? -, laughably expensive kit price, even more of a ripoff pricing on individual cameras. As usual with wireless devices, they are far behind D-Link's offerings. This is more expensive than Dropcam's already ridiculously expensive prices.
    Netgear, once again, is trying to push their greedy-as-fuck, nickel-and-dime-everything business model... and as always, it will be a fuckin' flop and they will back down.
    A 3-4 cam wireless kit can be bought under $200 if you start looking and it will already come with a recorder - but I will just get cameras and record to my NAS, then mirror it to the cloud later.
  • jondaytoday - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link

    What are your thoughts about products/services provided by iwatchlife.com?
  • avag584 - Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - link

    For everyone living in Rented flats and apartments, etc, Nothing else works or is as neat (even wireless phone apps are a waste of money and crash after a few mins). Because if a tenant were to use power operated webcam, once he/her leaves the building, along comes the landlord, agent, burglar or whoever, and just half a sec 2 POP out the fuse from ol fusebox thats located right inside the door, and all Power Out. So this is the only product that works for millions of people renting. PERIOD.
  • avag584 - Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - link

    I'm def saving 4 this and storage plans appear reasonable.
  • texaschix - Friday, December 26, 2014 - link

    Does anyone know the monthly service charges? I am also concerned about the cost of the add on cameras s they seem out of line.
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