WEBVTT - $30 Home Security Camera Pans, Tilts & Zooms

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<v Speaker 1>A home security camera with everything you need for just

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<v Speaker 1>thirty dollars. Yep, what's going on. I'm Rich Damiro. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Rich on Tech Daily. And you might remember last

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<v Speaker 1>year I told you about a twenty dollars home security camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It was called the wisecam. Well, this new camera is

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<v Speaker 1>from the same company. It's called the Wise Campan, and

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<v Speaker 1>it adds the ability to pan, till and zoom.

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, it is just thirty dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>And before you get to the whole monthly fee thing,

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<v Speaker 1>no there are no monthly fees whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me explain.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Wisecampan is definitely not the best looking security

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<v Speaker 1>camera in the world. I find it to be kind

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<v Speaker 1>of boxy and the design is not going to win

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<v Speaker 1>any awards. But at this price you really can't complain.

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<v Speaker 1>I think buyers are going to be most interested in

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<v Speaker 1>the combination of features.

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<v Speaker 2>For the price, you pretty much get it all.

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<v Speaker 1>You get the pan, tilt and zoom control, zoom up

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<v Speaker 1>to eight times, you get night vision, You get a

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<v Speaker 1>motion to techction zone, continuous recording. If you add a

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<v Speaker 1>micro SD card, it can go three hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 1>degrees horizontal, ninety three degrees vertical motion tagging, two way audio,

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<v Speaker 1>smart sound recognition. That means if your smoke detector goes

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<v Speaker 1>off in your house, the wisecam is smart enough to

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<v Speaker 1>notice that and it will send you an alert to

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<v Speaker 1>your phone based on that sound recognition. You also get

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<v Speaker 1>time laps, motion tracking, full HD in ten EDP, motion

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<v Speaker 1>and sound detection and alerts, and free rolling fourteen day

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<v Speaker 1>cloud storage.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me explain how that works.

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<v Speaker 1>When the wisecampan detects motion, it's going to capture a

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<v Speaker 1>twelve second video clip. It uploads that instantly to the cloud.

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<v Speaker 1>Then once that storage is filled up, it automatically deletes

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<v Speaker 1>the earliest clip to make room for the new one.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically, clips are held for a maximum of fourteen days.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also add an SD card up to thirty

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<v Speaker 1>two gigabytes to capture that continuous recording. Like I explained before,

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<v Speaker 1>that is stored on board. Setup of the wise campan

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<v Speaker 1>is really easy.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the way they do it.

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<v Speaker 1>The app generates a QR code, you hold it in

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<v Speaker 1>front of the camera, The camera recognizes the code and

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<v Speaker 1>it uses that code to pair up with your Wi

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<v Speaker 1>Fi network and the app, and from there you basically

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<v Speaker 1>get a live stream of the camera at anytime on

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<v Speaker 1>your smartphone. You can just tune in on your phone

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<v Speaker 1>and watch the camera live, and the quality there is excellent. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>once you're inside the app, you can manually move around

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<v Speaker 1>the lens and the unit itself by using remote controls.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also put the device in automatic mode, so

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<v Speaker 1>it tracks any motion that it sees. I found that

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<v Speaker 1>this aspect of the camera wasn't always perfect, especially if

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<v Speaker 1>there were multiple things moving in front of the camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't know which one to track necessarily. But remember

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<v Speaker 1>these are all software things that can easily be improved

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<v Speaker 1>with software over time, so I wouldn't get too caught

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<v Speaker 1>up on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Another mode allows you to automatically have the camera scan

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<v Speaker 1>an area of a room by moving back and forth.

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<v Speaker 1>I think of this as those eighties security cameras that

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<v Speaker 1>would slowly move left to right to sweep an area.

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<v Speaker 1>But again, it's a handy feature to have. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much everything on the wise Campan works as advertised,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes it's a great value for thirty dollars. But

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<v Speaker 1>here's the issue that I found. The movement and the

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<v Speaker 1>sound of the movement is kind of distracting. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you have this thing set up in a room where

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<v Speaker 1>you're hanging out regularly, like I had it set up

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<v Speaker 1>in my living room. Literally, my wife unplugged it by

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the night every single time I plugged

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<v Speaker 1>it in because it was tracking her, and it's tracking

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<v Speaker 1>your movements. And it also is kind of loud, so

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<v Speaker 1>you notice that this thing is tracking you, you will

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<v Speaker 1>be very aware of the camera's movements, especially when it

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<v Speaker 1>tracks you.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's my only real downside.

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<v Speaker 1>So my advice, unless you have a specific use case

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<v Speaker 1>scenario for the movement ability of the wise Campan, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you'd be better served with the original wisecam, which

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<v Speaker 1>shares nearly all of the same features minus the movement

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<v Speaker 1>and the zoom. But that camera is only twenty dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't move other things. To keep in mind,

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<v Speaker 1>the wise Campan is only for indoor use, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>still no smart home integration with Alexa, Google Home, or

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<v Speaker 1>Apple Home Kit. I don't think that's a huge deal breaker,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is kind of cool that you can see

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<v Speaker 1>your Nest and Amazon cameras on the Fire TV and

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<v Speaker 1>also on the Apple TV if you have the nestcams. Overall,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're not worried about the potential sound and movement

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<v Speaker 1>of the Wisecampan distracting you. I think that this thirty

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<v Speaker 1>dollars camera is an amazing value and a great way

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<v Speaker 1>to keep an eye on what's important to you, all

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<v Speaker 1>again with no monthly fees.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to see my video review of the Wisecampan,

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<v Speaker 1>go to my website.

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<v Speaker 2>It is rich on tech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you like what I'm doing here with the podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd really appreciate a review in the Apple Podcasts app.

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<v Speaker 2>That way more people discover the podcast. Thanks so much

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<v Speaker 2>for listening. I'm Rich Damiro. I'll talk to you real soon.