Video Doorbell PoE

Exactly. Never ever answer the door for police. Don’t even speak to them through the door or a window. Get a hard wired (not WiFi) doorbell camera that has an intercom feature. If someone knocks, just use your phone to talk to them via the camera’s speaker and microphone. My personal recommendation

No such native options. Best bet would be Reolink POE doorbell going into a NVR for local storage 24/7 plus scrypted for HomeKit integration. It’s what I use. No compatibility with legacy/physical doorbell chimes if that matters to you.

You won't be able to connect a NEST directly to ethernet. It's power over Ethernet.(POE) It doesn't contain the voltage required to power the nest doorbell. On the plus side, POE doorbells are almost considered a luxury as you typically don't need a subscription to access your saved recording. Check

Yeah, I know what you mean. Reolink isn't perfect but is fairly 'open' in that regard. Much more than any of the big tech names requiring a subscription. The other cool thing is that AI detection happens on board, and those 'sensor' events (person, vehicle) get passed to Home Assistant. The black mo

The PoE Doorbell specifically says it supports ONVIF Profile T. I'm not sure about notifications and 2-way audio outside the app via ONVIF. As far as the Reolink iOS app, it has access to Local Network, Microphone, and Camera on my iPhone. I don't have the doorbell blocked from the internet, but you

If you’re looking for a low cost, high quality, fully local, cloud free device, the Reolink PoE doorbell is fantastic.

Reolink NVR kit is great for the money. The cameras that come with it are good enough so depending where you want to put them may be fine with just the kit but may want to add a duo for a large space of you don't want to mount 2 cameras and run two cables, or have a specific area you want higher res

Reolink POE doorbell, it records 24/7 locally both on the doorbell and local NVR storage and free with no subscription. I also have euphy cameras as a backup but none are on par with reolink. For the POE Version, it's powered by a single network cable.

I have a Reolink PoE doorbell and it's a massive upgrade over the blink it replaced. Just a single cable through the wall for power and data, it's constantly powered so no batteries to replace and being hardwired to the network (not WiFi) there is very little delay. I have a micro SD card in the doo

A lot has to do with matching needs. I really like my Eufy floodlight cameras and my reolink POE doorbell, as they do what I need without subscriptions, though they are not my primary security, for which I would just consider them a useful addition, but also mediocre.