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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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what's a good ip camera for home assistant? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by swooosh@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I don't have yet any preferences. Cheap, easy to set up, secure. What do you use and can recommend?

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[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Reolink cameras are twice the price of the Tapo ones in my area....

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never used either, so I can't speak to their actual quality, but cheaping out on cameras defeats the purpose of getting cameras if the footage is too grainy or blurry to be used for anything.

[–] Stampela@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

The wireless Reolinks are not great. Like, nothing against the camera itself, however, the WiFi antenna must be smaller than the one in my watch. The range is truly abysmal.

Tapo ones are perfectly fine, good quality all around, but it’s important to specify that I have experience with external, solar powered Reolinks and indoor Tapo, so it’s a bit of a different category.

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And probably four times the quality. If I could go back in time and choose Reolink for every camera I have, I would. In a heartbeat.

[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty happy with the 2K footage on mine.