5.0 out of 5 stars Set onvif discovery port to 80, WDR on, and image format to h.264 for best results

B.T. · July 2, 2025

The web interface is not user friendly but luckily you won't need to spend much time in there. Works fine in blue iris. Set the discovery onvif port to 80 before clicking find.Also, change the output setting to h.264 for best overall compatibility. I think that is one reason for the negative reviews. Many systems have poor support for h.265 but it is oddly the default on some cameras. The same connection settings copied from blue iris should work in other picky nvr's.Also keep in mind the wide image will use more pixels (and more nvr resources) so treat this like 2 cameras worth of system requirements to allow for some fudge factor. But with the width, it is surprisingly natural looking, considering i can see from the far end of one garage door to the far end of the other garage door.The image stitching is great. The night vision (IR mode) is crisp. If you have a porch light then the color night vision is also very good, but keep realistic expectations for the price range. For most installations, WDR dramatically improves the night vision performance, but again it is not the default setting for some reason. If you want to experiment with slow shutter speeds, there is a scene selection box which enables low light enhancements, but it is not obvious because otherwise it only lets you select as low as 1/30 exposure time. I don't care for the ui but that's not a factor in my review or I'd probably rate it 2 stars on that basis. It could be improved but the bottom line is the image quality - which is very good.The accessory connectors are kind of bulky so you will need a 7/8" hole if flush mounted.Reliability - we will see.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 180 degree view

R.A. · November 18, 2022

I now have an extra camera, because this one is replacing the original. I've attached four photos - two of the new camera, showing the 180 degree view (which is really great, better than the original "regular" camera) and one of the regular cameras, both have night and day shots.First off, this is the only camera I've had that shows color at night. Pretty cool. It also has a mini spotlight (which you can turn off) - it doesn't extend very far, so it's not doing much, but it's cool. The quality is much better then the original cameras, which are 8X 5MP. You can see how it's much more defined at night.The daytime shots seem to be closer in quality, but I found that when you focus in, this camera is better. See the gray car parked in front? With the old camera, you couldn't read the license plate. I don't have a shot of it, but you CAN read it with this picture. That matters, as some thief parked across the street earlier this year and stole something from the landscaper we hired to mow our lawn while we were out of town. I couldn't get his license plate, though the car was clearly visible. If it happened now, I'd be able to make out at least some of the letters.Now the really important part - the company itself. I purchased the whole setup in June 2021, with the NVR model N48PBB. From the start, it was nothing but problems - the desktop program couldn't connect, nor could the app. But their tech support stuck with me, even remoting in, and we finally got it all working (and I'm a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and a Cisco Certified Network Associate - I actually know what I'm doing most of the time.) But this camera didn't work with my NVR, and the N48PBB couldn't get a firmware upgrade to fix that. I was furious. Less than two years old, and it couldn't work with THEIR camera?They told me to send back the NVR, they reimbursed me for the postage - no small thing, it was $65! They rushed me a new NVR, a later model. I plugged it all in and -It just worked. Right away. No problems, all the cameras came on, no delving into the guts except to turn on the remote access so the phone app could find it. The whole thing took, maybe, 15 minutes. They stood behind their products, they went out of their way to make sure I was happy, and they put plenty of time in tech support when I wasn't.This is a good company. They did the right thing, they want their customers to recommend their products, and I appreciate that way of doing business. Plus - this camera is REALLY good. If you need to cover the whole block with just one camera, this is what you want.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality image both day and night

J. · January 23, 2025

So far I have been very pleased with this camera. I had to replace an older Hikvision and the performance of this camera has been much better (the Hikvision was 8 years older though). I like the wide angle viewing so i can see much more area. Quality does not seem to be diminished with the wide angle. Nighttime viewing in IR mode is much better than the previous camera I had. The ambient light around seems to make it work much better in this mode than in the night time color mode. It does loose a star because it is a plastic housing. I wish it had a metal housing for the exterior use. Additionally, the cable design is a little poor for ceiling mounting as it snags on the housing frame and you have to bend the cable to make it work. I am sure there are probably settings I could change to make it even better, but it works well enough for my use.

1.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE per ANNKE support only compatible with upgrade ANNKE NVR

T. · December 11, 2023

BEWARE per ANNKE support: only compatible with upgrade ANNKE NVR.This means you can NOT use it on any other NVR or camera system! I tested this camera on a 2022 model Dahua NVR and no-go, also tested on a Herospeed NVR, no-go. Too bad because it seems like a good camera, but if it is not ONVIF compatible, then it is useless in the real world.