On the web you’ll find a more expansive array of professional options, including “advanced” motion and sound sensitivity sliders that control how often you receive the appropriate notifications. While both the website and the mobile apps beam video with surprisingly little lag, each offers its own set of frustrations. The camera position can be slightly adjusted when using the stand, but 128-degree viewing angle does a fantastic job of of showing a very wide area, with only minor fish-eying at the edges. The video was certainly sharp and vibrant, but the overall clarity didn’t quite seem up to HD standards, and quite frankly, I didn’t see a major difference in quality when switching to 720p.
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You can see what your camera is monitoring via the Android and iOS apps or over the web, and each is able to display streaming video in full 1080p. It rests nicely on its small stand, which doubles as a wall mount, but the power cable sticking rather inelegantly out of the back limits its placement somewhat. You can mount the SmartCam to a wall or stand it on a shelf.Ī tiny light lets you know that the camera is connected and running, and once it turns green, the SmartCam can operate solely over Wi-Fi. Setup using the included Ethernet cable was mostly painless (a WPS-supported router won’t need one), though I needed to download a proprietary plug-in before I could begin the process. It doesn’t necessarily feel cheap, but it’s a far cry from a premium product, and I got the impression that it wouldn’t hold up to much abuse. Unlike its competitor’s matte-black metal enclosure, however, the SmartCam’s body is made of glossy white plastic. Samsung has a history of mimicking market leaders to get its products on shelves as quickly as possible, and in this instance, Dropcam was clearly the inspiration. Throughout the course of my testing, the SmartCam presented enough problems that I was never quite sure if it would work, a frustration that overshadowed everything I liked about it.
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While it’s a very capable security camera that promises to keep a close eye on whatever needs watching, the SmartCam HD Pro (model SHN-P6410BN) suffers from an overall lack of imagination and attention. I’ve used many a Samsung product that falls victim to a lack of focus, and the SmartCam HD Pro is a perfect example. From smartphones to vacuums, Samsung has a version of pretty much anything you want to buy, but with such an enormous breadth of products, it’s hard to sweat the details. There aren’t many pies that Samsung doesn’t have its fingers in these days.
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