My doorbell may shock you…

[ColinLTT]

Tired of paying for subscription services? Or perhaps you want to keep your data under your own roof for privacy reasons? Today we show you Ubiquiti’s G4 Doorbell and talk about why keeping control of your own data can be good for your privacy, and your wallet.
 

US Store: https://store.ui.com/Linus
EU Store (Doorbell coming soon!): https://eu.store.ui.com/Linus
CA Store: https://ca.store.ui.com/Linus

[TehDwonz]

4 minutes ago, ColinLTT said:

Tired of paying for subscription services? Or perhaps you want to keep your data under your own roof for privacy reasons? Today we show you Ubiquiti’s G4 Doorbell and talk about why keeping control of your own data can be good for your privacy, and your wallet.

Is this a joke? $200 and then maybe more?

[ColinLTT]

The data needs somewhere to go after all..

 

[Conor Keating]

The way I see it it's less than a $10/mo subscription would be for 2 years, and it's your own hardware for the foreseeable future

(Edit: I should mention I've never considered using Ring so I have no idea what their rates are)

Edited October 10, 2020 by Conor Keating
Clarification

[Guest]

Guess I shouldn't press it then 

[locdude]

1 hour ago, ColinLTT said:

Tired of paying for subscription services? Or perhaps you want to keep your data under your own roof for privacy reasons? Today we show you Ubiquiti’s G4 Doorbell and talk about why keeping control of your own data can be good for your privacy, and your wallet.
 

US Store: https://store.ui.com/Linus
EU Store (Doorbell coming soon!): https://eu.store.ui.com/Linus
CA Store: https://ca.store.ui.com/Linus

I use a doorbird smart doorbell

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, ColinLTT said:

The data needs somewhere to go after all..

 

You mean to tell me I have to STORE the data myself too?!?!?!

The horror!

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, Conor Keating said:

The way I see it it's less than a $10/mo subscription would be for 2 years, and it's your own hardware for the foreseeable future

(Edit: I should mention I've never considered using Ring so I have no idea what their rates are)

There is a free plan but you don't get the video history for 60 days like on the paid plans so you're not required to pay monthly if you don't want.

For the basic plan it's $30/year or $3/month which includes 60 day video storage, sharing, and a few other small features

The Plus plan is for multiple devices/security plan as well and is $100/year or $10/month which gets you professional monitoring and a 10% store discount too

 

https://shop.ring.com/pages/protect-plans

[Streetguru]

We have to pay monthly for cables boxes, and mini cable boxes in the US. Can't even buy them, have to rent.

[Conor Keating]

13 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

We have to pay monthly for cables boxes, and mini cable boxes in the US. Can't even buy them, have to rent.

I actually wouldn't mind having to rent my modem if it meant that Comcrap owned up to taking responsibility/ownership of the screwy firmware on it. (also, actually renting just the modem, not modem+router+AP AIO)

 

43 minutes ago, Lurick said:

There is a free plan but you don't get the video history for 60 days like on the paid plans so you're not required to pay monthly if you don't want.

For the basic plan it's $30/year or $3/month which includes 60 day video storage, sharing, and a few other small features

The Plus plan is for multiple devices/security plan as well and is $100/year or $10/month which gets you professional monitoring and a 10% store discount too

 

https://shop.ring.com/pages/protect-plans

 

I meant I hadn't bothered to look 'cause of the privacy and other concerns mentioned at the beginning of the video.

[Lurick]

Just now, Conor Keating said:

I meant I hadn't bothered to look 'cause of the privacy and other concerns mentioned at the beginning of the video.

Fair enough, just something to note

[Egg-Roll]

Not sure if this was all filmed the same day, but based on the notifications I think it is time for Linus to either get a battery swap or a new phone. He lost about 10% in less than a hour.

 

As to the video, I am looking at updating my surveillance setup. However while their cameras are actually not that overpriced the fact that you are basically forced to buy their other hardware is a huge turn off because of the additional costs that would be needed vs using already in use hardware. For me to replace my setup with this company (hassle free, 100% to work) based on this part of the site I would need to spend at least $300 on cameras for 3, plus get at least the Cloud Key Plus which is basically another $300, and because I like redundancy and data protection I would then (should/) get the Protect Network Video Recorder at $400 for a total of $1000. Expensive, no thanks, and oh yea, practices might change and outgoing alerts etc could become a subscription fee based as well.

 

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

We have to pay monthly for cables boxes, and mini cable boxes in the US. Can't even buy them, have to rent.

Most of the time same in Canada last time I checked, I think Linus forgot about it either that or he is on a old plan that actually offered a free rental for as long as you are on the plan.

[Dujith]

2 hours ago, TehDwonz said:

Is this a joke? $200 and then maybe more?

Its heavily advertised as to be used in combination with an Unifi ecosystem (to be specific Unifi Protect). They make that very clear. 

This video however does not and compares it with the RING and sorts, which it shouldnt, since you need some more equiptment to make full use of it.

At that price point i would recommend the Anker eufy doorbell with mini "server" for local storage (219 Dollars)

[Intergalacticbits]

These type of camera door bells are on my wish list to get.

I just love the idea of these things.

 

[b1k3rdude]

5 hours ago, ColinLTT said:

Tired of paying for subscription services? Or perhaps you want to keep your data under your own roof for privacy reasons? Today we show you Ubiquiti’s G4 Doorbell and talk about why keeping control of your own data can be good for your privacy, and your wallet.
 

US Store: https://store.ui.com/Linus
EU Store (Doorbell coming soon!): https://eu.store.ui.com/Linus
CA Store: https://ca.store.ui.com/Linus

So i have been looking for a video door bell that could store its recordings on my synology or just have a live feed with an alert i could view from the pc or my phone. Cant see the item on the euro store atm,  but if its £200 thats gonna be a none starter as thats more than my phone is worth ( galaxy s7).

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

6 hours ago, TehDwonz said:

Is this a joke? $200 and then maybe more?

Inb4 people start flaming at Linus that he can only have such a setup because he's sponsored. 

[Nystemy]

It is always nice when one can run a local service for one's IoT devices.
Subscription services are though nice in their own regard, but having one's own server is nice in its own way.

Especially if one gets a decent API for interfacing with the device.

 

Though, sadly a lot of IoT devices are far from that friendly to deal with.

[Mik F]

I'm holding off on ubiquiti until they have Unifi switches delivering more than 1gbps over RJ45.

 

Guessing that's what that MicroTik switch is for - what model number is it?

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Mik F
I'm dumb.

[Skyhound555]

Lol@ some of the complaints on here. The price is right for what ubiquiti is offering. 

For Ring, Euphy, or any of the major smart brands, you're paying AT LEAST $200 for the device and a subscription on top for their cloud services that make installation super brainless to do. Honestly, all of those services are just gimmicks and; in my opinion, should not be considered true Home Automation or Smart devices. If your internet goes down or you simply don't want to pay for the service anymore, then you lose the whole service altogether. Not to mention, your system is at the mercy of how much those companies care about your personal situation.

 

This is the ONLY true internal, on-prem solution that will actually secure your home. The only thing that can touch this platform, is going diy with open source technologies on your own manager network and server. You can get the open source blue iris NVR software loaded onto a box and have that box manage the software for your other smart devices. There is even an open source AI add-in for Blue Iris to give all of your cams motion detection. However, set up is not for the faint of heart. 

We have to remember that Ubiquiti is a top-end product. Their bread and butter is enterprise network solutions, so this product is intended to be upsold to the CEOs of companies that buy their IAP solutions and want their mansions decked out in high tech as well. Though even if that's the case; I really don't believe $1k to $2k (to purchase the entire setup and ecosystem) is an unreasonable price to secure your HOME for the foreseeable future. Some of us spend more than that on our stupid gaming rigs. lol

[swimtome]

On 10/10/2020 at 3:19 PM, Dujith said:

At that price point i would recommend the Anker eufy doorbell with mini "server" for local storage (219 Dollars)

Oh wow that recommendation didn't age well