FLIR Goes Consumer - Dropcam Killer?
Author: John Honovich, Published on Jan 07, 2014
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Comments (13)
Luis Carmona
I wonder is they are trying to position themselves to be bought by broadening their line portfolio.
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Jon Klieman
i am curious as to the camera power requirements if mounted in that external unit. i have a few dlink cameras around my house that do a good job. but this camera looks pretty cool.
have you seen bubl cam yet?
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Ethan Ace
I was assuming that this is something Lorex had in the works pre-acquisition and FLIR just decided now is the time to start branding everything FLIR. It's an interesting little camera, potentially.
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Ari Erenthal
Well, the only complaints I get on Dropcam is the fact that it isn't weather resistant and that it doesn't support internal storage. If the software is as intuitive as Dropcam's is, I'd be worried.
Speaking of Dropcam, this is the best Dropcam demo in the history of ever.
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