Startup: Blink Sells A Million of New Security Camera Tech
By: John Honovich, Published on Sep 05, 2014
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Comments (9)
Mert Ulas
I understand and agree with the authors comparison but may be we are comparing apples and oranges here. Blink and other "complete wireless & budget cameras" are a niche and different category. The average consumer does not need the full video surveilleance of their homes 24 hours a day. We know what is happenning in our homes as most of the time we live in them, and the rest of the time when we are not in our homes the only valuable moment to record is when there is a movement. Our homes are not bank offices or casinos where we need to record every second. So what these cameras are useful for? As an advanced burglar alarm system, when you are leaving your home just set it up in front of your door entrance and it will alert you and give you visual evidence when someone enters. Watching the baby for a short duration of time when you are at work. The advantage of carrying and placing it within any place in your home without wires attached is a huge advantage as well (which dropcam and others lack)
So I believe these products will be more common, with more added features may be, such as noise alarms (baby cry or glass break), temperature sensors, air humidity and air quality sensors, etc.
I dont think they should be named as cameras as well, they are compact home monitoring systems in my opinion.
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Mert Ulas
Also perhaps we can think of them as advanced visual sensors that will be part of Internet of Things. May be in the future we will have even smaller cameras inside our fridges to check what is missing in the fridge (using cloud based video analytics) and send this data to us as shopping lists (or directly order them online) If they can be sold for 50 USD now, in 5 years the price can go down to 10 USD, and then they will be everywhere.
Compact, no wires attached, re-usable at different locations wherever we like. Perhaps in the future IP cameras will be used for more about sensor information (for visual analytics) rather than for security.
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Undisclosed Integrator #1
This is a great option for new construction areas. Just move them when done.
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Jeremiah Boughton
They have added on-board USB Storage. Since doing this, I wonder if they plan to add the option of recording 24/7. With external storage, this would beat Dropcam Pro when it comes to the amount of cameras in a house with the average home internet upload bandwidth. But again, I have not tested this product myself yet. When it comes to tech products like these...never believe anything they say and draw conclusions when you test the product yourself.
The main complaint about Dropcam is the always on 24/7 recording or no recording as your choice.
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