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Doorbell Camera That Has Continuous Recording
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this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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I'm pretty happy with my Unifi doorbell from Ubiquiti. If you purchase a dream machine or cloud key storage device to go with it, you can record constantly for as much disk space that's provided. The downside is the price, while Ubiquiti doesn't have subscriptions on their products they tend to be on the higher end of costs. Expect to put down $500 minimum for the doorbell and storage.
I have the same and came to suggest Ubiquiti. I have continuous footage of the last 90 days or so.
Am I able to use my own storage with the camera or do I need to buy the NVR?
You need something capable of running Unifi OS to manage the doorbell. A dream machine, cloud key or yes the NVR.
Looking at their site it looks like I can set up and host via anything.
You can set up the unifi network app on anything but not the DVR system. Your cheapest option is a Cloud Key.
It takes an sd card or a 2.5 inch SATA drive.
That's actually the route I ended up going. I'm actually loving the system as whole. May replace my other cameras with unifi products.