D-Link DCS-8000LH

D-Link's lipstick-sized "baby" packs a solid array of "goodies" into a compact board. Here you have a lens with a wide viewing angle (120 °), and a two-way audio communication system, and even IR illumination up to 5 m. But first things first.

Compact above all else

The miniature body of the surveillance camera (37x38.1x95 mm) hides a 1/4-inch CMOS image sensor under the outer “wrapper”, which forms the final image in HD resolution. The captured video is broadcast to a mobile gadget via the myDLink application and stored free of charge in the "cloud" throughout the day. But there is no slot for a microSD card in the arsenal of the model.

Sensitive reactions

The videographic data of the D-Link DCS-8000LH, frankly, is not the strongest. However, the camera has something to draw attention to its modest person. First of all, by supporting the sending of push notifications when registering events, whether it is the crying of a child who woke up in the middle of the night or the detection of motion in the frame. Installing and configuring the camera before commissioning is not difficult, including users who are far from close interaction with modern gadgets.

Cable management

The camera communicates with the threads of the World Wide Web via a wireless Wi-Fi network. But she still couldn’t do without cable management: the “tube” from D-Link is powered by the life-giving power of energy through a cord with a microUSB “outgrowth” at the tip of the “tail”. It also has a close relative, the D-Link DCS-80100LH-A1A camera, which looks at the world with a wider view (180°), is armed with a memory expansion slot and is mounted on a practical swivel joint.