Reolink Duo 3 PoE at Amazon: panoramic surveillance camera with a starting discount

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April 23, 2024 at 7:33 p.m

If a surveillance camera is to monitor an exceptionally large area, it must be able to pivot. Or come up with image sensors that create a 180° panoramic image.

“Safety first.” We all know this saying for a reason. It makes sense in pretty much all areas: when driving a car, if you’re unsure, it’s better to take your foot off the accelerator; And where does almost everyone probably feel safest? At home.

While we attach great importance to security in some matters, this can be forgotten when it comes to our own retreat. But you should always feel safe, especially within your own four walls. Smart security solutions such as cameras help to keep an overview.

Duo 3 PoE – the industry’s first 16MP PoE security camera

At first glance you can see that the Duo 3 PoE doesn’t look like the usual dome and bullet outdoor cameras. The sharp edges, the dual camera system and the black and white color scheme give it a special, modern character.

High resolution, strong zoom

With 16 megapixels The Reolink Duo 3 PoE has a resolution many times higher than the usual 4 megapixel cameras. Behind it lies something juxtaposed, double 4K (UHD). The resolution is therefore in pixels 7.680 x 2.160.

A tenx digital zoom should make it possible to recognize faces and license plates from a distance of over 25 meters. By the way, PoE stands for “Power over Ethernet”. The camera gets power via the appropriate Ethernet (LAN) port.

Smooth video transmission and efficient video compression

By default, the Reolink Duo 3 achieves PoE 20 frames per second, also called fps (frames per second). Normal television, for example, is often in 24 fps. With the security camera you can enjoy a smooth live view with maximum resolution.

However, lots of images and high resolution mean a lot of data, which can put a lot of strain on the home network or storage space. That’s what it’s supposed to do H.265 video compression come before. This is said to offer up to 50 percent better data compression compared to H.264 and thus reduce the data stream.

180° panorama – two cameras in one

As you can see from the pictures, the Reolink Duo 3 PoE is a Dual camera system. The two 2.8mm/F=1.6 lenses mean that a Duo 3 PoE camera is effectively like two traditional cameras, but you only need to attach one. But how is a panoramic image created from two imaging cameras?

Updated dual image stitching algorithm

Even if you align two identical cameras so that they produce a 180° panorama and place the videos side by side, you would be able to clearly see that there are two cameras. Different colors and brightness due to different exposures would be obvious.

Reolink has one for that proprietary exposure compensation technology developed, which is used in the Duo 3 PoE in the third, improved generation. Differences in exposure and color are eliminated by calculations by the 4-core SoC processor, just like the human eye.

The two images now have to mesh correctly to avoid unsightly overlaps, duplication, etc. The improved algorithm ensures this. Despite remaining minimal distortions and overlaps, a 180° panoramic image without losing important details or disturbing fisheye effect.

Innovative motion track function

But the Reolink Duo 3 PoE software can do even more. It can show the movement of a single person over a period of time in a single image. This means that a person’s movements are clear at a glance, without having to scroll back and forth through the recordings for a long time.

A special overall package

In addition to these new, improved functions from Reolink, the Duo 3 PoE also offers the usual high-quality and important features of a security camera. We have briefly summarized these here.

• Colored night vision with 8 bright spotlights (6,500 Kelvin, 560 lumens)
• Intelligent motion, person, vehicle and animal detection
• Instant motion alerts
• Local storage with microSD card up to 256 gigabytes
• Works with Reolink NVR
• 24/7 recording
• IP67 weatherproof
• Two-way audio with built-in microphone and speaker
• Kompatibel mit Google Assistant, Alexa, Onvif

Perfect for spacious areas

Whether in front of the front door, in the backyard, the garage or a warehouse – the large 180° panoramic field of view with sharp resolution makes the Reolink Duo 3 PoE perfect for any large area. To cover a large viewing area, two cameras or a standard panoramic camera with a highly distorted image would otherwise be necessary.

The Duo 3 PoE is like two good cameras in one. As an outdoor security camera, it is built robustly and comes with a 2-year guarantee. A final special feature of the surveillance camera is the price.

Also promising in terms of price

The recommended retail price at market launch is 219.99 dollars. Compared to competing products, this is extremely fair. However, the camera is available at a discount right from the start on Amazon; a 45 euro coupon can be activated directly on the product page by checking the box, so the price drops to 175 dollars.

Attention: Offer ends April 28, 2024.

• 16MP UHD & color night vision

• 180° panoramic view

• IP67 certified: water and dustproof

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