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Poor quality, ring stick up cam
Recently bought new stick up cams and the quality is terrible. They are unable to read a number plate from 30ft away and you cannot identify anyone by their face.They seem to be working fine and the wireless signal is 50. I've had better visuals out of a cheap Chinese 720p camera.Any ideas before I send them back and cancel the subscription?
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03-09-2023 15:53:56
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Hi Tom, well a number plate from 30ft away should be easy to see. I can't even read a number plate from even 18ft away with the cameras as the video has been compressed/re-coded to within an inch of its life. It doesn't really matter if the cameras are 1080p, what matters is the bitrate and compre
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14-09-2023 17:49:28
MSo to give tom and potential/existing customers an idea on just bad ring are throttling their recording via compression/re-encoding I ran an experiment. A 14 second 1080p video from a ring stick up cam came in @ 0.99MB Using a cheap Chinese camera, a 1080p 14 second video tops out at 25.66MB using
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14-09-2023 18:03:33
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Tom_Ring
Hi @Marty4938. The Cams are not really designed to read small numbers from 30 ft away. They are designed to detect motion. These Cameras record in 1080 HD, which should be great video quality.
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05-09-2023 16:25:24
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