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What I like about the camera:
- Configuration was easy and fast.
- The camera administration web page is streamlined, fast and modern.
- Logging in through the web browser requires a plugin to be installed. It is a painless process, and allows camera administration through multiple browsers on multiple operating systems (I've tested it in Firefox and Safari on Mac OS, and it works on Internet Explorer in Windows 10).
The customization options are useful and intuitive:
- Email - The software lets you choose from several popular email services to send notifications, or a standard ISP email address. Email notifications can be customized, and can send screenshots of detection events.
- Video Quality - The video quality is very sharp. The ability to have 2K resolution is very helpful for picking out details. I personally use 1080P mode to have a balance between video quality and file size. With 2Mbps bit rate, one minute clips are about 15MB in size.
- Motion Detection Area - The ability to choose motion detection areas is important, and the IP3M-941B does not disappoint. The view is broken up into a grid, which allows granular choice of what to detect, and what to ignore. There are 4 regions which allow you to change detection sensitivity on different parts of the view, which comes in handy.
- Schedules - You can set different recording schedules, and setting times is very intuitive.
- Night Vision - The night vision works well and produces clear footage up to 30 feet away. I disable night vision as I have the camera pointing out a window. However, once it gets dark enough, the camera switches to black and white mode, which allows better contrast and sharper videos. This is an awesome feature.
- Storage - The ability to upload to FTP, NAS, Cloud or internal SD card gives many options to save and store footage.
When uploading to FTP, the files are organized by day and hour, which makes footage easy to review.
- Security - If you choose to disable P2P, the camera won't connect to unknown networks (like other cameras do). I've logged network traffic and the only outbound traffic I captured was the camera checking for internal updates. The camera allows you to create multiple users and modify permissions. This lets you grant access to the camera and reduce permissions (like view only).
- Overlay - The camera overlays are completely customizable! You can change the position and size of the date\time and camera name. You can also choose to hide all of the overlays. I was shocked when I saw this feature.
I look forward to feature updates, better Chrome support, and other products from Amcrest. They really put time and thought into what makes a good wireless IP camera, and have truly delivered a top-tier product.
