Who is safer and better to use? Comparative evaluation of three mainstream smart cameras

IT 168 Evaluation With the continuous landing of the concepts of internet plus and the Internet of Things, the smart home product line is now very rich. Whether it is the remote control of various household appliances, the opening and closing of curtains and the detection of smoke and water vapor, the core is home monitoring. No matter what happens, you will definitely want to see the scene at the first time, and this must rely on smart cameras installed in various parts of the home, even if it is not for theft prevention. Then you can also see if the children are studying, and if the nanny is abusing the elderly and children. It can be said that home intelligent monitoring products have been accepted by many people and become a necessity at home.

There are so many smart camera products on the market that it is difficult for ordinary users to know the differences and which one is suitable for them. I choose this kind of products only to look at the mainstream, because many small factory camera products are not the same in daily use, but the security mechanism is not perfect, and they are often manipulated maliciously.

At present, well-known brands such as Mijia, Little Ant and 360 all have home smart cameras. As an established manufacturer, Lenovo has also begun to enter the smart IOT market, and released a brand-new smart IOT brand Lenovo Lecoo, in which Lenovo Lecoo is designed for home care and attention to the elderly, children and pets. What's the difference between these mainstream smart cameras? How to choose a cheap one for yourself? Read mine.

I think the configuration of home cameras must be equipped with a tripod head, unless you have many cameras at home that can cover every corner. Generally, the pan/tilt can be rotated more than 300, and a camera can get a panoramic view of the whole situation. Therefore, the three products we choose to compare today are: Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1, Mijia Xiaobai smart cameras and 360 smart cameras Yuntai Edition.

In terms of price, Lecoo Kanebo R 1 sells for 249 yuan, Mijia Xiaobai sells for 399 yuan in Lecoo, and 360 smart cameras Yuntai Edition sells for 299 yuan. Lenovo Lecoo kanebo R 1 is more cost-effective, and I believe most people will still take a fancy to it when choosing.

The appearance of these three products is mainly white, simple and generous, and can also be easily matched with the home environment. Lenovo Lecoo saw that the cherry blossom white+rose gold color scheme of Garbo R 1 was better than pure white; Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 is slightly smaller.

All three products support horizontal 360 rotation angle, with slight difference in vertical direction. The physical rotation angle is associated with Lecoo to see Jiabao R 1, horizontal 355 vertical 150 dual-motor pan/tilt, and 360 smart cameras pan/tilt version is horizontal 338 vertical 204 dual-motor pan/tilt. Mijia Xiaobai didn't mention his physical rotation angle, but said it was a 360-degree full-motion video.

In terms of video storage format, Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 adopts the third generation digital video coding technology (H265/HEVC) processor chip, and Mijia and 360 both adopt the second generation (H.264/AVC). H.265 has more advantages in definition and video file compression, the video compression efficiency doubles, and the definition doubles under the same bandwidth. Under the condition of the same image quality, the video size encoded by H265 can be reduced by 39%-44%, and the video can be viewed more smoothly through the network and stored for a longer time. We recorded with three cameras at the same time and place to see the picture effect. Even if your network conditions are almost the same, Lenovo Lecoo can watch Jiabao R 1 or live video clearly and smoothly.

Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 As a household smart cameras, it bears the important responsibility of home security monitoring, not only taking care of the home, but the first thing it does is "taking care of itself". Here I have to mention its "triple privacy protection" function. First of all, when you are at home, you may not want the camera to continue shooting, or you may worry that it will be stolen. In order to increase security, Lenovo Lecoo Kanebo R 1 and 360 both support setting privacy screen in mobile APP, that is, physically shielding the lens, setting your own time at home, adjusting the camera angle with one button, and shooting at the bottom or other angles that will not touch privacy.

In fact, this is still necessary. After all, some time ago, it was reported that some home live broadcasts, that is, the camera was invaded and should be guarded against. With the function of privacy screening, it is much safer. Lenovo Lecoo can set Jiabao R 1 not only through APP, but also through physical buttons, while 360 Xiaomi has no physical switch. Lenovo Lecoo sees Jiabao R65438.

What is most worth mentioning is the third point of "triple privacy protection", that is, the video shot by Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 is in a private format, so the player cannot play it on the computer. This design is based on the deep consideration of privacy protection. Suppose someone steals the terminal's memory card, don't worry, the video format in the memory card is v265, and the player can't be seen on the computer. Family and personal information. This privacy protection design of storing files in private format has not been adopted by other smart cameras sold in China at present, but in overseas countries that pay more attention to privacy protection, the exclusive file format has almost become standard.

In an era when all industries are talking about AI, smart cameras has also joined this cutting-edge technology. AI empowers human speech recognition.

The three products we compared today, Mijia Xiaobai smart cameras and Lenovo Lecoo Kanebo R 1 all have this function, but the 360 is not equipped. Lenovo Lecoo Kanebo R 1 AI deep learning speech recognition, through professional background noise denoising algorithm, can make a very accurate judgment on the sound of the monitoring environment, and intelligently push it to the APP family dynamics without looking at the monitoring screen. It's really sweet to know what's happening at home in time. Mijia Xiaobai's ai interaction can not only recognize the surrounding sounds, but also interact with the baby and family.

In addition to storing the surveillance image locally, it can also be stored in Lenovo's cloud, so that even if someone destroys the camera, they can still view the surveillance video. 360 also supports cloud storage, but unfortunately Mijia Xiaobai does not support cloud storage.

Only Lecoo Kanebo R 1 and 360 smart camera Yuntai version cameras support motion tracking. When a moving object is detected at home, the camera automatically rotates the lens to track and capture the moving picture of the object and record it. At the same time, the alarm video will be pushed to your mobile phone. This function is very useful when there is no one at home for a long time. When I used to use fixed monitoring, I had to play back the previous picture myself. Now that I have this function, I can save a lot of worry.

If there are many rooms at home, you can install multiple cameras. Lenovo Lecoo can watch the live broadcast of four cameras at the same time by watching the mobile APP of Garbo R 1, which is also suitable for its own store.

Neither Mijia Xiaobai nor 360 has a physical on-off key, so if it is necessary to completely shut down, it can only be unplugged.

The installation of the three cameras is very simple. Turn on the power, install the APP on your phone, and simply follow the prompts to complete the setup. Lenovo Lecoo kanebo R 1 can be directly authorized to the family after installation, and the family can watch the live broadcast without installing the APP.

The following are screenshots of three cameras, all of which support ultra-clear images. Through the big picture, you can see that the pixels are very high, even if you zoom in to the projection, it is very clear.

▲ Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1

▲ Mijia Xiaobai

▲360 Yuntai version camera

These three screen shots were taken at the same angle, light and other conditions, which can cover every corner of the whole room, so it is enough to install one in each room.

Through the above comparison, we can see that Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 has the highest cost performance, which not only has "triple privacy protection", but also adopts the latest H.265 video coding technology, with clearer picture quality, smaller occupied space for the same picture quality, smoother webcasting and relatively more affordable price. Mijia Xiaobai has no cloud storage and does not support mobile tracking, so we have to give it up. 360 smart cameras Yuntai Edition does not have ai speech recognition, but 360 smart cameras Yuntai Edition and Lenovo Lecoo KanJiabao R 1 cameras can be hung, depending on whether you have this requirement. I wonder if you have decided which one to buy after reading these analyses. I wish your family a stable life as soon as possible.