Amcrest 4MP Video Doorbell Camera Pro, Outdoor Smart Home 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wireless WiFi, Micro SD Card, AI Human Detection, IP65 Weatherproof, 2-Way Audio, 164º Wide-Angle Wi-Fi AD410

Does everything as advertised well and comes with everything you need. I'm not sure how it would work in old homes, but my home is a little over a year old with all modern wiring with a simple mechanical chime. It was very easy to install. Just shut off the breaker, pulled old doorbell switch off, drilled 2 holes for the backing plate, connected the 2 wires, and was good to go.At first, I didn't install the chime kit and noticed my chime was acting sporadic. If you have a mechanical chime, you have to use the chime kit. Was really easy to pop the cover off and install it. Only gripe there was trying to find a place for the box to fit inside under the cover. My chime is very common and popular. Nothing special. They could have put a little more thought into the shape of it so it would fit easier without interfering with the chime. I got the cover to sit flush, but if you look real close, you can see where the chime kit box is pressing against it. Maybe there's a spot I missed that might have been better, but its whatever I guess.Another thing. Turn off DHCP in the settings and assign it a specific IP on your network. If it disconnects, which it will with power outages etc, you will have to go through and find its new IP and reconnect if you are using it with blue iris or a nvr. It worked well with my Amcrest NVR, but I recently outgrew the 8 camera limit on it and wanted something better so I now use it with Blue Iris on a old computer I have. Neither have had issues connecting to this, displaying live feed, recording, or 2 way talk.It is extremely sensitive to movement, but I live out in a pretty rural area so it doesn't bug me. I actually wish my other cameras were just as sensitive as this one.The picture quality is pretty good. It is nothing crazy, but it is more than enough to get the job done. I'm not one to hyper analyze the picture quality. The only thing I do wish is that the viewing angle was even wider than it already is. I know it would look like a fish bowl if it did, but I wouldn't mind being able to see more. The viewing angle is pretty wide and it does fish bowl a little, I just wish it was even more so lol.The Amcrest Smart home app is actually really nice. I use it for the doorbell specifically. I don't know why Amcrest can't just do away with their other app and just use it for all their cameras. I could never get the smart home app to work with the NVR or any of my wired IP cameras. I digress though...If you are looking for a solid and easy doorbell camera that doesn't have a subscription and that just works, get this. I have enjoyed all my amcrest products so far except the NVR. Blue Iris changed my life lol

The media could not be loaded. I was initially very excited with the prospect of integrating this doorbell into my Home Assistant smart home. It worked "great" for about 8 months, and now the 'ding-dong' button no longer works. I get no notifications from any of 3 apps that can detect it, no chime in the house, nothing - just a confused person on camera wondering why nobody comes.After all the headache, I wish I could have my old dumb doorbell back.Pros:- High definition picture looks great with no motion.- WiFi, and uses doorbell power - so no additional wiring!- Works with the Dahua integration in Home Assistant, including human detection- Human detection works pretty well!Cons:- Video feed gets pretty choppy if there is a lot of motion. (This is the only camera on my network - and I tried both 5G/2.4G).- Night vision LEDS produce a very terrible lens glare if there are any objects nearby- Must install a good 16V, 30VA transformer, or the chime won't work at all (ask me how I know)- Must be allowed to 'call home' over the internet, otherwise you get a blinking ring LED, and eventually the device just quits working, needs reset.- You must have an account and install an app to set up / configure the doorbell cam.- You must install a 2nd app to remove the AMCREST water mark.- If you want to do 2-way comms locally, you need a 3rd app.- The device runs hot! I'm in Minnesota, facing north, away from the sun. The device is always warm to the touch. I suppose that's how it kept working all winter.- The call button stopped working altogether after 8 months. What? My device is under a large awning so it didn't even get wet.Overall, I WAS okay with the minor shortcomings. But now it doesn't even work as a doorbell. Customer service is in India, and I was told to factory reset the device. (to fix the call button?) I hope that they don't expect customers to do that whole hassle multiple times a year!Honestly I expect they will still RMA the device and honor the 1 year warranty - but I'll still be left searching for something that will last, and be operational without cloud 'features'.UPDATE:So who knew - I had to manually search up a firmware update, when the app claims none available. That fixed the button (for now). To update you need yet another program, for Windows/Mac this time. Still Amcrest hasn't done anything helpful for me. Their customer service must be very very busy perhaps.