Amcrest IP2M-841 ProHD 1080P (1920TVL) Wireless WiFi IP Camera, Black

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Product Specifications

Stunning Full HD 1080P Video at 30fps. Record and Playback via local microSD Card, Amcrest or ONVIF NVR, FTP Upload, and Blue Iris. Amcrest Cloud Video Recording Service Available.
Quick WiFi Setup via iPhone or Android Smartphone using the Amcrest View App (Included). Seamlessly Stream Video and Two Way Audio Directly to Your Smartphone, Tablet, Apple Mac or Windows PC.
Remarkable Field of View with Super Wide 90 degree Viewing Angle, Remote Pan/Tilt, Intelligent Digital Zoom, and IR LED Night Vision Up to 32 feet.
Stay in Touch with Two Way Talk, Intelligent Motion Alerts, Email Alerts/Snapshots as well as Mobile and Web Apps (Safari, Firefox, IE Supported - Chrome Supported on Amcrest Cloud). Features Sony image sensor and Ambarella processor. All cameras CE and FCC certified with UL compliant, 10-foot power supplies. Full 1-Year US Warranty and Lifetime Support Provided Directly from Amcrest. Our support team is available at 1-888-212-7538
Please Note : This is a 2.4ghz supported camera and it does not support 5ghz networks
NOTE: Check Instructional Video and User Manual in Technical Specification before use

Product Description

Color:Black The Amcrest ProHD 1080p Wi-Fi video camera helps you stay in touch with what you love anytime, anywhere. With its quick mobile setup process, you will have secure access to your camera’s video stream in no time. Stream live and playback recorded video of your home, your kids, your pets, or your business on the go with the Amcrest View app. Amcrest Cloud offers optional cloud recording with free live viewing and 4 hours of free video storage accessible from any device including Apple Mac, Windows PC, iPhone, iPad or Android devices. Amcrest cameras also record to an internal MicroSD card (not included), upload to an FTP as well as record to any Amcrest (or ONVIF compliant) Network Video Recorder (NVR) (not included). Each Amcrest camera features two-way talk, night vision, remote pan/tilt, enhanced digital zoom, a 90º viewing angle, smart motion alerts, email alerts and snapshots, advanced recording options, secure SSL/HTTPS connection and wireless AES WPA2 encryption. With the Amcrest ProHD, you’ll never be out of the loop again. Amcrest cameras are compatible together with Foscam cameras only when using AmcrestCloud, Amcrest NVRs, Blue Iris for Windows PC, Live Cams Pro for iOS and TinyCam Monitor for Android. Amcrest ProHD 1080P (2.1MP) WiFi Security IP Camera IP2M-841B (Black): Sony Image Sensor & Ambarella Chipset / Quick Setup / Super-Wide 90° FOV / Remote Web Access from Smartphone or Tablet / Storage to MicroSD, NVR, or Amcrest Cloud / Pan and Tilt + Intelligent Digital Zoom / Night Vision Up to 32ft / Two-Way Talk / Smart Motion Alerts

Product Reviews

A solid 1080P PTZ IP camera with night vision from Amcrest

I bought this Amcrest IP2M-841 mainly to check on our baby in the crib when I’m not in the room. The IP camera needs to have HD video with good night vision view so we can monitor the room 24 hours.The package contains Amcrest IP2M-841 IP camera, Ethernet cable, Power adapter/cable, Mounting kit (Mounting bracket and screws), CD/quick start guide, and User manual. The power adapter/cable is 10 feet long, which makes it easy to find a good spot without worrying power source. This camera does offer night vision although the IR LEDs aren’t visible. On the bottom part of the camera, there are Ethernet port, Alert IO, Audio IN/OUT, memory card slot, and power port. Do note that the package doesn’t include memory card.To setup the camera is pretty easy. 1. Connect the IP camera to router through Ethernet port (I highly recommend do NOT do first-time setup using the wireless way). 2. Connect the power supply and wait for the camera to be ready. 3. Download and install “Amcrest Pro View” app and setup the camera through in app instructions ( Connect smartphone to same device as wired connection, scan QR code for serial number, and establish connection to camera). The IP camera can also be setup through PC if you’re familiar with finding IP address of device. If not, Amcrest website does offer an utility to help user to locate device IP on the network. For me, I found the easiest way is to check router for connected device and see which one is the newly pop-up right after connecting the IP camera to network.PROs:- 1080P enables to see more detail compare to older IP cameras. This is fairly important as I’ll be using this as a baby monitor so I can check on baby’s small movements. Night view is quite good on this camera and I can see things with 10 feet clearly (I haven’t tried further away). Please see my video and pictures for a demo of day/night view quality on this camera. The video is smooth at 30 FPS and no lag when there is object moving.- PTZ support. Pan/Tilt/Zoom is supported on this camera and it helps to check the area without physically moving the camera. The “zoom” is digital zoom, not optical zoom.- Wide 90 degree field of view. It’s always better to see as much as possible on a single screen.- Build-in Microphone and speaker. This makes 2 way audio communication possible through App.- Motion alerts, Email alerts and snapshots. Also notification alert support through their App. Detection zone and sensitivity can be adjusted for motion alert triggering. Amcrest cloud offers up to 4 hour recording free for 1 IP camera. Free DDNS service is included.NOTE:- This model only supports 2.4GHz WiFi.- This model doesn’t offer POE (Power over Ethernet).

This is the one!

This is the one! I’ve purchased 3 surveillance cameras with the intent of monitoring my girlfriends retail art supply business. She has people stealing $35 tubes of oil paint, $40 sable brushes and so on. All of the other cameras were junk. They were difficult to set up, had little to no customer support and just wouldn’t fit the bill for decent surveillance. They all had to go back, one wouldn’t even power on after hooking up.This Amcrest is different though. I had to set up on PC first and then connect a tablet. The software is more versatile than anything I’ve seen. It was somewhat intuitive and extremely flexible. You can even select certain zones for the lens to NOT monitor during motion detection. The store owner is somewhat computer savvy, but not overly so and had no problems with the operation and adjustment of this camera’s parameters. It records to a micro-SD and monitors movement at night after she closes. She has already seen her landlord enter after hours and roam around her store, unannounced. He is on film now…From my experience, I recommend to just spend the money for this camera if you want something decent. The cheaper ones just won’t do it and you’ll barely even be able to decipher the ill-written instructions, much less speak with someone you’ll be able to understand IF you can contact anyone in the first place. This camera was miles above anything else I’ve attempted to set up!

Excellent picture quality.

These cameras are impressive. The picture quality is amazing, and so are the viewing angles. I’ve had these for a couple of months now and haven’t had any problems with them. Setup was easy for me. I see that some others have had issues. I plugged these into my router, powered them up, then set them up with the Internet Explorer since it has the Active X plugins. The browser setup options are rather nice, with plenty of ways to tweak and fine tune things. My only complaint, if any, is the fact that these can move too quickly when running software to control them. There is an option to adjust pan speed, but it doesn’t seem to stick after closing the browser out.I am running these with Blue Iris 3.6. It doesn’t have an Amcrest profile (I believe the new 4.x version does though), so it was a bit of guess work to get them working, but eventually I found the following setting to work quite well:Under video/network IP camera configuration I set Make/model to: RTSP H.264/MJPG/MPEG4The built in WiFi is fine, especially given that there is no external antenna, but I have these outside and where they are placed, WiFi was flaky/non existent. Not a knock on these, as No WiFi camera I have from other brands could reach that range either.Due to some restrictions on placement and household design, hard wiring these isn’t an option at this time, so I bought an Edimax CV-7428nS 300Mbps Wireless N300 5-Port Universal Wi-Fi Media Bridge from here. it has worked well with 2 of these cameras and a Foscam HD camera.I actually bought these due to some issues I had with the 2 Foscams, model F19821P. After a bad firmware update on both, they would cut in and out every few minutes. About 2 days later they would finally start working without cutting out. Oddly this was repeatable by powering them off, and the issue would re-occur for a couple of days then stabilize.The picture quality is night and day though between these 2. The Foscam would wash out in lower light conditions with a yellow hue to it, whereas this Amcrest would still have a nice clear picture. Also the night vision and quality is much better with these, plus there are plenty of options to adjust that as well.The biggest thing is viewing angle. For the same given area, the Foscam gave about a 6-8 foot wide viewing area. These give about 12 feet, completely showing the walkway where one of them is placed. The very edges have a slight bow to them due to the wide angle, but nothing obvious that would affect viewing them. I only noticed it due to the door it was covering and the trim around the door had a slight bow to it.Overall these are very nice cameras and do what they need to very well. Plus they have a zoom on them. It is digital though, so you will get some pixelation the closer you zoom, but it still has a good image quality to it when zoomed in.

Four Stars

Not bad

Five Stars

Much better picture than Nest and less than half price! On board storage means no cloud fees!

I loved it while it worked and was about to buy …

The camera stops working after a year. Not worth the money. Absolutely regret buying the camera. I loved it while it worked and was about to buy another one when my current camera…

Easy WI Fi setup for your phone

very clear images with many options, zoom ,pan, tilt, video, and snap shot to name a few. Easy WI Fi setup for your phone.

customer service is awesome. evan kicksass and and made it tolerable

customer service is awesome. evan kicksass and and made it tolerable. when working the camera is very good and the picture is crystal clear.

Great camera Tom thank you for helping me with set-up

Great cameraTom thank you for helping me with set-up!

Jeremy from technical support was fantastic!!

Jeremy from technical support was fantastic!!!!!!!! he helped me set up my new wi-fi camera and it works wonderfully to keep an eye on our pets while we are gone.