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The video comprehensively reviews the Panasonic Home Hawk Floor Home Monitoring Camera that doubles as a floor lamp. Designed for home surveillance, it can be used for monitoring children, the elderly, or general home security. Key features include 1080p video recording, a 140-degree wide-angle view, color night vision, and integration with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Users can control the lamp-camera via the Home Hawk app, which offers features such as live streaming, video storage on a micro SD card, two-way communication, and geofencing through GPS. The lamp provides ambient lighting with adjustable brightness settings and selectable heights up to nearly six feet.
Setup and usage involve simple assembly, with a sturdy base and adjustable height poles with a fabric finish. The Home Hawk system includes various camera settings, such as frame rate and brightness adjustments, and can detect motion and sound, providing customizable notifications and alerts. Although the system has received positive feedback, particularly for its color night vision and overall quality, a noted limitation is the dependency on the app for operation, which may be inconvenient for some users. The product is priced around $199.95 and is available in black metal and gray fabric finishes.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker introduces and reviews the Panasonic Home Hawk Floor Home Monitoring Camera with ambient light. This device is a floor lamp incorporating a camera, designed for monitoring purposes such as keeping an eye on children, using it as a baby monitor, or supervising elderly persons. It supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for voice commands and provides ambient lighting with high, medium, low, and off settings, producing approximately 600 lumens. The camera records in full 1080p, has a 140-degree wide-angle view, color night vision, and supports live mobile viewing with remote control via the Home Hawk app. There are two color options: black metal and gray fabric. Priced around $199, it offers features like video storage on a micro SD card, two-second pre-record before motion detection, mic and speaker for two-way communication, selectable heights up to nearly six feet, and battery backup with eight AA batteries (sold separately). Additionally, the device includes geofencing capabilities using the GPS on your phone.
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In this part of the video, the presenter discusses setting up a fenced lighting system around your house that automatically turns on lights when it gets dark, providing convenience and security. The lights can be controlled via motion sensors, turning on upon detecting movement and off after a set time. They can also be managed through a smartphone app which offers remote control and scheduling features, including random timers to simulate occupancy when you’re away. The presenter also describes unboxing the product and preparing to demonstrate the app and camera features, including video footage of its performance with and without night vision, exploring its capability in different lighting conditions. The camera setup includes LED lights and various sensors meant to enhance home security.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the setup process and features of a lamp with an integrated camera. They highlight the setup and reset buttons, a micro SD card slot, and the overall aesthetic, emphasizing that it resembles a typical lamp rather than a camera. The lamp has metal screw areas for adjustable poles, allowing for various heights up to approximately 5 feet 10 inches. The poles are described as having a nice fabric finish, with a gray variant available that could match well with certain décor. The speaker explains the assembly process, including how to fish the cable through the poles and connect it to the base. The base is noted for being sturdy, made of plastic with a metal core, and includes felt pads to prevent floor damage. They also point out branding, a two-prong plug, and battery backup options. The speaker intends to set up the lamp-camera, connect it to an app, and review the camera quality, particularly focusing on daytime footage and sound quality.
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In this part of the video, the presenter demonstrates the video and audio quality of a camera in different settings, including daytime, night vision, and color night vision. They introduce the HomeHawk app, showing its basic configuration and functionalities such as updating the software, adjusting lamp brightness, getting live camera views, and listening to audio. The app also provides information like temperature and offers privacy modes, photo and video capture, and landscape view. The presenter goes through the settings, discussing options like signal strength, lighting schedules, randomizers, motion detection, brightness duration, and video resolution settings.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various settings and features of a security camera, including frame rate adjustments (from 30fps down to 10fps to save memory), brightness control, and bit rate settings. They mention the ability to switch between color and monochrome vision and modify recording settings such as sound recording, timestamp, and SD card formatting. The importance of overwriting recording is highlighted for managing SD card storage.
Sound settings such as volume for motion detection, talk volume, privacy mode, and microphone sensitivity are explained. Notification settings for sound protection, temperature detection, and recording errors are covered. Detection settings allow the configuration of specific areas for motion detection and sensitivity adjustments for motion, sound, and temperature alerts.
Additional settings include status LED control, network adjustments, temperature unit preferences, and system info access. The speaker proceeds to update the camera firmware. Positive feedback is given on the Panasonic HomeHawk system, praising the quality of color night vision and daytime footage across their window, shelf, and lamp units. A noted limitation is the inability to turn the lamp on without using the app.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses a downside to the product, specifically the inability to use it without the app, which could be inconvenient for some users like their parents. Despite this drawback, the speaker still believes the camera and lamp are of good quality. The product is priced at $199.95 on Amazon, and a link is provided in the description for viewers to check it out. The speaker encourages viewers to leave comments, questions, or opinions and invites new viewers to consider subscribing to their channel.