Infant Optics DXR-8 Video Baby Monitor, Non-WiFi Hack-Proof FHSS Connection, Interchangeable Lenses, Pan Tilt Zoom, LED Sound Bar, Night Vision, and Two-Way Talk

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If you’re using the built-in stand to place the camera on a ledge or shelf, you’ll be done quickly, but you can also mount it on the wall with the slots on the back and the included screw and anchor. We purchased the second unit to ensure fairness by ruling out the chance that we’d gotten stuck with a rare malfunctioning oddball lemon that somehow squeaked past the Infant Optics quality control team. It just doesn’t fulfill the basic purpose of a baby monitor in terms of reliable performance, and even when it is functioning properly, mediocre visual results are about the best it can deliver. Based on recommendations from friends, I knew I wanted to get a video monitor that didn't use Wi-Fi because the thought of one getting hacked made me extremely uncomfortable. It can also pan and tilt (using the up, down, left, and right arrows) and zoom, which we felt was very important.

But it also means the camera is safe from hacker interference—and it's not dependent on a connection to work. John produces and edits all of Fathercraft’s fantastic video content from his bespoke basement studio in St.This is a nice feature, especially once your child gets past the swaddle stage and attempts midnight jailbreaks. This monitor cost a lot less then other sites, shipped much faster then expected and paired perfectly with the existing camera. There are so many monitors out there, so knowing exactly what you want from your monitor before you start looking will help you narrow it down.

It’s probably too soon to say if the battery is better, given I used the DXR-8 for a lot longer than I have the DXR-8 PRO. The sound clarity is better than most of the competition, and we did not experience any distortion, echo, or interference during testing.

We found the buttons (Menu, On, Shortcut, and Talk, plus four directional arrow buttons) straightforward and easy to navigate. The screen quality is just now catching up with several other wifi monitors and even non-wifi monitors like the Eufy Spaceview. She earned her bachelor of science degree in education from Penn State University with concentrations in English and communications. Winning the best of baby awards from The Bump, Wired, What To Expect and many more, our award-winning monitors have a long track record as a monitor you can trust. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

This became especially irritating when my baby started sleeping through the night and I was woken up by a shrill beep of the monitor, only to see my newborn snoozing peacefully. For us, most of the answers to these questions were simply “ no” because all we wanted was something basic and, most importantly, reliable. However, keep in mind that most of the other baby monitors out there today are rocking 1080p parent units, so this was a long-overdue update for Infant Optics.The last missing piece was an antenna from a retired Alfa card I had bought almost a decade ago to experiment with some long-distance security penetration.