With the coming of the New Year, thieves and thieves began to become active. At this time of year, there are all kinds of stolen news, the most terrible one should be burglary. For ordinary people, the home should be the safest. But when your safest place is visited, I'm afraid your property will not be safe. More and more people begin to buy home cameras, not only to record the figure of thieves, but also to deter thieves. However, it is not difficult for experienced thieves to take your camera. How can they prevent theft? NetEase Qingguo has brought you a solution. NetEase Qingguo camera, all video cloud storage, can find video files even if the camera is lost. So how about this product? Let me lead you to experience it.

1、 Unpacking appearance

The front design is simple, and the logo of Qingguo camera is in the upper left corner.

On the back are various detailed parameters. This time, I got the professional version of Qingguo camera. Compared with the ordinary version, the professional version has increased to 15 days of cloud storage. For friends who often need to travel for a long time, the 15 day storage time is safer.

Since this product belongs to engineering machine, NetEase also attached a letter in the box. There may be some differences between the appearance of the products we experience this time and the products that are finally launched.

Open the box, and you can see the real appearance of Qingguo. The all black appearance is very low-key, but the full mirror design makes it difficult to clean in the later stage. I hope this can be taken into consideration when it comes to the market.

Not many accessories, cameras, chargers, charging wires, instructions and three guarantee cards.

The specification of the charging head is 5V1.5A, which is slightly higher than the conventional standard. It is recommended that you should try to use the original charging head for installation to avoid the problem of insufficient power supply and camera failure.

The camera base can rotate 360 degrees. This design is convenient, and different camera angles can be adjusted at any time. However, there is also a problem that when the camera is fully tilted, the base is slightly unstable, and there will be some tilting.

However, the base part of the Qingguo camera is magnetic and can be adsorbed on the surface of steel, which can effectively avoid this phenomenon. The official also kindly presented a piece of iron with double-sided adhesive tape, which can be pasted on the surface of other materials to make the camera more stable.

The camera adopts a concave design, which can effectively protect the lens from scratches.

This is the end of unpacking. The author also has a night vision version of the Xiaoant camera in his hand. Let's make a simple comparison.

2、 Comparative experience

The base of my Xiaoyi camera is fixed on the wall with screws, so I just compare it with the upper part. Here I prefer the suction design of Qingguo, which is convenient for installation and disassembly.

From the appearance, the 360 degree rotation design of Qingguo is more convenient than the fixed design of Xiao'an. The contrast between the black and white design is very strong. However, what still needs to be complained about is the mirror design of Qingguo. The frosted surface design of Xiao'an looks high-end in appearance.

The design of the two is very similar. The camera can be removed to facilitate subsequent installation and maintenance. The thickness of the two cameras is basically the same, but the edge arc processing is done for the Xiaoyi camera, which seems to be a little thin visually. The location design of the charging hole and the microphone are very similar.

Remove the bracket and compare the camera directly. Both of them adopt mirror design, and the camera part also adopts concave design, with little difference in appearance. Compared with the single indicator light design of Xiao'an, Qingguo has an additional indicator light on the camera, but the author has not found the function of this indicator light.

As for TF card slot and charging hole, their design positions are basically the same. In appearance, the two can be said to be very similar, with only slight differences in design.

The design of the back is basically the same, with two-dimensional code for scanning during installation. The reset button is also designed, but Qingguo's Reset adopts the button type, which is easy to operate. The small ant camera needs something like a card needle to press it, which is a little troublesome.

Stand up and look, it seems to feel more similar. It is hard to make a breakthrough in the design of such products.

This is the simple appearance comparison. Let's do the video comparison later. Let's take a look at the installation and connection process of Qingguo.

3、 Installation and commissioning

First, power on and configure the wireless network. After power on, the indicator light of the Qingguo camera will flash alternately in red and blue, accompanied by a voice reminder, which is good.

The following is the mobile phone connection. Qingguo does not set up an APP separately, but uses the method of connecting with Eason. This will help to reduce the number of apps on the mobile end of users, but the number of users of EasyTrust is still too small, which has little practical effect. On the contrary, it has also forced a lot of users to be added to its own Yixin. The author was also an Eason user and also a telecom user in the early stage, so the registration procedure was exempted. After paying attention to the official account of Qingguo, the official account will send a description of Qingguo camera. Everything you want is in it, and the description can be basically discarded.

The installation steps are relatively simple. You can follow the prompts step by step. At the same time, there are voice reminders for each step. The overall process is relatively simple.

After completion, you can access the control interface of Qingguo camera from the public account. The overall interface is simple, and it also supports the setting of multiple cameras under the same account. You can share the camera with your family or send voice messages to the camera. The basic functions are not mentioned. Here are the disadvantages. The first is that when viewing videos, real-time viewing and video recording are designed separately, which is slightly inconvenient. Secondly, the video area under the non full screen is too small, and the bottom appears very empty. If the design is slightly enlarged like ants, the interface should be more beautiful.

Let's compare the APP interface differences between Qingguo and Xiao'an. The Xiaoyi camera uses the "Xiaomi Smart Home" APP to view, which is slightly different from the Xiaoyi APP. It can be seen that the ants not only enlarge the interface, but also increase the time bar to make the whole interface more beautiful. The design of the time bar is also more convenient for playback. In full screen, there is little difference between the two. Qingguo does not provide any operation function because it is only for real-time viewing.

After the installation is completed, check whether the settings are comprehensive. Qingguo provides a number of settings, such as regular switches, image rotation, and status lights. The most special thing is that Qingguo can save multiple WIFI settings, which is more convenient for moving or switching home hotspots. In contrast, Xiaoyi camera needs to be reset when switching WIFI, which is much worse. Considering the bandwidth occupied by cloud storage, the Qingguo camera provides three levels of definition adjustment, which is more convenient than the two levels of Xiaoyi.

The installation and debugging of the foundation is almost enough. It can be seen that Qingguo is slightly rough in the design of APP. I hope Qingguo can provide a better interactive experience.

4、 Monitoring experience

Because my family is in a mess recently, the author specially chose the weather that will not rain to present the video by outdoor recording. At the same time, in order to make a comparison between green fruits and small ants, the author places them side by side. Since the base of the ant is not available, it will be unstable when standing, so the author "tied" the two cameras to the anti-theft window railing by adhesive tape

In the comparison part of the subsequent video screenshots, the above pictures are all Qingguo cameras, and the following pictures are all Xiaoyi cameras, which will not be explained separately later. The video part adopts 720P standard and is shot in HD mode.

Let's compare a group of early morning situations. The time is about 7 o'clock in the morning. The overall video definition of Qingguo camera is obviously better than that of Xiaoyi camera, and the details are better. The color is also more normal than that of the Xiaoyi camera, which is slightly red.

Let's look at the noon time. The small ant camera still has a slightly red color, while the green fruit camera still has a normal color. In terms of clarity, the green fruit is still better than the small ant camera. Careful observation also shows that there is a certain time difference between the two cameras.

Let's take a look at the evening. It is basically the same as the first two pictures. The green fruit is better than the ant camera in clarity and color. There is also a small time difference between the two. This also shows that the camera effect of Qingguo is better than that of Xiao'an camera when the light is basically good

Another set of night samples. The differences presented by this group surprised the author. The night vision effect of the Qingguo camera is very poor at night, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the outline of things, only visible from the nearby wall. The ants can barely see the outline, and the details are also missing. Although the effect of both is not good, the camera of the ants is still visible, and the green fruit is useless. Some people may say that the angle of view of Qingguo is slightly biased, and the night vision infrared is blocked by the wall. This is indeed one of the factors, but most of the uncovered parts still have poor effect. According to the author's inference, Qingguo's camera may be slightly poor in sensitivity. Hope that the fruit can be adjusted and improved in the later stage.

In addition, the author also found a problem when comparing. Qingguo's night vision mode started very early. Before 6:00 p.m., Qingguo camera started the night vision mode, which is one of the reasons why the author infers that its sensitivity is slightly poor. Look at the comparison chart below. At around 5:30, the weather was still bright, and Qingguo had automatically switched to night vision mode. At the same time, pay attention to the time difference between the two. As time goes on, the time difference between the two becomes larger and larger.

Let's see how they start night vision mode. Qingguo camera starts the night vision mode smoothly, and automatically switches to the night vision mode when the screen flashes. However, the small ant camera still did not start the night vision mode under the night light of the community, until the lights of the community went out, it was only a few seconds later that it switched to the night mode. Qingguo has done a good job in this regard. The camera of Xiaoyi has a certain potential safety hazard due to its black screen stage for a period of time.

After the comparison of video effects, are there any other differences between the two in practical application?

5、 Practical experience

First, let's see the difference between the two file volumes. The volume and duration of the file determine whether it is convenient to view, so the author first compares this item.

The clip stored by the Qingguo camera is about 10min, while that of the Xiao'an camera is about 1min. Compared with Qingguo camera, it is more convenient.

In terms of file format, Qingguo camera's storage format is. flv, and its theoretical compression ratio should be better than the. mp4 format used by Xiaoyi camera. However, in fact, the file size of the Qingguo camera is higher than that of the small ant, which is also the reason why its picture quality is better. However, this will also bring greater burden to the network. After all, Qingguo relies on network cloud storage.

Finally, the video bitstream of the Qingguo camera is basically the same during the day and at night, even if it is basically unable to see at night. At night, the video bitstream of ants drops significantly, which is also the reason why the video effect at night is poor.

Finally, let's talk about a group of important experience in practical application, dynamic alarm function. Qingguo camera uses the GIF screenshot function to send reminders, which is more friendly to friends without wifi, while Xiaoant sends short videos directly, which requires a slightly larger traffic. As for the alarm accuracy, both of them have a large number of missing reports, which are basically unavailable. After careful comparison, the author found a small rule. The Qingguo camera usually gives an alarm because of the movement of vehicles, while the Xiaoant camera usually gives an alarm because of pedestrians. Of course, this is not absolute. I don't know the reason for this, so I can only summarize the simple rules.

Full text summary:

After a few simple days of experience and comparison, Netease Qingguo camera should be qualified as a home camera. The 360 degree rotating camera makes it more flexible during installation, and the magnetic base makes it easy to install without damaging the wall. The video effect during the day should be very good, but the night vision effect at night needs to be improved. As for its dynamic alarm function, at present, most household cameras have the phenomenon of missing and false alarm, so this is not Qingguo's fault. Next, I just hope NetEase can optimize the APP interface to make its operation more convenient, and improve the night vision effect, so that the Qingguo camera can be called perfect.

Thank Lei Feng for offering trial products!