Indoor Camera

Indoor Camera

An indoor camera answers a different problem from an outdoor one, so the features worth paying for are different too. Pan and tilt is the main one, because a fixed lens covers one corner of a room while a motorised camera sweeps the whole space and can be aimed from a phone, which is what makes it useful for checking on a pet or an elderly relative rather than just recording a doorway. Resolution runs from Full HD 1080p, which is enough to see what is happening, to 2K and 4K where you want to recognise a face or read something across a room; the 4K dual lens models pair a zoom lens with a wide one so you get both the room and the detail. Two-way audio lets you speak through the camera. The question worth settling before buying is recording: local storage on a card or a base station keeps footage in the house with no ongoing cost, while cloud recording is a subscription.

TP-Link Tapo supplies most of the range with C100, C200, C200P2 and C210 Full HD and pan and tilt WiFi cameras, with Eufy on the S350 4K dual pan and tilt, C210 2K with solar panel and eufyCam C35 kits with HomeBase Mini, and Ring on Indoor Camera 2nd Gen and Stick Up cameras. Related departments are Smart Security, Outdoor Camera, Video Door Bell, Security Alarm Kit and Smart Home.