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Blink's New Budget Indoor Security Camera Can Ogle You in 4K

Gizmodo·Wes Davis·about 5 hours ago
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Amazon announced this week that Blink, its budget home security camera brand, now has five new cameras, including the wired indoor Mini 4K+ , a $70 camera that captures 4K resolution video. The rest of the line, which is up for preorder now, includes a new spotlight camera, a long-distance one for remote outdoor monitoring, and a $50 indoor/outdoor pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera.

The Mini 4K+ is somewhat unique; on top of being Blink’s first 4K smart home security camera, it’s still fairly rare to find that resolution in any such device. (That said, resolution isn’t everything, so don’t expect to be blown away by its video quality.) The Mini 4K+ records in HDR, offers night vision and 10x “enhanced” (read: digital) zoom, uses dual-band Wi-Fi 6—which is increasingly common lately, though not on sub-$100 cameras—and has a built-in siren you can trigger from the Blink app.

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