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I'm David Carnot and I'm here with drop camps next-generation Wi-Fi video monitoring camera the Dropcam pro if you've never heard of drop camp it's a start that's quickly becoming one of the leaders in DIY home video monitoring the new camera looks very similar to the existing drop cam HD which has dropped the HD part of its name and simply become drop cam but the pro has a black stand is a little thicker and has a 6 element all glass lens and a larger image sensor drop cam says you'll get two times sharper video during the day and 7 times better performs in low-light conditions and at night it also has a hundred thirty degree field of view which is 20% wider than what you get with the standard drop cam drop cam offers a free app for Android and iOS devices and you can also access your camera or cameras from a web browser on a computer real time monitoring is free but Dropcam also offers a premium cloud recording service which starts at 995 a month or $99 a year for seven days of continuous recording while the video resolution currently remains at 720p with the pro you can definitely see a significant difference in image quality and a new software update allows you to digitally zoom in on parts of the image up to eight times on the Pro and four times on the standard drop cam and then enhance the image after you zoom to bring back some of the detail loss while zooming it's very blade runner-esque those of you who've seen the movie know what I'm talking about that zooming feature gives you the flexibility to monitor only a portion of a larger image or to put it another way monitor a certain part of a room that means you're less constrained by where you initially placed the camera and Dropcam sees this as a way around providing pan and tilt hardware features that would make the camera even pricier along with the improved audio quality in the pro yes the camera records sound the other big feature upgrade is the addition of Bluetooth le which stands for low energy and is also referred to as Bluetooth smart having built-in Bluetooth allows you to set up the device via a smartphone or tablet instead of having to connect to your computer you simply pair the phone to the camera and then log it on to your home Wi-Fi network and you're good to go it's definitely easy and you can add multiple cameras around the house if you want they just have to be plugged in to a power source in the future Dropcam has plans to add other Bluetooth accessories such as a temperature sensor that will connect to the camera which would act as a hub for other home monitoring devices I've liked dropcam's DIY video monitoring solution since it first launched several years ago and it's only gotten better as the company continues to make it more user-friendly and enhances both the cameras and the software that powers the free and paid monitoring services like any wireless video product it's going to work even better if you have a reliable Wi-Fi network and a fast internet connection that said I've used it with a more sluggish DSL connection and it mostly worked fine at $1.99 the Dropcam pro cost fifty dollars more than the standard Dropcam which remains on sale that may be a little pricey for some people but I do think it's worth paying the extra fifty bucks for both the sharper video and Bluetooth feature which makes setup easier and gives you the option to add accessories in the future I'm David Carr noise that's the Dropcam pro thanks for watching