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Old 02-07-2020, 03:43 AM   #21
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... By then the video has loaded & I see that a guy had walked up to the front door, stepped up on the sill & peeked in the door glass. For about 20 seconds. ...
This is why I don't like glass in my front door.
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Old 02-07-2020, 05:36 AM   #22
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I like my Ring doorbell. I have it linked in to a Samsung SmartThings hub, so when the Ring detects motion between 9 pm and 6 am, it turns on the living room and kitchen lights for 1 minute and then turns them off.
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Old 02-07-2020, 06:27 AM   #23
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to the OP...Ring has released a new companion app called RAPID RING. it processes the live video stream much, much faster. you still use the original Ring app to view previous clips and to adjust settings.
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Old 02-07-2020, 07:21 AM   #24
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But the word should be schwanz not schwartz.

Schwanz = penis
Schwartz = Black

Schwanz m (genitive Schwanzes, plural Schwänze, diminutive Schwänzchen n)
A tail.
(informal, mildly vulgar) a cock, a penis.
(derogatory, of a person) A prick.
Was will der Schwanz von mir?
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That really had me confused. I was thinking - black?
You people are obviously not well versed in classic cinema.
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This is why I don't like glass in my front door.
The front door in my house is likely original to 1971. I kind of would like to replace it with something spiffier, but it is solid wood and heavy, with no glass. When you shut it you get a "dread portal" thump. All plusses in my mind, and I shudder to think what it would cost to replace it with something new of similar quality. Of course, the easily accessible large windows on the front of the house sort of kill any semblance of security.
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One of things that I do like about Ring is that you can download the app and see alerts from the PD and nearby neighbors. We have a fairly robust monitoring system on our home, but don't have the Ring...but many of the folks around us do and it's good for situational awareness.
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One of things that I do like about Ring is that you can download the app and see alerts from the PD and nearby neighbors. We have a fairly robust monitoring system on our home, but don't have the Ring...but many of the folks around us do and it's good for situational awareness.
So are you saying without paying anything, you can see the alerts from PD and neighbors ?
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So are you saying without paying anything, you can see the alerts from PD and neighbors ?
Yes. I *think* the neighbors have to agree to share the videos, but it's not a bad service for being free.
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But the word should be schwanz not schwartz.
I imagine Brooks used "schwartz" because it is phonetically closer to "force."
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I wonder if the PD checked his backpack. Break in tools? Tuna sandwich?
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Our last dog would love anyone that would pet him, but you would never know that from the ruckus he would raise if someone knocked on the door or rang the door bell.
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Yes. I *think* the neighbors have to agree to share the videos, but it's not a bad service for being free.
any Ring user can post one of their Ring videos or simply a text-only to "the neighborhood".
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I don’t have a ring, but I have Nest cameras and doorbell. I caught a UPS driver trying to make off with some of my medications. He stopped in front of the house. I got the email saying the package was delivered. He drove away without getting out of the truck.
I called UPS and reported it. At first they claimed it had been delivered. When I mentioned medication and video, it got their attention. The driver came back twenty minutes later with my medication. I haven’t seen him since.
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I don't care who's at out door. When we get home, I just set my system to shine two very-bright lights at whomever is there after dark, & let my video camera catch their looks of shock.
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Last night about 11:15 pm I'm in bed about to turn over & go to sleep & the Ring app alerts me to motion in front. It's takes a minute to load so I go to the door, look out & don't see much. I step out on the porch and look both ways and don't see anything. By then the video has loaded & I see that a guy had walked up to the front door, stepped up on the sill & peeked in the door glass. For about 20 seconds.

I call the PD and then have the guy stopped & questioned in about 15 minutes. He gave them a BS story about a wrong address. He gave them an address on the other side of the highway. By the way he stepped off the 1 front step I'd guess he was intoxicated. He was kind enough to turn around & give a full body shot to the video doorbell

Took me about an hour to get settled & back to bed

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Unless your porch area is well-lit and has no bushes or other hiding places nearby, I'd stay inside the house and check it out a much as possible from there.

Even if you're armed, some dirtbag jumps out of the bushes and you shoot him, he or his dirtbag family will claim you were some avenging vigilante just looking for an excuse to shoot their poor innocent son/husband/boyfriend, "who was just getting his life together."
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If my doorbell rings late at night my buddy Mr. Glock goes with me to answer it. I feel pretty good about my chances. Heck, we don't even lock our doors around here sometimes. Nobody is crazy enough to try a home invasion when they know every single homeowner is armed. That stuff just happens to sophisticated city folk who are unarmed in their own homes. It's a kind of Darwinism I think.
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Was listening to a podcast yesterday and the service had someone actually watching your ring like device and tell the intruder to scram and call police.
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