Okay, to be fair to your point, I also think 480p is enough for a doorbell camera, unless you’re trying to ID stuff that’s far away from your door.
But also, you can’t compare the quality of a still photo with good lightning, and probably some good editing as well, vs a video that mixes in compression artifacts, and also depends on how good the hardware is. That’s why 480p videos taken with cameras 15 years ago look much worse than 480p videos taken with phones today.
Oh yeah, absolutely. There are limitations there, and stuff like compression and format are going to make a huge difference. I just think the tradeoffs are acceptable for the price.
Oh no, I can’t tell these people’s faces apart because someone on the internet said I wouldn’t be able too. What am I gonna do??
(the photo is 480x576 rather than 640x480 or 854x480 (16:9) but you get the idea)
Okay, to be fair to your point, I also think 480p is enough for a doorbell camera, unless you’re trying to ID stuff that’s far away from your door.
But also, you can’t compare the quality of a still photo with good lightning, and probably some good editing as well, vs a video that mixes in compression artifacts, and also depends on how good the hardware is. That’s why 480p videos taken with cameras 15 years ago look much worse than 480p videos taken with phones today.
Tl;Dr: not all 480p is created equal.
Oh yeah, absolutely. There are limitations there, and stuff like compression and format are going to make a huge difference. I just think the tradeoffs are acceptable for the price.