TP-Link Tapo C660 Kit test: a reliable and rather affordable home goalkeeper, who feeds on solar energy

This Tapo C660 is obviously eagerly awaited on image quality with its 8 MP sensor. For example, This allows him to offer 4K images. Moreover, In terms of optics, TP-Link announces a field of vision of 134 ° diagonally and 113 ° horizontally. Furthermore, This is a little more than what Ezviz HB8 offers (100 ° diagonally). However, but less than the 160 ° of certain fixed cameras like the Outdoor Cam more ring.

To record events after dark. Nevertheless, this TP-Link camera not only offers an infrared vision, but also projectors that it can turn on to film in color. Moreover, The choice of one. Furthermore, the other of these modes goes to the user, and the app also makes it possible to reduce the definition of images to 1280 x 720 pixels to fill the memory card less quickly, tp-link tapo c660 kit test: but also to adjust color rendering or even activate an HDR mode.

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Faced with Ezviz’s HB8 2K+ which. as its name suggests, is limited to a 2K definition, or 2560 x 1440 pixels, Tapo C660 delivers more natural images, but this is not frankly what is expected of a surveillance camera. Above all. it will be noted that she manages to capture slightly thinner details than her rival, a little too heavy on accentuation. This treatment nevertheless allows him to bring out more the details she manages to capture. a significant asset when it comes to identifying a face in the distance.

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By default, the Tapo C660 uses its infrared vision in the dark. The rocking is rather fast. It only takes 2 s to see clearly after the extinction of the lights. Clear, but not very clear when we observe our photo scene. The TP-Link camera is doing a little better with the exhibition. but the images of the HB8 offer in these conditions a much better rendering.

Obting for color vision in color allows you to enjoy finer details as a bonus. The image quality is even very close to what is observed in daylight, even if the colors lack saturation.

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If the Tapo C660 is a little disappointing in front of our photo scene with its 4K images. it nevertheless offers a precious help to identify intruders in the distance. We can hope to distinguish their facial features as soon as they enter within a radius of about 5 m. and even 6 m with the infrared vision. The night vision in color is a little more limited because of the noise added to compensate for the. low power of the projectors.