Ring doorbells require a Ring Protect subscription starting at $4.99 per month to access recorded footage, receive package alerts, and use most of the features that make a video doorbell worth installing. The Reolink Video Doorbell requires none of that. Amazon has it at $83, off its $119 standard price and its best price ever, for a 2K wired doorbell with 180-degree field of view, dual-band WiFi, two-way talk, human detection, local storage via microSD, and a plug-in chime with 10 tunes included. No subscription, no monthly fee, no cloud dependency. This deal requires Prime membership, and the 30-day trial runs without a card.
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2K, 180 degrees, no subscription, everything Ring charges extra for
Ring’s entry video doorbell shoots at 1080p with a 155-degree field of view and requires a Ring Protect subscription to save and review footage, access person alerts, and receive rich video notifications. The Reolink Video Doorbell shoots at 2K with a 180-degree diagonal field of view in a 4:3 aspect ratio that captures more vertical frame than the 16:9 widescreen format Ring uses, which means packages on the ground, children on the porch, and visitors’ full bodies appear in the frame rather than being cut off at the waist. The 4:3 ratio at this resolution is specifically why doorbell cameras use it: the vertical coverage that matters most at a front door requires the taller aspect ratio that widescreen doesn’t provide.
