Ubiquiti - Doorbell Lite (UVC-Doorbell-B)

Probably going Lite then Standard. The pro model with the screen is over 8 1/2" tall which is a little on the large side for a house. Although I usually tend to go for the better spec'd versions I may hold back on this one just because of the size. I also have another 4k camera that covers the entry way so the drop in quality shouldn't be a big deal really. Anything is better than the Nest Doorbell I had that I wouldn't count as HD at all.

I just got my order in! Woo hoo! Black and white showing in stock, at least for now.

Max power on the lite is 8w and the g6 entry is 16w with the pro at 18 They could have definitely made the 8w lite without any questions run on 16-24vac

Watch the base g6 entry be 299. But the lite is definitely a smart choice of 99$ but the need for Poe only on an 8w device is somewhat rough.

The wild thing is even their basic 99$ one is Poe only ... The target market for a lower to mid range doorbell is likely someone who doesn't have rj45 ram to their door in an older house.

Got the alert, I was in the doctor's office. Was afraid it would be sold out in 10 minutes. Still in stock when I got home, so I got mine!

I ran mine. It sucked ass but totally worth it in the end.

Obviously it hasn’t been an issue with the G4 Pro doorbell, so why would it now be a problem with the lite doorbell that removes a screen and package camera?

If you can run POE, Ubiquiti has a doorbell lite for $99. It looks like a big version of a standard doorbell. Also you would need a UDR 7 (all in one WiFi router too) or the like, but it’s $379 for both, and they handle all recordings, AI detections, everything on the UDR and doorbell itself.

Doorbell Lite is a no brainer to finally replace my Eufy. Only $99, but we have to pay extra for a chime, right?

Honestly hated the look of it, aesthetically a bit too futuristic for the outside of our house in such a prominent spot. Plus it’s a G4 and already outdated. The new one for $99? Slam dunk. I already have multiple outdoor cameras, I don’t need this to be that fancy.

Who buys just one UniFi camera? My front yard is plenty covered by turret cameras from near the roof. I just want the doorbell to be small and do it's one thing well.

I think the goal is to get a lot sharper image with less fisheye distortion. A greater field of view is good, but it means everything IN that field of view is less sharp because there are only so many pixels to go around on the sensor. On the G4 Pro, even though it has a 5MP sensor it only records video in 2MP (1600x1200) resolution at a 160 degree field of view. That means on the horizontal axis you've got about 10 pixels of resolution sharpness per degree of arc. On the Lite, it's got the same 5MP sensor but only a 96-degree field of view and actual recording at 5MP (1920x2560 because the sensor is portrait, not landscape like on the G4 Pro), which means that you get 20 pixels of resolution sharpness per degree of arc. It's going to have about 60% of the horizontal field of view, but what's actually IN that field of view will be twice as sharp. I think that's a fair compromise.

I think the idea is so that the Lite can have at least *some* package/porch viewing capabilities. The horizontal FOV is smaller on the Lite than on the G4 Pro, but the vertical FOV is actually larger (131.2 degrees versus 114 degrees on the Pro). I think this is to help compensate for not having a package camera but orienting the sensor's larger field of view vertically does mean they had to compromise on the horizontal.

If overheating is a concern, then first of all I'd get the white just to avoid the additional problem of the sun heating up black plastic. Second, the G4 used 12W of power and the G4 Pro used 10W. The Lite brings that further down to 8W, so less heat to dissipate plus a white option means overheating shouldn't be a huge issue.

Got one too, my only downside is the chime is so damn expensive.