Bottom line: If you want more local storage, go with Night Owl. However, the Lorex 2K is compatible with micro-SD cards of up to 256 GB, making the Night Owl storage only four times as large. We did the math, and that’s 32 times more storage with the Night Owl camera. The Night Owl Wired Bullet Camera came with a 1 TB hard drive, while the Lorex 2K came with a 32 GB micro-SD card. Although both camera packages included local storage, they came in different sizes and forms. With any security cameras, you want video recording onto both cloud and local storage, ideally. These conversations couldn’t happen with the Night Owl - a definite drawback. The 2K camera has speakers and microphones, which meant that we could speak to people through the camera and our mobile app. The wider the field of view, the more we can see out of a single camera. Lorex also has higher-quality video in terms of the field of view - 140 degrees to Night Owl’s 120 (180 degrees being the maximum). More pixels mean a clearer image, which could come in handy during a criminal investigation. While the Night Owl Wired Bullet Camera has 1080p HD video resolution, the current standard for the industry, the Lorex camera takes it a step further with 2K resolution. Just because you can buy Lorex and Night Owl in the same stores doesn’t mean they’re equal it’s quite the opposite, actually. Lorex was definitely easier, being wireless all we had to do was place the camera outside and plug it in inside our home, whereas there were more cables involved with the Night Owl Wired Bullet Camera, which includes a bulky hard drive. We installed both cameras ourselves, a process known as do-it-yourself or DIY home security installation. We paid no monthly fees for our home security, making it very affordable. Neither Lorex nor Night Owl offers 24/7 professional monitoring for any of their cameras, so if you want self-monitored home security, either camera will work. As we’ll detail below, Lorex is a better camera for smart homes in general, with four more integrations than Night Owl.
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