Anybody seen new door bell ADC-VDB750? Any info on this ?
It looks to me like the main advantages over the 770 are an increased FOV, wider operating temps, and easier installation (no power module nor resistor for most installations – it was a headache finding a tucked-away place to store all that hardware when I was installing mine without a chime). And, it’s cheaper.
I wonder if they’ll keep the 770 around – this one seems to be positioned “below” it just from the numbering and price (770 vs 750, $300 vs $200), but I can’t seem to find anything that the 770 does better than this new one, so it wouldn’t make sense for this to be a “budget” model. The only thing I can see that is superior in the 770 is that the camera is 5 megapixels instead of 2.36 on the 750, but the 770 has a narrower FOV and they are both roughly the same resolution as well, so I feel like real-world you won’t be able to tell much of a difference and the FOV will matter much more.
Looks like some retailers already have the 750 in stock as well.
EDIT: One additional thing I like about the new 750 is that the actual doorbell button is round, colored differently, and has a bell on it. I’d hazard a guess that 50% of the people who use my 770 try to press the round camera itself first before finally figuring out that the actual button is the oblong lighted section below it. I think people are just hardwired to think that doorbell button = round, and the 770’s button isn’t distinct enough to override that.
The 750 is billed as a replacement for the Skybell line. It is simpler in installation as described above, and actually one of the biggest differences is it does not contain a battery.
The battery was the main source of early failure for Skybells, and the VDB770 tried to combat that with the heating element. Without the battery the operating temperature range on the 750 is pretty wide.
Any idea when 750 will be available through Surety? I was looking into starting service and wasn’t a fan of the only battery operated doorbell camera currently offered.
I do not have an ETA at this time, but I imagine soon. I think it is now more widely available through our distributor and I think we do plan to sell it.
One can be added to a Surety account supporting video and analytics if sourced from any vendor however.