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The old security cam system I trusted for 5 years just let me down hard
Had a Ring doorbell from 2019 that worked fine til last Tuesday when someone swiped a package off my porch in Austin and the footage came back as pixelated mush. The motion alert went off but the video quality was so bad I couldnt even tell if it was a guy or a girl. Anyone else having older smart home gear just stop working when you need it most?
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jamie_smith16d ago
Yeah 'pixelated mush' - did you check if the firmware had an update sitting there forever?
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jamie_smith13d ago
Oh man, I used to totally brush off firmware updates as one of those boring chores you just put off forever (install now? nah, later). But then last year my TV started doing this weird green ghosting thing and I spent a week blaming the HDMI cable and the streaming box before I finally caved and updated the firmware. It fixed everything instantly and I felt like such a dummy for not trying it first. So yeah, you're probably right - it's the first thing I check now instead of the last.
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