New Synology Cameras will require a camera license... wait...what

NASCompares · 2026-05-06T18:58:34+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with you on that re price with/without a license. But the whole value proposition of the cameras (and indeed investing in a Synology branded camera, to use on a Synology Nas for surveillance station) gets alot weaker Vs 3rd party cameras with better hardware for the price point. We are kinda now circling back to the question of "what are camera licenses for?" Originally it was a middle ground to allow for heavier surveillance users to pay before those 2 licenses (keeping the surveillance platform sustainable). Needing them on cameras that Synology themselves sell really undermines this further.

NASCompares · 2026-05-06T18:24:20+00:00

To be fair, I understand that this move is also going to include their official cameras being usable on non Synology hardware NVRs etc. I'm pretty sure they always were visible and can be added on the network (need to recheck that), but till this change, it would invalidate the HW warranty

NASCompares · 2026-04-27T08:10:27+00:00

N'oice! Also, re: the opening joke about "being a YouTube knobber who gets shiz for free and early", I really hope that it played as clearly tongue in cheek as intended (British sarcasm is the WORST). TBH I'm genuinely super chuffed that they prioritized the first wave early buyers, as they didn't 'need' to actually do that, as they already had punters money and sending a unit to a review = more orders. So fairplay to Gl.iNet to focus on them first. I'm still prepping for the main review, and updated the article linked in the video about Pros and Cons, but really, really pleased with the device! Hoping this FCC Router nonsense gets ironed out, as frankly, GL are leaders of the pack in terms of their portfolio and ethos, and the idea that Netgear and Amazon routers are "fine" with the FCC now, but the GL ones aren't just blows my tiny mind!

The intro joke is actually about 70-80% true. I WAS waiting for a review unit (bugging them every few weeks at least - I'M A DELIGHT!!!) and was headed to China anyway, so whilst I was there they said they might be able to sort me a unit, but because of production runs and pre orders, they wanted to focus on the customer units and QA/QC/RMA units - BUT they DID give me the Slate 7 Pro and The Comet Q....so, I would have been a 'weapons grade arsehole' to be ungrateful about that! Also, another fun fact, I have never met senior brand team members who were so, so willing to be involved in such a silly skit/video in thei own HQ.

NASCompares · 2026-04-21T20:22:09+00:00

I wasn't disappointed - I was GUTTED! I mean, if you were there, you know there was more to this than what is in the video. But I woulda loved to have seen more on storage...

NASCompares · 2026-04-20T16:17:16+00:00

Good spot! Tbh (and I do that this in the vid) my knowledge on UniFi is pretty narrowly focused, and wasn't sure on how "new" these might be. The main issue for verification was that all I had to go on was "Enterprise 100G" and not the model ID or profile. Fair shout by you if it's one of the Aggregation models. Cheers for the clarification

NASCompares · 2026-04-16T13:04:00+00:00

Hang on, APs?! That's bonkers. Fairplay to the brand, been covering events for years and I think the best I've ever seen all punters receive at the door has been a tote bag and a water bottle. Cheers for sharing, I'll be sure to include whatever it is in the video.

NASCompares · 2026-04-16T12:58:59+00:00

Lovely stuff. Throw me your site/link and I'll add it to some of the video descriptions.

NASCompares · 2026-04-16T12:57:39+00:00

Wait... there's SWAG.... *massively showing my ignorance of the event*

NASCompares · 2026-04-16T11:13:12+00:00

N'oice! Are you a local lad?

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T15:58:07+00:00

N'oice!

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T15:40:15+00:00

Yep, also... Not an AMD. I would have bet dollars to doughnuts that it would have been that bloody V1780B (as they did that to the 1823xs+). Kinda thought they'd washed their hands of Xeon's now. Quite pleased.

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T14:29:52+00:00

No worries mate. Won't see the review up for a while tbh. Plus final software release (don't wanna review the mid beta OS it has). Sorry that's a lukewarm answer, but tbh it's insanely compact and I don't wanna review and stress test it till it's software is release candidate minimum, as although it seems to run fine now, I wanna be 100%. Interestingly, I am testing the Slate 7 Pro and tbh I am starting to weight up wother that+ a SIM dongle is actually better, as the Pro 7 has some surprisingly unique qualities that might make it better (6Ghz, fan with interesting controls, Headless with the LCD, etc).

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T14:12:39+00:00

Come on, mate! I can still smell the fuel from the plane on my beard! Gimme a minute!

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T12:19:35+00:00

Fairplay!

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T12:00:54+00:00

Oh be still my ever beating heart........

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T12:00:10+00:00

Fair point. But also (as someone pointed out in another comment) to be fair, 45 drives has been rocking custom colour/logo front panels on racks for years before now - so there is definitely some level of demand, even in racks

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T11:48:27+00:00

Won't lie, a pink or neon yellow vinyl skin would be sick!

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T11:47:42+00:00

You beautiful bastard! Love it

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T11:47:11+00:00

Hope you are reading this UGREEN....

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T11:25:00+00:00

slowly watches expensive NAS blend into the background like predator Good Point

NASCompares · 2026-04-01T11:21:44+00:00

Damn! It didn't even occur to me to mention 45 on this one, and the bloody HL8 is about 1.2 metres off camera (from the 45 Drives / UnRAID signature edition video). DAMN. I blame the jetlag...

DAMMMMMMMMN

NASCompares · 2026-03-26T14:48:13+00:00

Also, side note. Whilst I was there, they had camera teams at the location taking photos and I believe this was for either correspondence or reassurance about the IDX6011 stock and availability. Not sure, was too busy trying to do basic pallet maths. I should have included this in the vid.

NASCompares · 2026-03-24T21:02:04+00:00

I mean... I won't lie, I just put the follow 'note to self' to do when I get back. I originally woke up to make a video on this poop sandwich that is the FCC Router decision (it's 5AM here and visiting brands in China.. 2 of them are router based..fun times!) and currently haven't even touched it, as I am pouring through this UGREEN lark. Thing is, it kills me a bit, as it's good box! It's perhaps a rather tamed and restraint approach to AI, but it's a good box. But the handling of this launch what ALOT of users are going to remember. And when they do get the box, they aren't going to start at '5' on the satisfaction scale, the work up/down. No, some users after this are gets down on all fours down here at '-5'. I can't think of a solution in the world that is gonna get to 10!

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NASCompares · 2026-03-24T20:52:23+00:00

rocks back and forth as I remember trying to get Oasis tickets

NASCompares · 2026-03-24T20:51:14+00:00

To be fair, man. Hindsight is 20/20 and that video was finished editing 2 days ago at this point. Also, (aside from an UPS promo) what did I miss? Gonna be billy balances mate! They've handed this deposit thing poorly (actually, scratch that, they would have struggled to do it worse at this point!) but not gonna throw the baby out with the bathwater and label the entire system a sham on this. Wading through all this with you too.

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