INTRODUCTION

     This past decade crime rates all over the world have spiked and since there's not much we can do about that at least we should make sure the people we cherish and why not even our hard earned possessions are safeguarded as much as possible. To that end I've always advocated in favor of people installing either complete surveillance systems or just standalone IP cameras, not only as deterrents which is obviously their main functionality but also as evidence holders in case something does happen. Over the years TRENDnet has released numerous IP cameras in collaboration with manufacturers like Hikvision and today with me I have yet another such model, the TV-IP1515PI.

    TRENDnet is a global provider of award-winning networking and surveillance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as home office users. Building networking solutions since 1990, TRENDnet enables users to share broadband access, multimedia content, and networked peripherals for true anywhere connectivity. TRENDnet's diverse product portfolio includes PoE, switches, Industrial, IP cameras, NVRs, fiber, Powerline, wireless, KVM, USB, and more. To learn more about TRENDnet, please visit www.trendnet.com.

    The TV-IP1515PI is a fixed turret design (pan/tilt/rotate can be adjusted manually) indoor/outdoor IP camera model that features an IP66 certified (dust and water-proof with a temperature range from -30 and up to +50 degrees Celsius) enclosure inside which TRENDnet has placed an 5 megapixel, 1/2.7" CMOS sensor (3.6mm F1.6 focal length with an diagonal viewing angle of 106 degrees) which allows it to record fluid video with a resolution of up to 2592x1920p at up to 20fps. Needless to say the TV-IP1515PI comes ready with a built-in microphone, IR LEDs (98 feet/30 meters range, 850nm wavelength), 10/100Mbps PoE port (power over ethernet - 6w power consumption) and a microSD card slot (up to 256GB cards) and fully supports Η.265 video compression  (H.264 is also supported), DWDR (digital wide dynamic range), 3D NDR (3D noise reduction),  ONVIF-S, motion and tamper-proof detection, QoS, UPNP and privacy masks. Yes, on paper the TV-IP1515PI might not be the best IP camera released by TRENDnet, but it still is a feature-rich model regardless.