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The documentation says they record when movement is detected. Unless there is a time feature I imagine one would be recording quite a bit during the day on any outdoor cams and indoor if you have pets or a spouse who works from home.
This would be interesting to check out.
And, that's exactly what I was afraid of (and, it's the only way I can think they'd get 4-6 months life off of any batteries). So, more likely, if it's in a house it could be recording a hundred times the projected amount for battery life - if outside, it could still be recording dozens of times more than Netgear projected, which I find very disconcerting, to the point of false advertising. I guess if that is the case, you just have to make sure you are using it in the way Netgear designed it, which would certainly reduce its usefulness.
The GUI has a setting for motion sensitivity. You can turn it all the way down to prevent it from recording rustling leaves or stuff like that. It takes a little playing with, but once you find the right settings, the battery life claims are actually true. I use an older model and I got 12 months of battery out of one of my cameras. it's definitely not meant for 24/7 security, only personal monitoring.
Thanks for the info. Netgear may want to carefully consider how they market these, as many systems are set up to record most of the time, and I haven't seen that distinction obviously made clear in the materials available (other than the reviews from other tech sites).
One usage in the Netgear promo video appears to have a couple using the camera as a baby monitor in the baby's room - my baby monitor runs all the time, and I want to be able to look at it any time to see what my kids are up to. If it only turns on with movement, can I turn it on any time? My older kid also plays in his room - if I have this thing in there to see what's going on, it would be running the entire time he's playing, and would suck the battery dry in a hurry.