Other smart doorbells do offer live streaming via a browser as well. And also the August you can live stream and you can see that via the app. The Skybell yes, you can live stream and you can do that via the app. The August uses a slightly different technology uses low light technology which it produces color pictures even at night. The Skybell has night vision and it says that it’s up to 15 feet. Both of these doorbells have night vision. So they both of a two-way audio and communication. So, the Skybell has just a marginally better field of vision audio they are both two way and what this means is that the person at your front door can talk into the doorbell and then you can talk back to them. So, the field of vision for this Skybell is a 130 degrees whereas, the August is giving you 120 degrees. So the Skybell is shooting videos in higher quality field of vision well the sky bill has a field of vision and remember the field of vision is how much in front of the camera can the camera actually see.
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So let’s go through them so for the resolution the Skybell is giving you a 1080p resolution in the videos whereas, the August is giving you a 960p resolution.
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Quite a lot of different features here for the videos So the end of round one who do I think is one that I think that it is the August doorbell cam who’s won that because of its great price fundamentally.
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In terms of prices and it’s important to remember that these prices do change on quite a regular basis but at the moment the August you can get for about $174 whereas, the Skybell is $195 so, again the August is just over $20 cheaper. And so, the august is a slightly bigger I’m doorbell. 9 x 2.8 inches whereas, the August is 3.4 x 3.4 x 2.2 inches. And then dimensions well, there they’re pretty similar here.
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So there’s quite a difference there the August is a much heavier device. In terms of weight the Skybell is 1.9 ounces whereas, August is the 13.9 ounces. The Skybell was launched in April 2016 whereas, the August was launched in first for sale first in October 2015. In terms of when the product was launched when it was first sold. So, firstly who are these doorbells made by? Well, Skybell is a company in its own right as is August and they are companies who have set up in recent years and they are beginning to make more and more smart gadgets or smart devices. So let’s jump straight into round one the basic specifications. What all my videos tend to focus on is instead the cold hard facts of specifications and technical details. Now I don’t want to tell you which of these locks sorry, which of these doorbells I like the look of the most because I think that the Look and design of a product is something that is down to personal taste. So, here we have a photo of the Skybell HD and the August doorbell cam. This fight contains nine rounds and after each round I will tell you who in my opinion is one and at the end of the whole comparison I will declare an overall winner. In this comparison I’ve collected as many details as they could about each product and I’ve broken the details down into short sections which make up my boxing rounds. And these are too smart Video doorbells or Wi-Fi video doorbells. The two devices that are fighting in today’s video are the Skybell HD and the August cam.
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My fight night series of videos contain comparisons of popular smart devices and to make it more lighthearted I use a boxing match format. Hello everyone and welcome to this Fight Night video. If you would prefer to read a transcript of the video instead of watching it, click on the arrow below.
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If you have any questions or comments then leave them below and I will get back to you. I hope that you enjoy watching this video. It is a close fight but watch the video to see why I think that the winner is the Skybell HD wi-fi video doorbell. There are 9 “rounds” in this fight or 9 different areas of technical details that I have compared the two products against. In the video I breakdown a mountain of technical details about these two products and split them into different sections or “rounds”. This 18 minute video features two smart video doorbells- Skybell HD and the August Doorbell Cam. Here is another video product comparison review.