- Infant Optics DXR-8 PRO - Patented Active Noise Reduction (ANR), 5” HD Video Baby Monitor with 1 Camera, No WiFi, Hack-Proof,Pan Tilt Zoom, Interchangeable Lens

Overall I’ve been really happy with this monitor. The video quality is great and the picture is much clearer than I expected, especially at night. The connection has also been really reliable with good range. I can carry it outside while working in the yard and still keep an eye on the baby without issues, which has been super helpful. My only real complaint is the volume. Even at the higher settings, it doesn’t get quite as loud as I’d personally like. It’s still usable, but if you’re someone who likes the monitor volume really high, that’s something to keep in mind. Other than that, it’s been a great monitor and feels very dependable.

I am using this monitor with 2 cameras and it does a great job - clear picture and sound quality, easy to use, lots of customizable settings (like 24 hour format and temperature in C), and a much further reach than a previously owned Motorola camera, so I can go in my garden without loosing signal. This is not a split screen, but cycles through the cameras (you can customize time intervals) what works really well in practice - for some reason I was set on a split screen for the second baby, but that is really not needed. After using it for close to 2 years the parent unit went out on me, showing only a black screen while the sound still worked. I was able to get it going again after reconnecting the cameras, but the fix did not last long and it went black again. I reached out to customer service, and Emma C has been nothing but amazing. I got a reply within 10 minutes of my first request with detailed troubleshooting instructions. There was some back and forth and Emma always replied promptly. When the instructions only got the monitor back to life for a short time, I was offered a replacement unit which arrived the next day. I only had to pay shipping for the return of my original unit - InfantOptics is pretty adamant to get the broken unit back, what is understandable as otherwise people might get a replacement and sell the broken unit on ebay. Very pleased with the experience - highly recommend.

I'm very impressed by this baby monitor. 1 - The picture is incredible! Even with the night vision I can see so many details. The screen is quite large so you can see a lot of the room at once. 2 - It has active noise reduction which is great as our camera is close to the Hatch+ which gives constant white noise. My older child talks and sings when he goes to sleep and we could never hear what he was saying because the white noise drowned him out. Now we can actually here him (kids say the cutest things!). 3 - The display includes room temperature AND the time. I totally understand how that should be a small thing but you'd be amazed at how nice it is to be able to see the time when you are checking on things. 4 - The unit comes with a zoom lense, but it can already do a double zoom directly from the monitor. It's as simple as clicking the zoom button, no extra menus or steps and it keeps the detail when you zoom in so you can actually see them breathing, not just a bright spot. I can't comment on the battery yet as I use it mostly plugged in, but I haven't had any issues with it yet and it can always be replaced if it starts to run down over time. The only thing that is a bit of a bummer is that it has a special charging port. It doesn't use a USB C or micro USB so you can't use other plugs to charge it. They do help make that more manageable by including an additional charging cable that plugs into a USB so if you were traveling or wanted to be able to keep it plugged in your room and the living room you could still do that without having to move the charger as well.

Easy to use. Nice features. Video quality is good. Great audio and noise reduction. We have a noise machine running and easily differentiates baby sounds and white noise. We bought a Nanit first and when I saw you needed a subscription to activate the camera, that thing will collect dust out of principle. Everything behind a paywall is egregious.

We held off for years on buying a daily-use video monitor - mostly because of poor reviews from other brands, while still desiring a no-wifi monitor that was HD and well rated. With our third baby due this fall, we were so excited to see the release of the DXR-8 PRO! The big HD screen is exactly what we wanted in a HD no-wifi monitor! We do have an older non-wifi video monitor that we use only in travel situations, while continuing to use an audio-only monitor at home. There are a couple of reasons for why we have stayed audio-only at home, and these are the two items I want to focus my review on why the DXR-8 PRO is an amazing monitor system and has now replaced our need for our audio-only monitor. 1.) Night vision 2.) Active Noise Reduction (ANR) Night Vision Our older travel video monitor system has night vision, but the infrared lights on that monitor were not very high quality. Both of us and our children could actually see a little bit of red glow on that system's infrared LEDs that surround the camera. Might not be a problem for some, but we have trained all our kids to sleep in the pitch dark. Monitors become distractions if they generate too much light. Now, onto the DXR-8 PRO. This unit uses high quality infrared lighting, we couldn't see any glow with our eyes from this unit. Additionally, the green LED light on the front of the camera unit DIMMED to a lower brightness when night mode activated. We were grateful for this feature! On the monitor side, the night vision is very clear. See the attached picture and remember that we keep our rooms PITCH DARK. The camera is able to see our middle child just fine in the crib in a pitch dark room! Active Noise Reduction The other problem we didn't like with our travel video monitor system was it had no "sensitivity" to room noise. This was a feature we really have come to like on our audio only monitor. On the DXR-8 PRO, they added ANR to help with this issue. We have been very impressed so far! The monitor does give a fair warning that it doesn't work that well with SOME sound machines, but it has worked perfectly with ours! We do have the video monitor several feet above the crib on a wall mount, and the sound machine is on the other side of the room. That may help, but regardless - the monitor is not passing the sounds of the sound machine or the house ductwork. While ANR might not be as fancy as our audio-only unit's with sensitivity levels (you can't adjust the cut-in point), it definitely does the job of not bothering us with most of the unnecessary noises, while still cutting in and letting us hear our child's cry's or talking noises. The only super MINOR issues we have with DXR-8 PRO are trivial. The temp gauge on the camera is not accurate (in the picture you see it says 64 degrees, don't worry! Our house is not that cold, the house is much closer to 70 / 71 at the time of the photo). And finally, as I mentioned we keep our rooms PITCH DARK, which includes our room. The lights on the baby monitor are dimmable, and we just flip the monitor face down next to us so any accidental screen activations don't brighten up the whole room, however, the very tiny charging light on the side turns blue when fully charged - and it's a little more light than we'd like to see. I say this is super minor though - if you have ANY tiny bit of light in your room, you won't even see this, but we notice it because our bedroom is 100% pitch dark and this light provides enough light to illuminate some things. We plan on covering it up with a very small piece of electrical tape. If I had but one tiny feature suggestion, it would be a setting to turn off the charging indicator light on the side of the unit. I'm sure it's a nice feature for most people, however, as it allows you to plug in the monitor in a dark room and know that the unit is charging without turning on a bright screen to see the on-screen battery indicator. We would just be turning that light off, if there was a setting for it. All-in-all, we LOVE this unit. This is a camera unit we will be recommending for years to come to anyone who needs a good camera and doesn't want to have any security risks with wifi based cameras.

Works great, would buy again if needed. The quality is decent, not perfectly hi def, but it's definitely easy to view. The setup and use with menu is super easy and clear. No complaints and happy with the purchase. The ANR is fine. Definitely not the showstopper I had expected it to be (main reason for purchase), but still solid. They also include 2 types of chargers for each unit, so that's great. (although it'd be better if all the units could have the same charger type to use interchangeably) The things that I WISH existed and/or can be improved upon is that it had a motion sensor that you can setup (almost like with an outdoor camera). It'd save battery and be a good trigger to turn on the image. Also, it'd be AWESOME if the camera could be battery-operated as well. I appreciate that the cable is very long, but it would make it so much easier to move around and setup at different places as needed. (Also, removes a possible strangulation hazard.) Finally, I wish the green light on the camera turned off. It stays on and it draws the attention and stimulates a sleep but awake viewer.

In our home, we really care about not having Wi-Fi for safety reasons. This monitor gives us peace of mind! The screen is so large, but not bulky compared to others. The set up was very easy. I had an issue with the battery and was sent a new one from the manufacturer, which was great. Picture is super clear and clean. Considering everything I’m really happy with this purchase and now going on two years would definitely purchase it again. We travel with it too!

Set up was easy. Unit is nice and worked really well for a few months. We did develop a stuck button issue which prevented the unit from working. I contacted support. Dominic from their support team was super helpful on resolving and ended up sending a new monitor per their warranty. They even followed up when I was lagging on communication which shows they wanted to resolve the problem. So far, new monitor is working great. I think a good choice when choosing a baby monitor.

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All good. Recommended

Was working fine for the first week, and now the monitor keeps on loosing it's connection to the camera

Monitor is fantastic. Image is clear, range covers the whole house and then some, battery lasts throughout the night with half still remaining in the morning and is user replaceable for when it eventually wears out. Maybe a little bare on features but what's there works perfectly.

Todo funcionaba bien pero de la nada el monito ya no prendió, 1 año 2 meses