Tapo C225 v2 Missing Starlight?
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Hi
I bought 4 TAPO C225s a few months ago (V1) and today bought a 5th which is, apparently, V2. In the night settings in the mobile app all the 4 original ones have a starlight setting I can choose but the new one only has "Near/Far" and no starlight option? The physical box it came in still says starlight but there seems no way to turn it on. I've included two app photos - one I see for the otehr camera and, on the right, the one I see for the new camera.
Any ideas how to turn on starlight - it isnlt anywhere else in the settings? If it isn't available I'll send this camera back.
Update: I put the two cameras side by side in a dark environment and compared the images. v2 is much worse so I have sent it back. Disappointing TP-Link had a good camera but ruined it with the new version apparently.
Thanks for the reply. Before I returned the v2 camera (and managed to order a v1 camera) I did put the two cameras side by side to compare the images. They were in a very dark (no-light environment, although there were the two cameras). I've included them here. The v2 seems blurrier with less detail if you look at the steel beam bolts, the rafters and the texture/markings on the ductwork. The C225v1 has "Study" in the top left and the C225v2 has "Loft".
Hope this helps as I really like the C225 v1 camera but the v2 seems slightly worse for my use case. I have managed to find a v1 camera to buy.
Thev2 camera seems good and, If someone didn't have the v1 camera to compare it to, I doubt anyone would have an issue but for my use case the v1 seems a clearer image. It may be that, as you suggest, the v2 could be better in other scenarios.
