yeah.. it is a brand that I have never heard of and its not cheap, but its been working 24/7 since I bought it a few weeks ago with a lot of prints started and monitored the status via my browser finally... like the device should have been....... #creality-please-fix-your-$#!!7
Wouldn't that mean they are wired?
Well, typically when talking about wired vs wireless with cameras you're talking about the data transmission method.
Then power is another story.
Ethernet cameras can either be PoE powered, or wall powered.
Wifi cameras can be either battery powered or wall powered.
Of course, like you said, the only completely wireless cameras are battery powered wifi cams.
Would this wireless camera you're describing need batteries since it connects to a power outlet?
Nope, if it plugs into a wall it's not going to have batteries. It would be cams like the Lumus or 510WA we talked about above.
Battery cams in the Reolink lineup would be the Argus line of cameras, they have their own section on their website.
You're right in wanting to avoid battery cams. They should really be the last choice of all the types, and only used when you have absolutely no other way of powering the cam.
I was trying to look for a camera setup that is connected to a NVR or Poe switch without that NVR/DVR/Poe switch having to connect to a router with a hardwire.
So it sounds like you want a wifi NVR. That's not really a thing. Well, it is, but they're rare, expensive, and probably more hassle than they're worth.
An alternative is to get a wifi extender/bridge with an ethernet port. Plug the NVR into that ethernet port, which would get the NVR onto your wifi network. Something like this.
Is it possible to place the NVR near the router? Another option would be to do that and hard-wire the NVR to the router. And then you can use wifi cams to record to it.
One thing to keep in mind is that you need to have a really good wifi network if you're going to be recording 24/7 over wifi. Usually the ISP provided modem/router combo units aren't going to be good for that.
I haven't had to pay for a monthly channel guide. I agree, it's good to get an ATSC 3.0 capable tuner. I have the HDHomerun Flex 4K, which I bought about a year ago, and it looks like that's still being produced and is probably one of the only ones that can tune ATSC 3.0 stations. I'd probably recommend that one. One thing is it doesn't have wifi (it only has an ethernet port for network connectivity), so you'd have to place it near your router or anywhere where you have an ethernet connection to your router (such as a network switch etc.). But there are workarounds for that - I've seen wifi to ethernet adapters (such as this one), which can connect to wifi and they have an ethernet port where you can plug in a wired device. Or a pair of powerline ethernet adapters (these are fairly fast), which carry network data between power outlets - you could plug one in where your router is and plug the other one in near where your tuner is and plug the tuner in there.