@joseph_1979

so in theory i can run as many cameras as i like as standalone devices with sd cards recording 24/7 without an nvr and without internet? 

I could simply point to an internal ntp server to sync the time? Considering all the recording will happen on the cameras local sd card storage itself then technically the only bandwidth usage will be when i connect to a particular camera to playback footage or live view stream right?

without internet, can i also do motion detection like people etc together with 24/7 recording so that it flags the motion in the timeline?

I want to avoid the need for nvr and just sync the times to a local ntp server 

In theory could you run 100+ Reolink PoE cameras all recording locally to individual microSD cards instead of using an NVR? reason I ask is because if they all had to store live footage back to the NVR all the time then that creates a lot of traffic on the network and potentially would create a lot of buffering issues when playing back too. If each camera was to be locally recording to its own microSD, does the camera actually need internet connection to operate? I understand for push notifications etc it does, but if I was to not need push notifications and just wanted to record 24/7 along with motion detection markers then could the cameras just operate as stand-alone? I'm trying to have a setup where every camera is independent and self-sustaining with its own storage. Then when I need to playback, I could just connect to the camera itself and playback content. 

@joseph_1979 Deary me, that looks rather pathetic for an app if i'm honest. I've used Netatmo and other camera brands even logitech that all have event based snapshots in the timeline. Below is a screenshot of the netatmo app timeline. Every event is tagged with a snapshot and an icon indicating what triggered it (e.g. Person, Car, Animal etc). Looking at the screenshot of Reolink app, that just seems like a timeline showing events only which is no diferent to HIK Vision that I use for commercial projects. But this isn't really ideal for home users. Imagine the scenario where you are at work all day then you come home or once in a while you want to just see if anyhting that's of interest or concern needs to be checked on the camera. Using the reolink screenshot method, you'd have to go through entire days recording to see if you spot something. It's a huge waste of time and energy.

The timeline snapshot method i only spend very little time reviewing the events in a day.

I'm considering Reolink camera as an additional camera. I cannot find any proper demo or screenshot showing the App interface in terms of how it displays the recording history. I saw a old YouTune video but in that video it looked like the person was scrolling through a timeline and watching the recording which I find to be quite a ineffcient way of reviewing recordings. Considering most of the time you want to only see what's relevant. I've used Netatmo for many years and love the app interface on it. I am able to see a timeline with snapshots of exactly what triggered that recording. This way by looking at the snapshot I can decide if it's of interest to watch that particular recording or not. But having to go through entire time will be a bit of a timewaste. Is anyone able to confirm if Reolink app has snapshots for each even recording in the timeline? If someone could share a screenshot of the app view showing this, that would be much appreciated. Thanks.