Re: Any IP cams out there with most functionality in its firmware?

[geko <gkozin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:59:48 PM UTC-8, Rover wrote:
> After being fooled with great advertised functionality only to discover
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> that it required some software running on a PC, I want to be more
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> careful with my next IP camera. I want to be using the PC only to set up
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> the cam but after that I want to be able to disconnect the PC and run
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> connected only to my router and view its display and control it remotely
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> over the Internet. What's the point of having an expensive IP cam
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> running from a connected PC when you can accomplish the same thing with
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> an inexpensive web cam?
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> I want the IP cam send me an email with a short video clip when motion
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> is detected in its designated view area and also record the same or
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> longer video clips to a remote FTP server directory. Recording on an SD
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> card in the cam would also be nice but not essential. Pan and tilt is
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> not that important to me, but good picture quality even in low light is,
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> because I intend to use the cam day & night inside a vindow, facing
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> outside that is fairly dark at night. Because of this infrared LEDs
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> would be useless as they would reflect back from the window glass to the
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> camera lens.
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> Does any of you know of such IP cam under $300 and actually set up and
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> used one?
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> Thanks.

Have a look at Foscam. It cost around $70 bucks, has motion detection, pan-and-tilt and does not require a computer. It can e-mail pictures when motion is dtected. There are free iPhone and Android apps available too.

http://www.amazon.com/Foscam-FI8918W-Wireless-Network-Viewing/dp/B0046710G6/