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Linksys WVC200 Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio
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| Linksys WVC200 Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio |
| Part Number: WVC200 |
| This product is discontinued |
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| Reviews: 11 |
| Average Review: 5.2 / 10 |
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Design: 8.0 / 10
Easy on the eye, can be mounted several ways, with software adjustments to compensate. I did not like the tilted back design though. Nice to see the IP address on the face though.
Image Quality: 6.0 / 10
Image quality is not too much better than the WVC54G. There are more adjustemnts for the image, but not enough.
Easy of Use: 8.0 / 10
Very easy to set up and monitor. Can have 20 different users, very secure. An automatic pan feature, programable patrol and recording. Motion sensing works at least as well as the WVC54G.
Connectivity: 9.0 / 10
No connection issues at all. I worked them on WirelessG, B, and wired, with different encryption levels too. Just zero issues there.
Connecting thru two routers and 2 switches was flawless. Worked across the web very well. I liked that.
Other Features: 8.0 / 10
2x zoom, PTZ, economic, secure, easy on the eye.
Strengths
Price, as I bought 4 of these for less than 200 each.
Easy to use and very secure.
Nice monitoring options, the works.
Weaknesses
Vertical pan could be more, especially with the back tilt it has.
The firmware is tad buggy, but only on a the pan/tilt settings page. After setting a couple things or adding position names, you have to save and exit, then re-enter to do more. Surely something to be fixed in firmware release. This happened across 7 different computers, so it wasn't an isolated incident.
Image could of course be better, but is really good considering the price. This is NOT an $800 ip cam.
It could certainly have better auto-color. I have yet to get an actual dark blue to show anything but light purple, yet every other color looks great. No kidding.
Only 2x zoom. I bought them thinking they were 4x. Oh well.
Summary
A fine camera for the price. It has more functions than I need. I had hoped for a better image quality, but those typically cost 800 or better I suppose. Of course, I am running "normal" quality as I have 5 cams running and still need to add 3 more. Need a 4x or better OPTICAL zoom.
Am thinking of trying that "lizard cam".
Oh, bandwidth wasn't bad at all. Running 5 cams, my CPU usage was 10% each cam n a 3ghz machine, and network capacity was just over 2 percent with all five set at normal. I did set up 5 of the comps to monitor all 5 cams at the same time across this network and they ran very smooth.
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