TRENDnet SecurView Wireless Day/Night Pan/Tilt/Zoom Internet Surveillance Camera TV-IP422W (White)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of TRENDnet SecurView Wireless Day/Night Pan/Tilt/Zoom Internet Surveillance Camera TV-IP422W (White)
Customer Review: Best used at night/low level light
Summary: 2 Stars
After purchasing a Panasonic BL-C230A and needing a second camera, I thought I'd try this TRENDnet. Having both camera's working side by side, there are many major differences (these being the highlights) ...
> In daylight situations, the Panasonic is a bazzilion times better. However, when the sun goes down (or other low level light situations), this TRENDnet is excellent ... the Panasonic barely works.
> On the TRENDnet, administratively set video settings apply to everyone (this one setting viewed by all). On the Panasonic, each user/client can set their own video configs independently ... different video streaming resolution, snapshots every so many seconds, etc. This makes the Panasonic indispensable for client access by Android cell phones, etc. (not possible with the TRENDnet)
> On the TRENTnet, the flaky wireless (reported by others) definitely exists, the Panasonic is rock solid. I've noticed the TRENDnet base gets really warm ONLY when wireless is enabled ... so maybe overheating is the issue?
> The Panasonic has on-board memory for snapshot/video capture. The TRENDnet requires a memory card plugged into the USB slot.
> The TRENDnet comes with a mounting bracket that is right-angled ... so can mount from the horizontal base side --OR-- 90 degree (vertical) side from the base. The Panasonic has no mounting bracket, however it has a 1/4"-20 threaded hole on it's back side, suitable for universal camera tripod mounting.
> The TRENDnet can be configured for generic Dynamic DNS service (which I never tried to make work) ... you have to have your own DDNS service account setup somewhere. The Panasonic includes custom Dynamic DNS service proprietary with the camera (Panasonic maintained) ... THIS WORKS EXCELLENT out of the box, no-brainer. It may not seem like DDNS is a big deal, until you realize your ISP service changes your IP address every other day, and there are lots of people that want to access your camera (that you now have to keep informed) ... and you yourself need to know your IP address when away at work, etc.
So, in the end the night vision wasn't nearly as important (to me) as all the other comparisons. I've taken the 15% restocking fee hit and RMA'd the TRENDnet camera, soon to purchase a second Panasonic camera. Hopefully these comparisons will help you choose which is best for you, without having to RMA a camera.
Customer Review: Great Camera!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am giving this an overall rating of four stars for two reasons. The first one is because they don't tell you to get a strong wireless router. I had a Linksys (I am not knocking the Linksys brand) WRT120N which is not near as strong a signal to run multiple devices but i did not know that at first with this camera. This camera takes up some bandwidth so get a good quality router such as the D-Link DIR-655 N+300. This router works wonders with this camera and several devices within the home. The other reason is because the average user may not be able to set this camera up for wireless. The instructions to set them up for wireless for the average person is located here: [...]. They are using a Trendnet router but if you know what you are doing this is simple to set up for any other router. It took me about 30-45 minutes to set up. I am a Systems Administrator so this was not difficult to set up for me but it may be for others.
One great thing about the user interface is once it is setup for other people to use you can create multiple users in different groups and the guest view does not let them move the camera. The only thing that the guest users can do is look at the current view of the camera and listen to the audio. You can turn that audio off if you do not want anyone to listen in. This camera also has a auto patrol option that can be changed as far as time intervals go. You can set each of the eight options to move between 1-999 seconds per location when using the auto patrol option. It has 8 different patrol options that can be changed and renamed. You can pan and tilt manually also.
Overall this camera does exactly what I bought it for. My wife wanted a way to view our son from work. The user interface is very simple to operate. Most of the settings can be changed remotely if needed, the picture quality is great during the day and at night, and the setup for users is great. I would recommend this camera and company to anyone wanting basic security options around the house or for the use of a baby cam.
Pros: Ease of use, picture quality day/night, pan/tilt options, remote manage, and user setup.
Cons: I can't think of anything
Customer Review: Verizon user and iphone set up
Summary: 5 Stars
this is great camera for the money. It works the best at night. you can hear even a pin drop on the floor.
If you have verizon Westel, this is how you make it work, it took me two days to make it work.
1) first you need to install the camera as they instruct you in menu, It is very easy few minutes. Now the chalenging part is outside network few days.
First you need to do port forwarding, Verizon doesn't know how to do it or especial team wants $150 to help you.
so here is how to do it for free!
first get into the port forwarding and name the camera. use the tab ADD and then use the select service and make a rule by tabing CREATE . make a name. You need to use the tab called PROTOCAL AND USE BOTH. put under both global and local portS 80 and 80 and80. Then apply. Now under the number 1) rule pick the name you just made. on 2) select host. on #0 pick the tv- ip 422w it put the ip 192.168.1.28 Also you need to fix the ip port to static on web camera set up. Also you need to go to the advance or mny network and enable remote so you can rich the camera from outside. Do this set up and enable this general ip for the camera so it won't change its address everyday.
Also the tech on trendnet were very helpful for the set up Trednet but didn't know anything about iphone and Westel verizon. They don't know about how to config port set up on other than their own which is reasonable. If you need to know you Ip address use PING.eu and see if port 80 is working. You need to see that this port says open other wise outside net work you cann't connect.
Now for those of you with Iphone and Ipad. The web browser doesn't work. You need to pay 4.99 and buy eyecam apps. I wasted so much time to try so many software and web browser and none of them work, at least all the free one and few pay one I.e ipcam( waste of money). So eyecam is the only one that allowed the web cam work. i wished they had it made a version for ipad and not just for iphone. But it work for both iphone and ipad, except the resolution for ipad is not as good as for iphone. Be patient it will work eventually.
Customer Review: Actually works just fine with Mac OS X, Safari and TimeCapsule
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this item after reading the reviews, expecting some limitations since multiple reviewers pointed out that one couldn't get the full functionality of this device without running Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out the following: For one thing, you can configure the camera entirely from Mac OS X / Safari. Second thing, once the latest version of the firmware is installed (I am currently running with 1.1.0 build 77), one can control the camera entirely from Safari (it no longer requires Windows Internet Explorer specific ActiveX, I mean, it still works with ActiveX, but it supports multiple profiles that work without -- and I have the full functionalities, including sound, camera control, preset configurations, on my Mac running Mac OS X and Safari). Oh, and contrary to what was mentioned by another reviewer, the camera works fine with Apple routers (I am using a TimeCapsule, and the camera works fine with WPA2 as supported by this router). I also bought the eyeCam iPhone app (mentioned by another reviewer) which works perfectly with this camera.
One thing that I have learned by talking with Trendnet tech support (who are very responsive by the way), is that after having upgraded the firmware, one must i) reset the camera and ii) reconfigure it, otherwise you'll encounter some glitches.
The one thing that would make this camera better would be https support... but they seem to be actively improving the firmware, so who knows.
I put only one star for the documentation, because it is rather basic (works fine for a simple setup, and is mostly a walk through the setup web based utility), and it didn't mention anything about Mac OS X support (which is odd...); that said, their customer support seems to be top notch, so I wouldn't hold that against them.
Oh, one last thing: multiple vendors on Amazon offer the same item, with different prices, so it pays to look around what is available on Amazon before placing your order.
Customer Review: A decent camera with some minor glitches
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall a decent camera at a great price point. There are some minor glitches but none of those are deal breakers for me.
Pros
- Feature packed (Pan/Tilt, 2 way audio, night vision, wireless with WPA2 support, stream to IE/Firefox/3G phone, recording to NAS, just to name a few)
- For $[...] including shipping, it's definitely the best bang for the buck at this point
- Easy to install
- Everything works for the most part once it's set up
Cons
- Build quality: The first one I got from Amazon has very loud grinding noise when it starts up. The second one came without any problem though.
- Stability: Whenever you restart or power down the camera, there is a possibility that you won't be able to connect to it after it comes back. I have seen the same problem on both cameras (with the latest firmware build 71). Usually the problem goes away after a few reboots, but it's quite annoying.
- Constant background noise: This is a confirmed issue caused by an over-sensitive microphone. Apparently Trendnet is working on a fix for this.
- Even though the camera has a built-in microphone, you can only capture video (not audio) when you try to schedule any recording to a network storage device.
- Lousy tech support. They are not responsive, don't not know much about the product beyond the superficial stuff, and sometimes have difficulty to understand what I am trying to say (and vice versa)
Other things I wish it has:
- Support https so it's more secure when streaming over the Internet
- Support authentication over RTSP. At this point, anyone with a 3G phone and the right URL can view your camera if you enable RTSP (Yikes!)
- A privacy button to temporally disable the camera, or some scheduling capability to turn on/off the camera
- Multiple profiles for motion detect so you can monitor different parts of the room depending on the time of the day
- More intuitive event configuration