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: Doesn't work for our requirement
Summary: 1 Stars
My client wanted a webcam which could continuously stream images to her web page. All the documentation claims that this camera can do that. No, it can't.
I contacted TrendNet about this issue, as follows;
"The instructions provided are working well - the camera is now visible on a webpage.
The problem now is that the camera won't display on that page *unless* someone access the admin section. Once I access the admin section, the camera images appear on that webpage. But if I leave it for a day or so, the images stop appearing and we're left with a black screen or the Java circles."
Their reply...
"Dear Customer,
Unfortunately we do not support putting the cameras live feed into a web site in any fashion. This is considered custom programming and is beyond the scope of our support."
We are now returning the camera, and we'll find a supplier that believes in supporting their product and giving customer support. We gave this camera one star only because zero or negative ratings aren't possible.
Customer Review: Audio has interference, many features don't work
Summary: 2 Stars
Where to begin... This thing is a disaster. For the bare minimum of letting you view a live feed of low quality video, it works. I'm guessing that's pretty much all the people with glowing reviews tried. But that's about all that works. I've got a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from a supposedly reputable engineering school, and yet I couldn't get this thing to connect to a Samba server. The SMTP (e-mail) "feature" won't work with SSL (encrypted) e-mail servers, and yet most mail servers these days seem to require SSL.
By far, the worst thing about this unit is that the sound is unusable due to static sounds. It appears to be interference from the unit itself. This has happened on two 422s, now, so I'm quite certain it's a design issue, and not a manufacturing defect.
It's true that, if everything worked, this would be quite a bargain. Unfortunately, all this device proves is that you get what you pay for. This is, all around, a very shoddy product. I give it two stars only because it does function as a barebones, audio-free camera.
Customer Review: Trendnet IP422W
Summary: 1 Stars
Save your time and DO NOT BUY this camera. After hours of trying myself and then working with their technical support people (who were extremely hard to understand) we could only get the camera to work for a few minutes at a time and then continued this effort until we gave up and I returned the camera (which Amazon.com made an easy process - Thanks to them for that). When we did have it working for a very short time, the picture quality and the controls were terrible. I own about 12 surveillance cameras (6 different types but only two of them are IP and usable on the IPhone) and the Trendnet IP422 is by far the worse I ever tried. I went on to buy my second Cisco LinksysIP-WVC210 which cost a little more but well worth the few extra dollars (you will need Cisco support to get the camera working properly but the agents there are great, especially Mario if you can get him). The Logitech Wilife is another great and clear camera which can be also viewed via the Internet but not yet by the IPhone (hopefully some day soon). It is also the easiest to install.Customer Review: It work but cannot use more than 8 char on WPA2-PSK
Summary: 3 Stars
I have flash to the latest firmware 1.0.0 build: 71
I am using a Linksys WRT54GL with a 3rd party software called Tomato.
I just could not get it to work with WPA2-PSK if I put in more than 8 characters! And it can only take 8 numbers. No alpha or other special characters! So now my wireless network is less secure. If I put in more than 8 char it just will not work. I had open a ticket with Trendnet already and they say its my problem. I am using a wireless D-link DCS-920 and I had put in more than 8 char and not a problem. I have used IE7 and IE8.
The camera gets warm. Why is that? I have turn off the infrared lights.
I had to put it at 30% angle so that I can tilt down more and get rid of the heat at the bottom.
There is serious lag when doing audio. Doing on intranet its fine with the audio.
This camera has good video. Night time viewing is a cool feature but only at a short distance.
Good camera unless they fix the WPA2-PSK with more than 8 characters!
Customer Review: Works Great
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm an Apple guy so I was looking to access the cam on my MacBookPro when at the office or travelling using my iPhone when mobile. The setup recommends wired and on a PC so I followed the directions. You can't use the software that controls multiple cameras on a Mac, but you can use the web version of the admin tool.
Either way, the setup was quite easy. I would suggest setting it up wired to a PC first. Update the firmware. Setup wireless and then do the rest from your Mac. I did have a weird problem after I changed the default HTTP port where the built in web server was displaying broken images. I had to reset it and it worked fine though.
I was disappointed that it didn't work via Safari on my iPhone 4. However, after some digging I found an app called EyeCam for 5 dollars in the app store. It works perfectly and allows me to see live streaming, pan/tilt the camera and can even pinch zoom [which is only digital].
I'm very happy with it so far and for 150 bucks, you can't really go wrong.