Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 by Panasonic
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Digital camera reviews of Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11
Digital camera Review: BL-C131A
Summary: 4 Stars
The camera meets the expectations drawn from the published literature. The documentation, however, is less than satisfactory. I am particularly displeased with the detail relating to the use over the internet. My camera ceased operation over the internet a week after I left home. Nothing in the literature explains the fault or offers a method of correction. Kudos for Amazon's posting of the Panasonic installation video.Digital camera Review: BL-C131A: Excellent in all respects..
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent product.
Does everything that is documented.
Rock-solid stability. Been up and running for the past two months since it was setup.
If there is one regret, I only wish it had optical zoom.
But, for the price, it is the best in the market today.
Digital camera Review: BUYER BEWARE
Summary: 1 Stars
Ordered product. Received in appropriate amount of time. However, camera did not work with our home wireless system. Went to return and there was no paperwork with information on whom to return product. The only paperwork came from a PC UNIVERSE who resold product. Contacted them several times. Spoke with Curt and Jose whom were both UNHELPFUL and rather rude. They stated I had to wait to receive an email from the manufacturer. AFter 3 weeks, I received an Email from PC UNIVERSE that stated that my request for return had been denied!! So I am stuck with a $250.00 camera. Go to Target or Best Buy DO NOT USE PC UNIVERSE. I am also going to print this on Angela's List.
Stephen Marinella
Digital camera Review: Beats a standard Nanny Cam
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased this camera to allow us to be able to look in on my husband's elderly mother. She lives about 2.5 hours away, and has a bad habit of not correctly hanging up the phone. After a few calls to the police to go check on her when we had lost communication, we found this alternative solution. It has a small green light on it, so she knows if we're checking on her. That keeps her from feeling spied upon, and also serves as a warning to her that her phone is off the hook again so she can fix it. It swivels and can cover 75% of where she might be. The picture resolution is excellent, and the set-up was not particularly difficult either. It's a very versatile camera.Digital camera Review: Best Affordable Surveillance Camera System
Summary: 5 Stars
I have two of these at home and I love them. The picture is not the greatest, but it is good enough. You can still read a car's license plate or recognize a person's face from the images. What I like about them is how easy they are to monitor and control remotely, how they email images when they detect motion, and how affordable they are. The cameras are very reliable. I have had one for almost a year and it has never stopped working or lost connection or anything like that.
I have them both inside, facing the outside through a glass window, one facing the front yard and the other one facing the back yard. I use a mini "spider" tripot to hang them on the window. I have the sound turned off on both. I have the motion detection turn on. They send me emails with images when they detect motion. I have an email account created exclusively for this. They do not have night vision, but that is not a problem for me since I also have motion lights in the front and back of the house. The images and video are recorded on the memory inside the camera, and it can be overwritten when the camera runs out of memory space, but I have the images emailed to me so I still get those images that get overwritten in the camera.
Each camera comes with a web based software that allows you to monitor and control the camera. Panasonic offers a free service that allows me to monitor multiple cameras at the same time remotely, using Internet Explorer. The first thing I do when I get to work is log on to this service so that I can monitor my home front and back from work. Each camera is password protected. So nobody can access your cameras even if they know the URL, unless they also know the user id and password.
You can download firmware updates from the Panasonic website.
The only problem I see with this camera is that the software uses Activex Controls. So the software works only with Internet Explorer and I don't think it will work with other web browsers such as FireFox. This is not a problem for me since I don't mind using IE, but I can see where this might bother other people. Other than this, I highly recommend this camera.