IP surveillance camera?

[divx118]

I am looking for a cheap ip camera to watch my front door. I came across the advance IP Camera WB-IP01A http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?cour ... NCE&bhcp=1
I can however not find any review or manufacturer site of this camera to look at some specifics.

Does anybody know a good cheap (below 100 euro) IP camera. I know I can't expect perfect picture quality for that price. What I expect is reasonable video in half dark, being able to recognize a face from 1 to 2 meters away. It doesn't need to be outdoor, I can mount it inside or make my own case. Motorized is a plus, but a wide enough viewing angle would also be ok for me. Motion detection would be nice, but I would drop that against better video.

Thanks,

Maurice

[divx118]

Because I couldn't find any detailed info on the cam above mentioned. I decided to go safe and ordered the WVC54GCA from linksys



Maurice

[mitchelln]

Are you being threatened by Archos fanboys and need extra security?

[divx118]

Are you being threatened by Archos fanboys and need extra security?

How did you know that are you the one that is sending me those mails

It is for my wife, because she is home alone allot.
Right now she can't see who is at the front door, before she opens it. A few weeks ago there was a armed robbery in my neighborhood. It was an old lady that opened the door for the criminals and she got just pushed inside with brute force and a gun. Now my wife is a bit afraid when opening the door, so that is why I want the cam.

Maurice

[divx118]

A little update on the linksys WVC54GCA cam after 3 months of use.
I am very pleased with it. The image quality is good enough certainly in this price range. For watching a front door like in my case you have to mount the camera a few meters away from it to get a good viewing angle. I now mounted it 2,5 meters next to my door and can watch the total height of my door and as a bonus also my drive way. For night viewing I mounted a 150 watt halogen light with a motion sensor. The camera looks below the light to avoid the white spot in the image. I get a decent image at night from it. You can buy cams with those infrared leds, but I doubt it would be helpful at night.
Because it is hanging outside I build a stainless steel housing for it (no wireless anymore ). It is not entirely waterproof. It is just that the rain doesn't get inside.
The motion detection was rubbish, but 2 weeks ago there is a new update released by linksys and now it works perfectly.
Watching the stream over the internet is also not a problem with the buildin webserver.
My conclusion, in this price range a very good cam and I have no regrets buying it.

Maurice