Wonderful colors and sharp imageJuly 29, 2003 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you focus this just right you can do a whole lot of good for the image quality. We have it setup to send an image to an FTP server everytime someone comes to the front door of our office. We don't get a whole lot of traffic, so it works out ok. I can vouch for the motion detection since not just the front door is in view of the camera. we select the area of what the camera can see for motion detection. and have it upload an image when it sees movement within that area of what we designate.
This is all very simple to figure out and worth the short time it takes to set up. Our company is glad we purchased it and will likely invest in another if we ever need another camera or a new one.
might be good for home or office use.September 3, 2004 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I tested a DCS-2000 out as a security camera for my small retail store. I upgraded the firmware to 1.07 and IP surveillance to 2.12. At 320x240 i can't really make out a face more than 15 ft away, but a person moving at 10 ft alway causes the video to become choppy. I guess this system is good for areas where there are not much movement and where there is no need to have a clear image to ID a unknown person. The software and idea of this system is good, but that is about all that is good about this system.
Don't waste your moneyOctober 10, 2004 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've tried two of these units now, and neither of them work. The first wouldn't even get to where it's webserver was running and their tech support was useless. The second one will at least show a picture, but sometimes it likes to ignore web requests. Plus they seem to try to make it hard for you. It's very non-intuitive and has alot of things hard coded that shouldn't be. I guess this is an alright BASIC camera, but don't expect it to be able to do anything cool at all.
