Specifications

Technology: Wireless-N
Standards: IEEE 802.3u, 802.3, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11n
Antennas: 1 Internal
Efective Focus: 50cm to unlimited
Brightness: Auto/Manual Adjustment
Field of View: 61.2 degrees
Compression Algorithm: MPEG-4 part 2 and MJPEG
Record File Format: ASF, AVI

General Review

The Cisco WVC80N overall is a pretty good camera. For the cost, the features and functionality are rather robust. It gives you a wide set of options, however the configuration of those options is via a rather dated user interface; it reminds me of the old Linksys UIs from the early 2000s.

In the options, you have the option of configuring basic motion detection with trigger windows. If motion detection is triggered, you can have short videos (1 to 4 seconds) e-mailed to you or FTPed to a server. There is also the ability to have the video recorded strait to a SAMBA server. The recordings max duration is 120 minutes, and you can set a very limited recording schedule.

The video quality is a little on the low side, at 320 x 240 there is not a lot of detail, and the video gets pretty grainy if you increase the display size. It also has a lot to be desired for low light sensitivity. So this is probably not the camera for you if you plan to use it in mostly dark areas.

There are nice streaming features, supporting RTSP, RTP and Multicast RTP/RTSP. There is also the ability to use TZO and DDNS services. You can also view the video via any standard web browser, however for the advanced viewer, you have to use IE. But because the video works in pretty much any browser, you can view the video on a cell phone, etc.

Here is the video display in IE (it offers advanced controls):

Here is the video display in other browsers:

There are very basic security controls that allow you to create users for accessing the video. Once enabling the users, you must enter a user/password to view the video, for all types of display (in browser or streaming).

You can get yours from Amazon.com.