Panasonic BLC20

Pros: Excellent quality of live streams, lightweight camera, easily portable, free host webspace

Cons: Wish the cat5 cable was inluded in the box, no audio

The Bottom Line: A solid choice for affordable and clear webcamera monitoring.

Review: I have been toying with webcams for years. I have used a variety of USB plug and play models. They were all so-so but met my basic needs for web phone calls. Upon hiring a Nanny for our little boy, I decided that I needed to upgrade and to add some ...

Pros: Easy setup and great support, if you need it.

Cons: No cons. They are in prison.

Review: Installed very easy ( if I had read the instruction closely ). Support walked me thru setting up FTP and he was very nice and spoke english. Comes with a DDNS service (using FTP)that I didn't need. ...

Pros: Good, clear image within its 640x480 limitations. Solid operation, for awhile at least.

Cons: Motion detection should allow zone cropping in stand-alone mode, not just with PC on.

The Bottom Line: Possibly the best wireless network camera under $200.

Review: General clarity is as good as I'd expect from 640x480. Night-time views are decent with direct or ambient nearby lighting, but grainy (as expected) with distant street lights as the main illumination. You can usually at least see something unless it's ...