Hi,
I need to find a replacement for a PTZ camera (Axis 213) that finally failed after years of good service. Here are the must have and nice to have features I'm looking for. I would appreciate your guidance.
Must have:
- ease of control by grandparents
- PTZ
- full-duplex audio (not just push to talk, or half-duplex)
- HD video streams (perhaps dialed down a bit as needed for bandwidth considerations)
- browser-independent (some I'm familiar with require IE on Windows) video and audio
- 10x + optical zoom (20+ would be great)
Nice to have:
- onboard and pluggable mic
- onboard and pluggable (3.5mm, typical computer speakers) speaker
- IR
- price < $1000, though I might go higher depending on features
- IOS (Iphone)-specific functionality (for example, 2-way audio would be great)
- optional Wi-Fi
- optional PoE
- activity indicator (light) to show when the camera is in use
This camera will replace the one that's positioned at one end of a living room-kitchen combo that measures approximately 16x40ft. The camera that I bought (Vivotek PZ8111W) was insufficient. Depending on which tech support person you talk to, this camera is either full-duplex audio or not. But they've never been able to guide me to getting any audio out of a plug-in speaker.
The primary purpose is to be able to talk with our kids' grandparents and have the subject _not be_ about the failings of the existing PTZ camera! The grandparents would like to just pop in (by way of camera) and chat with the grandkids while viewing them via PTZ. Of course there will be other uses as well.
Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions you can provide.
Mark
I need to find a replacement for a PTZ camera (Axis 213) that finally failed after years of good service. Here are the must have and nice to have features I'm looking for. I would appreciate your guidance.
Must have:
- ease of control by grandparents
- PTZ
- full-duplex audio (not just push to talk, or half-duplex)
- HD video streams (perhaps dialed down a bit as needed for bandwidth considerations)
- browser-independent (some I'm familiar with require IE on Windows) video and audio
- 10x + optical zoom (20+ would be great)
Nice to have:
- onboard and pluggable mic
- onboard and pluggable (3.5mm, typical computer speakers) speaker
- IR
- price < $1000, though I might go higher depending on features
- IOS (Iphone)-specific functionality (for example, 2-way audio would be great)
- optional Wi-Fi
- optional PoE
- activity indicator (light) to show when the camera is in use
This camera will replace the one that's positioned at one end of a living room-kitchen combo that measures approximately 16x40ft. The camera that I bought (Vivotek PZ8111W) was insufficient. Depending on which tech support person you talk to, this camera is either full-duplex audio or not. But they've never been able to guide me to getting any audio out of a plug-in speaker.
The primary purpose is to be able to talk with our kids' grandparents and have the subject _not be_ about the failings of the existing PTZ camera! The grandparents would like to just pop in (by way of camera) and chat with the grandkids while viewing them via PTZ. Of course there will be other uses as well.
Thanks for any thoughts and suggestions you can provide.
Mark