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D-Link DCS-5300G 802.11g Digital Zoom Mic Pan/Tilt Wireless Internet Camera | List Price: $419.99
Discount Price: $279.99
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Features: - First-to-market wireless-G (802.11g) Internet camera
- Built-in microphone for audio monitoring and recording; built-in motion detection with e-mail notification
- MPEG-4 short header mode compression for streaming video, JPEG compression for still images
- Connection to TV or VCR for recording
- .25-inch color CCD sensor with auto gain control, auto white balance
Good Webcam for the price. [Posted on 2006-08-24]
Purchased this webcam about 9 months ago. It was difficult to setup but once I got it working it is really quite amazing. I also experienced the frequent lock ups which would require unplugging the webcam in order to reset it - a problem if you have this installed in a remote location. DLink has released a new downloadable (www.dlink.com) firmware upgrade for the webcam. Since I have installed this firmware release (ver 1.02), I have not had any lock up problems. For the price, this webcam has the best feature set out there.
Close but missing a few key features [Posted on 2007-10-14]
The DCS-5300G was easy to setup, on a primary PC and the quality of the picture is fine in good lighting but it is missing one key feature to make this a truly practical wireless camera, low light or infrared capability. Many baby monitors have these features and I was hoping that this would be able to replace the 900MHz wireless baby monitor with camera but it misses the mark.
Worst product and service I have ever experienced [Posted on 2007-12-11]
Horrible product, very poor video quality. Constantly stops working. D-link has the worst customer service I have ever experienced. Don't buy from this company under any circumstances or you will regret it as I have. If I could give them -5 stars I would!
Camera locks up [Posted on 2007-12-24]
I just received this camera 3 days ago, and when it is working it is great, but you do have to reboot it about every 2 - 3 hours. I wish I had read these reveiws before purchasing this expensive camera.
I will probably send the one I have back to where I purchased it, but it sounds like this is a problem with the camera's program and not that I happened to get a lemon. My first D-Link camera was the DCS 2100+ and I never had to reboot it. I thought I was upgrading to a better camera and not more problems.
Good camera for price. Dlink support is horrific [Posted on 2008-01-10]
The camera itself is pretty good for the money. A camera like this would have cost more than triple the price three years ago. I didn't experience any technical issues with the camera but I did need to call support regarding a browsing issue.
D-Link support is one of the worst I have ever dealt with. The support person asks a question then puts you on hold for 2 minutes just to ask another question. And the questions have nothing to do with the problem. Things like do you have another network cable you could use (On a wireless camera!!!!). Or, do you have an activex installed (any activex or one in particular you like?) or, do you have mpeg-4 (sure, I keep it in my pocket?!?!). After 30 minutes of stupid questions, they hung up on me. So as long as you know what you are doing and are capable of handeling it all by yourself, you are OK with this camera. Need help? Don't buy.
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