Digital Home Thoughts - News & Reviews for the Digital Home

"If you're in the market for an inexpensive home or small business surveillance camera, check out D-Link's new DCS-932L. The $149.99 camera hits all the right notes. The DCS-932L can be accessed from any web browser at home or remotely (Android and iPhone apps are also available), requires no PC to operate, supports 802.11n Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, it can archive video - with DVR-like functionality - to a NAS device, it offers motion detection / alerts, and IR LEDs that let it see in the dark."

If it has been awhile since you checked out home surveillance cameras and options you may be surprised to find that the capabilities have expanded and costs are not that expensive. Case in point: the D-Link DCS-932L camera package allows remote monitoring from any Android or iPhone device, or from any web-based browser. What's more, it also offers motion detection capability and infrared LEDs for night illumination. This combination is available for around $150 (US).

"Vue is the easiest and simplest way to remotely view your family, your home, your business...virtually anything, from anywhere, at anytime. Vue lets you create your own personal video network and delivers live video wirelessly for you to see and share from any web browser* or flash-enabled mobile device – no software to load. It's really that simple!"

Remotely viewable security cameras are a market that while I think there is quite a demand for, just doesn't seem to have taken off. Mostly, I think this is due to the complexity of setting up most of these systems. Vue seems to have addressed the complexity issues with this product. The cameras are battery powered with a claimed battery life of one year! So there are no wires, plus the system is expandable to up to 50 camera, so it should be easy to get coverage wherever you want. Right now the software will work on most browsers and there is an iPhone app. According to their website, an app for Blackberry and Android are in the works.