Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11

blog — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:15 +0000

Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 Review

Just bought this Camera and I’m pretty impressed with it. Software and setup was easy and well thought out, however I’m a little disappointed in the image quality detail. I have a Linksys WVC54GCA wireless webcam (0non-pan&zoom) as well and a side by side comparison the quality/detail on the Linksys is a little better in my opinion and produces more realistic color and definition (look at the detail in the cups and dishes on the table, however to be fair the pany does have better low light sensitivity as you can see in my photo capturing the items in the background but at a cost of washing out some other things that are well lit. In this comparison picture, both camera’s are setup next to each other and a snapshot was taken at the same time. They both were configured for best quality at 1024 minimum kbps at 640×480 15frames per second. Wired and wireless for the pany yielded no difference. Viewing it from a browser or on my iPod touch you can notice the difference right away. Overall I think the trade off from low light sensitivity to image quality is acceptable, and I will be buying another pany for another part of the house, but will be using the Linksys where the details matters more and don’t need PZT. If you can’t get to this link then i’ll upload a photo to Amazon. [...]

Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 Feature

Place anywhere you’d like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location
View and control from a standard web browser, video display, or compatible cell phone or PDA
Point the camera where you want with eight shooting position presets
Built-in heat sensor allows record and/or notify by email when someone enters the room
Connect wirelessly with standard 802.11b/g devices, SSID filtering and 40/64/128-bit WEP encryption