Customer Reviews

PT7137 Wireless Network Camera

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I had this camera for 3 months already. My purpose is to monitor the living room and front/back hallways while at work and away on vacation. I looked all around and couldn't find anything within my (not terribly large) budget that can be remotely accessed via the 'net, color VGA quality, Pan/Tilt and wireless. Guess what, the PT7137 fits the bill perfectly. Just remember when setting the camera up, you do need to connect it to your router with an ethernet cable first to config the settings - especially changing the SSID from "default" to your own SSID. Afterwards, everything is a breeze (assuming you also know how to tweak your router to say, open a port).

Vivotek definitely placed a lot of effort in building this wonderful cam, remote access is a snap, framerate is fast and stable and you can pan/tilt directly from your IE browser or 3gpp enabled cell phone. It even transmits audio as well! Other nicities includes digital zoom, snaphot, patrol mode and even motion sensor driven! I could not have asked for more.

The only minor "con" would be the slightly noisy motors and manual focusing. But then, at this price and packed with so much features, you simply cannot go wrong with the PT7137!

I have had one for over 3 years and it still working perfectly. Ok well the wireless broke because my cat knocked it off the mantel (5 foot drop on to stone) but it still work pefectly plugged into the ethernet port. Software is good an does not require any licnesing fee.

I have done surveillance work of all different kinds.

CHEAP (analog): I have done a couple cheap jobs with those Q-See camera kits for a residential job and one for a midas. They are cheap but they work. You have to reset the router about once a week to remote into them form your another computer or your phone.

GOOD: (my personal favorite) These are what i call inexpensive IP cameras. They are my favorite type because they are affordable adn have tons of features. I own two vivotek cameras, this one that the reveiw is about (wireless PT) and and outdoor fixed dome. The are extremely reliable. The software isnt as good as the next category.

COMMERCIAL/PRO: Axis cameras... they are the best. software is phenomenal. I did a job where the boss charged about 20k for the cameras installed and the parts ran about 8k. The customer is super pleased however they are not cheap. you pay for the camera and for each license.