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Technical Details
- The world's easiest setup - no computer necessary!
- Watch on your iPhone or Android in full motion
- Get motion-triggered alerts sent to your mobile phone or email - instantly!
- Built for secure online access
- Record and save video securely when you're not around
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Dropcam Wi-Fi Internet camera. For peace of mind. Anywhere you go.
Stay close to what you love even when you're away, with Dropcam. Whether it's to keep an eye on your house, baby, pet dog or cat, or your business, Dropcam helps you keep an eye on what matters. Log in to any Mac or PC to start watching full-motion video from anywhere. Or download the free mobile app to monitor what matters most to you on the go. And in no time at all, you'll be watching what you love with newfound security and peace of mind.
Be near what you love. From anywhere.
No computer? No problem! Simply download the free Dropcam app for your favorite device from the iTunes App Store or Android Market.
Easy to use right out of the box
Fast and automatic setup
Take Dropcam out of the box and it just works. Dropcam automatically detects your Wi-Fi network and connects to the secure Dropcam website. You get right to monitoring what you love, and Dropcam does the rest. All you have to do is:
- Plug Dropcam into your Wi-Fi router.
- Enter the activation code online.
- Name your new camera. And that's it.
In under two minutes, your video is up and running for you to watch from any Mac, PC, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Android device. The hardest decision you'll make during setup is where to put your camera.
Watch live and recorded video on the go with Dropcam DVR
Dropcam DVR
Digital Video Recording like you've never seen before
What you're watching matters to you. Dropcam DVR is designed so you can monitor what you love from anywhere, without any complicated setup or hassle. Dropcam DVR automatically records your video and protects it securely on the Dropcam website so only you can see it. And because it's online, your video will be everywhere you need it to be.
Keep the video you want to keep
Did Dropcam catch your dog chasing its tail? Or your baby taking his first step? With Dropcam DVR, you can save that video clip to keep forever. Just choose the start time, end time, and length of the clip that you want. You'll get an email with a link to download your video to your computer. Easily save and share important moments as they happen.
Security like an online bank
Before your video gets stored online, Dropcam protects it by encrypting your video with AES 256-bit encryption. The same security measure used by top online banks. And by automatically storing your video online, Dropcam protects it from theft and natural disaster. So watch and share your video with confidence. Dropcam keeps it safe for you.
Event Detection
Motion Alerts to your phone and email
It's impossible to predict the unexpected. So instead, prepare for it using Dropcam motion alerts. Dropcam keeps watch over the entire scene and alerts you when something happens. Choose to receive email alerts or push notifications on your iPhone or both. You deserve to live your life with a sense of security and peace of mind. Know that Dropcam is keeping an eye on things and will alert you when it detects motion. All you have to do is turn Motion Detection on and Dropcam automatically does the rest.
Share to your heart's desire
Get notifications. Watch video. Control your settings.
All on the go.
All on the go.
Dropcam helps you share the video your camera captures with anyone that you want. By default, your video is private and secure for only you to see. You can easily share it by sending a secure link to one person at a time. Or you can share your video with the world by making it public on the Internet. There's no limit to how many people you can share with. And at any time, you can make your video private again with a simple click of the mouse. You're always in total control of your video with Dropcam.
Key specifications
- 320 x 240 QVGA video resolution shows you all the details you'll want to see
- H.264 video compression helps you see your video without bogging down your bandwidth
- AES 256-bit encryption securely protects your video with bank-level security
- 47°Field of View shows you an entire room at a time
Product Description
Use Dropcam as a baby monitor to watch your kids, as a pet cam to make sure your dog and cat are behaving, or as a security camera to keep an eye on your stuff. Everyone has something to watch, and Dropcam helps you see what you're missing from anywhere! The Dropcam is a small wi-fi enabled video security camera (IP camera). Keep an eye on your stuff with your computer at work, your laptop while at a coffee shop, or even an iPhone while on the road! Dropcam also provides an Internet DVR so you can go back and review what happened, and you'll never have to worry about losing tapes or theft.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Miraculous for caregivers,
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As a 24/7 caregiver for my wife, this camera has made a wonderful contribution to our life together. I'm constantly alert to her safety and needs when we are together, but always a little anxious when I'm away from her room. Now, she's visible whenever those anxieties arise, either on my computer or on my iPhone.
Setup was very simple. We needed to run a 75 foot Ethernet Cat5E cable from the camera to our router; the unit comes with a 13 footer. The company's service was superb; their response to my question arrived within 24 hours: "The Dropcam product or router will neither affect the ethernet signal as the performance will be due to the quality of the ethernet cable itself as well as various environmental factors such as EM interference. Under normal circumstances, I personally would not anticipate any issues with a 75 foot cable." The camera could be improved with a simple cover that would allow the user to turn it off or on (I use a wash cloth draped over the camera to block transmissions, but worry a bit about overheating the unit). I would hate to see my wife featured on a pirated YouTube video, especially during some of our more intimate caregiving activities. And, I'd be similarly concerned if I was monitoring a home safe, and images could be pirated with enough definition to read the combination. But, for everyday monitoring of my wife while I'm off washing clothes or dishes, cooking, walking the dogs, running to the store -- anytime when I'm away for a few minutes -- it's wonderful to be able to see her on demand. In other caregiving applications, I could see mounting the unit close to the floor showing only the legs and feet of the person being cared for. If they fell, of course, their entire body would be visible. The unit also comes with a sound feed -- the Dropcam Echo Wireless IP Home Security Camera with Audio and Online Recording -- which we may upgrade to, but hasn't seemed necessary to us so far. Robert C. Ross 2010
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
No bells and whistles.,
By Ditzzz "oopstoo" (Northeast) - See all my reviews
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I wanted to wait before I wrote a review and have had this cam for over a month. Was excited to get this cam, especially since my Panasonic wireless cam stopped being wireless. The dropcam was super easy to set up. No ports to open and in a flash was up and running. However, after the trial recording ended, it was nothing more than a plugin usb webcam, one I could have purchased for $25 and had the same response. It doesn't do anything, like pan or tilt... or zoom in... a feature I dearly miss which my panasonic has. Picture quality is good, as good as any $25 cam to $400 cam. (I have them all) If your looking for a fixed web camera, easy to set up, this one will do but it's way over priced for a basic, do nothing web cam. Their service is much too expensive per month and our home security costs just a little more then their service. Better to pick up a little video program and do your own web site recording of this cam. I also found their recording trial to be unreliable. Would send a notice there was motion, and there was none... and did not sent a notice when I saw motion from the cats on the lanai. Also, there is no sensitivity to motion. Not sure what triggers it, but I wouldn't trust it for reliability. I paid much less for my panasonic Bl-C131a, with pan tilt zoom and sound and it works like a dream. Yes, there are ports to open but once this cam is set up, it's fabulous. Loved how I could swing to the right and look out at the dock and water, then swing to the left and view the kitchen and sliders. There are sensitivity adjustments to motion and lots of other bells and whistles. Probably more than you need. I'm sorry I just didn't purchase a third panasonic. Overall, this would not be in my top ten for a web cam. Too expensive, and when the trial service runs out in two weeks, its $25 a month. OUCH! However... for the simplicity of setup, I would have to give it 4.5 stars. Zero extras, has no adjustments, no fine turning, nada, zilch, nothing = 1 star It all comes down to what you need and what you are using it for.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glad I took the plunge with DropCam,
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UPDATE 8/24/2010
So we've now had the dropcam for several months and are pleased to report we are still loving it. I wasn't sure if the kids would start shifting their tatale-worthy behavior out of screenshot, but surprisingly they haven't changed a thing. We all seem to forget about it when walking around upstairs. My husband and I use it the most when we're downstairs doing dishes/cleaning/etc and the kids are "supposed" to be taking showers upstairs. It allows us to multi-task. One important note in regards to other reviews....I've learned it's not really "motion" detection as much as it is "light" detection. We get a number of motion "flags" throughout the day when the area being monitored experiences no movement. I finally realized it's the reflection on the walls that's causing it. The cars drive by our house and it shifts the light coming through our foyer window and casting onto our hallway wall. The camera flags it as movement, when it's really the light that's moving not an object. This is also what makes it miss detection in low light. As I mentioned in my review below, we've actually set up a number of different cameras in our house. I've found the exact same issue with all of them so dropcam is not unusual in this respect and it seems you would have to upgrade to a significantly different price point to avoid this small pitfall. Still, the camera records all the time (we have the 7 day subscription) so we get the video regardless of whether there is a motion "flag". Also, when we purchased it I wasn't sure if it would affect our wireless bandwidth since we set it up wirelessly. We've seen no change to our capacity (I certainly challenge it with all my uploading of the kids pictures!). Still lovin' it and the customer service! ------------- April 2010 I've been researching various options for surveillance in our home. It is frustrating because I want to use it for a few different purposes but haven't found everything addressed in one system. DropCam has addressed many of my needs. The only thing I'm waiting for is the technology to allow numerous dropcams on one network (I'd really like to have 6 or 7 of these in our home but they recommend no more than 2). For now, I'm using a combination of DropCam and some portable cameras that record to sd cards. I only ordered one DropCam until I could see how well it really worked, but I'm very pleased. I have 3 young children (8, 9 and 12) so we have a very high "tattle-tale" factor in our house. You just never know who's telling the truth! DropCam has solved that in great part. Between the video and great sound, we can usually tell who did it (note: I am using the Echo version which has sound). The kids actually love it because they can prove when they're telling the truth (not loving it so much the other times :)) DropCam support has been nothing short of amazing. They even walked me through how to change my router from WEP to WPA (as though I had a clue what either was). Today was my youngest sons birthday and we had a precious moment which happened to be caught on the camera. I called and was pleasantly surprised to find out they offer a video clip service free. All I have to do is send a request with the date/time/length of the video I want and they'll download it for me. PopPop and Granny will be so happy to see the birthday precious moment!!! I have no doubt my son will be particularly thrilled to know I've captured that moment for all eternity when I share it with his high school friends in a few years.... hehehe!!! Oh my... how many other ways can I have fun with this video??? I digress!! The second reason we wanted the camera was because of a recent rash of thefts in our neighborhood. We live in a high end area that gets targeted periodically by druggies/criminals/etc who see we've been lulled into a sense of suburban security. I put the camera facing out the window today so I could capture what was going on outside. Who knew our township ecological folks drove through our neighorhood so often??? Our police department had advised us the best deterents for the theifs were police presence and us letting them know when something was odd. I scrolled through the motion detector clips and sent a note to our police department. Put the ecological guy in a squad car when he comes out here. It'll make the thieves think we have cops all over this place!!! Anyway, wasn't sure what I was going to get but I'm loving DropCam so far!!!
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