TRENDnet PoE Internet Surveillance Camera Server with Audio TV-IP201P

by TRENDnet

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.6 x 6.7 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VILN6G
• Item model number: TV-IP201P
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,662 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

The Power over Ethernet Internet Camera Server with Audio (TV-IP201P) transmits real-time high quality video and audio over the Internet to anywhere in the world. Place this unit anywhere you want, it is powered by a networked Ethernet cable. Monitor your home or office from anywhere and protect what you value most. Manage up to 16 cameras remotely with TRENDnet complementary IPView Pro software. Power over Ethernet technology conveniently eliminates the need to install the device near a power outlet! This Internet Camera Server features high quality streaming video and audio, automatic image capture, and event notification via e-mail, making it the ideal remote monitoring solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good price for PoE camera, picture quality ok not great, September 19, 2008

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D. Snow (SF Bay, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TRENDnet PoE Internet Surveillance Camera Server with Audio TV-IP201P (Personal Computers)

A good Power over Ethernet camera for the money. 640x480 picture quality

at minimum compression is ok, not great. Axis makes better PoE cameras

but they are much more expensive.

The great thing about PoE cameras is that you can have several cameras

around the house, the cameras draw power from the Cat5 network cable,

you have all these network cables go back to a central location where

the PoE switch is located. If you have the PoE switch on a UPS battery

backup, then all the cameras will still work in the event of a power

failure, good for a home security setup.

The lens that comes with the camera has a rather narrow field of view, if

the camera is in a smallish room you will need a wider angle lens to see

the entire room. This camera accepts CS-mount lenses designed for

1/4 inch CCDs.

I removed the 6mm lens that came with the camera and replaced it with a

2.8mm lens for a wider field of view.

To remove the lens you will need to loosen a small hex screw under the

lens, which requires a 1.5mm hex wrench (this is not mentioned anywhere

in the manual)...