Comments on: Review of Zonet ZVC7630W IP Network Camera

By: Axis Network Camera

Axis Network Camera — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:28 +0000

You can find a number of network cameras online. Try searching at superwarehouse.com

By: Network Camera Store

Network Camera Store — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:56 +0000

I just tried to view it and I got in fine.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:50:33 +0000

Zonet said they're working w/ Google to figure it out but they assured that there was no risk. Symantec, a proven Trojan-killer, didn't pick up anything funny. Downloaded w/ no problems after ignoring the warning. Proceed at your own peril!

By: Carlton Bale

Carlton Bale — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:56:33 +0000

Thanks for the info on the firmware. Unfortunately, Google/Firefox says the Zonetusa.com website has been distributing Trojan scripts and won't let me connect.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:11:27 +0000

I was able to resolve the RTSP issue with the following firmware: (build 278)

www [dot] zonetusa [dot] com/ProductDownload/FW_ZVC7630_1.0.0(278)_20080202.zip

Only VLC media player is able to render the stream, but hey its a start!

Address to connect:
rtsp://your_ip_address:554/mpeg4

By: Network Camera

Network Camera — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:12:14 +0000

Good review! I also have a network camera setup in my baby's room. I use a 4XEM WPT which works well.

By: Carlton Bale

Carlton Bale — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:03:26 +0000

I've heard great things about the Panasonic cameras but there seem to be 2 drawbacks: 1) none of the models have IR illumination, so they aren't useful in dark situations, and 2) they can be considerably more expensive than other brands.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:41:47 +0000

I use the Panasonic home monitoring camera which works in every browser I've tried — including Safari, Chrome, and Opera.

By: Carlton Bale

Carlton Bale — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:50:28 +0000

Chris: Congratulations on your expanding family!

I can tell you that the camera definitely does not work with the iPhone, but no streaming video of any type does. Neither the iPhone nor any of it's apps support RTSP or steaming video. The YouTube videos on the iPhone are progressive downloads, so they don't stream either. The camera manual claims that 3GPP is supported, so pretty much any common cell phone should be able to steam from the camera, but as I stated, I couldn't get steaming to work. If the phone has a browser with Java, it should be able to view the feed.

One work-around, if you are technically inclined, is to setup a separate web server and have the camera copy a jpeg image over to it every 15 seconds or so. Then just point your phone to the web server and refresh the browser window to see the latest picture. You could setup the web server using a computer in your house or you could get a hosted web server for $5/month. Not a simple or elegant solution, but it would work with pretty much any internet-connected device, as long as it can display jpeg images.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:27:19 +0000

Thanks for the review Carlton. I'm expecting a little one in a couple of months and I knew I would be needing a video monitor.

Where you able to test on a mobile device? Iphone/Android/javaME? Laptops are great but not always on my person.