Zmodo - EZCam Wireless High-Definition Video Monitoring Camera - Ivory

This camera was good while it worked, unfortunately the first one I had broke down after a few months. Seems like part of the lens broke down which resulted in over half of the view being obscured. Contacted zmodo as was given a replacement (I had to pay to ship the defective one back) which broke down in less than a month. This one started to lose color and now everything has a purple tint. Tried power cycling and deleting/adding camera back, but neither fixed the issue. I'm debating whether to request another RMA because I will have spent half the amount I paid for this camera on shipping defective units back!

I wanted to write a review in order to give more details about what this camera actually does. The details provided by Best Buy and the manufacturer are minimal, so I wasn't really sure what I was getting when I ordered it. I surprised that the manufacture does not provide more details about this camera. I ordered it out of curiosity. A smart phone (iPhone or Android) is required to use this camera. It does not have a built-in screen and does not work with just a computer. I'm using it with an Android phone and the Zsight app. Setup and connection to my wifi was easy. The camera is the dark circle in my picture. The white is just the stand. You can separate the two if you want. It comes with a USB cable and power adapter to power the camera. The USB cable is about 9 feet long. There is what looks like a small button on the back of the camera, but I didn't see anything indicating what it is for. It looks like maybe a reset button. It comes with a micro SD card which holds 3 days of recording. Once setup, the camera records continuously onto the SD card, and you can go back up to 3 days to see video. Once the SD card fills up, it just removes the oldest video from the card and continues recording. This is automatic and no user input is required for this. It records in color when there is enough light. Otherwise, it will turn on some IR lights and the recorded video will be in black & white. Note the picture where my camera shows 8 IR lights. The blue center light is always visible when the camera is operating. Trying to record outside activity at night from inside may be problematic as the IR lights can create a reflection on the window that the camera will focus on. The device records audio and will broadcast your voice from the app on your smart phone to a speaker on the camera, but I have not tested these features yet. The camera does get quite warm, but I have not seen any indication that this is a problem for it. There is a sticker on the side of the camera saying that it is a hot surface. I have not removed the included micro SD card to see what types of files are written to it. You control the camera with your smart phone and the Zsight app. While this app is functional, it could use some additional features and quality control. When playing back recorded video, the app will freeze on my phone if I change the starting time that I want it to replay too many times. Going out and back into the app gets it working again. The Android app has the following features: . Access to multiple cameras (if you own more than one). . Notifications (alerts) when the camera notices movement. I don't know how significant the movement needs to be to register, and I don't know how long it takes to reset before an additional notification will be sent. By seeing the time stamp of the notification (alert) in the app, you can play back recorded video from that time period. . Watch live or recorded video & audio stream from the camera from anywhere in the world where you have a data connection to your phone. . While watching live video, you can change the quality of the picture. This was the only place I could see where you can change the quality. I was not able to get it to record to the on-device SD card at different qualities. . While watching live video, you can broadcast audio to a speaker on the camera. I've not tested this feature, so I don't know how well it works. . From the live view, you can capture a picture and/or video directly to your phone for storage and replay at a later time. . While watching recorded video, you can capture a picture directly to your phone for view at a later time. . The playback feature allows you to choose the date and time of recorded video that you want to watch (stream to your phone). I would prefer that the time used a chooser similar to the date as it can be difficult to slide the time precisely. This is where the app has frozen on me - when trying to select the precise time for playback. . Push Alerts and Microphone (audio) recording can be enabled or disabled in the app settings. . You can share access to the camera with other people (as long as they install the app on their smart phone). . You can choose between a software or hardware decoder for playback on your phone. I was unable to get playback to work when I had the hardware decoder selected (Samsung Galaxy Note 3). That's all I can think of now. I'm quite happy with the camera and find it very functional. I have not tried other devices that may operate similarly.

This security camera was easy to setup on my phone. It works well taking photographs of any movement outside of the times I indicated I would be home. It has a night vision setting so it will take a black and white picture when it is dark. The camera does get a little hot and needs to be reset every once in a while. The pictures it takes are a little grainy but it does have an HD setting. I haven't been able to setup alerts with it just yet.

I purchased this for a great price to primarily keep an eye on my 3 dogs. it was super easy to set up. just download an app to your phone, plug in the camera , set up a password, scan the QR code and you're done. the camera gives really nice pictures and video. night vision is ok. enough to see whats needed and the camera itself can be mounted almost anywhere. I turn off notifications for now because it will send you notifications constantly. if your away on vacation it is useful but its easy just to login and check when you want to see what the camera is seeing at any given time. Mine came with an sd card that can be reset when full or it just writes over itself. the unit gets warm but i don't find that a concern since its listed as normal. i haven't been able to set the time yet (the date is easy to set) the instructions are very basic and it says to set time you need to access the camera by logging into the IP address but i'm thinking there has to be an easier way. except for that, i really like this camera.

Bought this camera after a bad experience with another brand. Great camera for the price. Unlike the last camera I bought for the baby's room, this was super easy to set up and comes through on my iPhone and iPad with a good picture. The microphone and two way sound isn't as good as I had hoped, but thstcwasnt as important to me. Camera does get a little hot too.

overheats like previously mentioned. I just unplug it when I am home. Picture quality is great. App started crashing once I upgraded to Android 5.0, worked flawlessly in 4.0. The mic is really good, can hear great. However the speaker, not so great. great picture. looking to buy another one. I use it to check on my pets when I am not home, the notification from the motion detection works great.

The camera itself works well and was easy to setup. My only caveat and reason for return was that it got ridiculously hot to the point where you could not hold the center piece in your hands for an extended period. If you plan to run this 24/7 like I did, I would not recommend this camera due to the heat. Similiar reviews on other sites also indicate an abnormal level of heat that will probably lead to distorted video and eventually video failure.

Easy setup using an app. Has motion and sound detection and will take a snap shot when triggered and will alert you on your cellphone. Only problem is forwarding and saving pictures or video. Really needs improvement there. Occasionally will not work remotely if you have slow internet.