Lorex Corp LNC116 Vantage Stream Wireless Network IP Security Camera

I did read a lot, before buy this camera, but was a surprise to see that is much better.For beginners is very easy to setup. NO DDNS, port redirection, etc.For advancer, you can control a lot of specs using the web interface, for this you can use DDNS, port redirection or NAS.Image is very good and you can control quality x bandwidth usage.Night mode is almost perfect because it uses two different sensors for night and dayIt records on internal SD-card, and because uses a PIR, the camera always record what you need. To see the recorded events is very easy using Lview software.I bought one, than I bought another two.

Software for this camera stopped working making this product worthless.

Its all about luck of the draw with these cameras. I purchased some that worked great and some that have been DOA out of the box. Missing pieces IR didn’t work missing code scanners. But then I get some that work great but the life span is about 2-3 years on them IR will die with in the 2-3 year mark Just when you are out of manufacture warranty. At first had some issues with setup but I did speak to customer support Not very well English speaking. So I assume they sub out there support which I have no issue with as long as they can get it working which they did Not Turned out another DOA one. The LNC116 takes a micro SD card that stores all your video works pretty good. There is a 3.5mm port that you could hook up a external speaker to activate the 2 way speaking and alarm. You can not erase any video you would like with out removal of the micro SD and putting it in you computer. Now as for the app I have to say for the most part it works But you will get the times that it will crash or you will not see anything. The picture quality is descent when the cameras are connected to you wireless router. The cameras are wifi hungry so they tend to bump each other off but they self connect. One other thing I like is that I have two at my moms house as long as you have the camera info and pass code you can connect to that persons cameras with today’s busy life I like that I can check up on her every once in a wile. The other thing I like that you can view it on any MBL device and also on your computer. But just a FYI the app for the kindle fire will not work so if that will be your primary MBL for viewing the cameras just giving you a heads up. Over all I have mixed feelings about them they are costly to replace every 1-3 years but they do work when they work.

This one was easy to install since the suite was prewired. It doesn't work as well off the wireless, so it is nice to have the option of having it connected to the network.

Lorex makes great hardware but the software sucks. They tell you you can use any web browser to look at the cam. Its a lie. They have a plug-in for firefox and internet explorer, but its buggy and some of the features dont work, if you get it working at all.They want you to use their proprietary clients for PC and MAC, but that software is non-intuitive, complicated, and drove me nuts.They also want you to use their "cloud" service to access the cameras, using some unusual protocol and router setup.Finally, you cant access the streaming images with any other client than their software. Forget about connecting their cams to other monitoring software.Buy some FosCams or cheap chineese imitations, at least they use common standards.

I've used it for more than 2 years. They work and are trouble free. Some camera stalls now and then, but overall they do the job and do it fine. Very satisfied with this product. And very happy with its price, my sister in law installed ip hd cameras, spent thousands, and basically we match on the main product attributes.

Returned it because it did not work

I got this camera for cheapness and the microcard. We wanted to do some casual spying on some of the critters that live around our house and property, and since this was small, with a host of flexible features for set up, it seemed a great way to start scouting locations. The capability to turn off the indicator lights is also nice, as mice are bothered by flashing lights. The camera has largely met expectations; we certainly didn't expect gopro level pictures. The infrared dark mode is actually clearer than the color, which suffers a lot of pixilization. Warning, if you don't do the Wifi setup manually and just use the WPS, it will set up with no security.However, I hope the software department at Lorex reads these reviews, because they could improve this system greatly, and retroactively.The recordings on the card are taken in less than 1 minute clips and you will lose up to 30 seconds between each clip. You have to view them as individual files, and you can't even ask the software to play them in sequence, you have to select each. You can't do any file management from that window, either, but must go to another program. That program allows you to delete or download them one at a time and every time you do an action, the folders close and you have to reopen to access the next file. That sort of thing is just rude. Your best move is to take out the card and use the file manager on your computer to manage files of a type you can't (or I can't) view with any normal viewer. If the clips are limited in size by the slowness of the card writer (the card I am using is the highest rated for speed on the market) then the frame speed of the recording to the card should be lowered so that the video is choppy but continuous.The recordings to a PC are at least continuous, but viewing them is almost as frustrating. Once again, there is no real file management. The viewer looks a bit like the old Adobe Premier interface, but the bars and sliders don't seem to actually do anything to control playback. It always wants to start at a beginning point of its own choosing and go to the end. You have to get it to fast forward and then make sure to slow it back down when you reach the points of interest. If you manage this feat, you can then set it to convert the selection to .avi and edit that in a real program. This would not be an imposition if you could just control the slider or have some forward and backwards buttons.Finally, the player indexing program keeps suffering a string reading error, and the only solution is to delete the recordings folder. A little software reorganization, a firmware upgrade and my camera would get 4 stars.