| | |  | | Home » Avaak Vue SB2300 Personal Video Network with Wireless Remote Video | | | | | | | Description: | | The award-winning Vue wireless camera system is the easiest way to remotely view your home or business from anywhere on any PC or iPhone. Lose the cords! Vue battery powered cameras install in minutes using patented peel and stick wall mounts no software to load or power cords to run. Put them anywhere! Just open your web browser and start viewing at VueZone.com. The system comes with everything you need including two wireless cameras and your private online account. No professional installation required! Uses for the Vue are limited only by your imagination:Keep in track of your home when you are at work or away Check in on your kids at home after schoolWatch over an elderly parent when you are not thereCheck in on your pets to see what they do all dayMind your business or keep tabs on your warehouseGet away to your second home for a quick peekSee your family and kids when traveling | | | Features: | |
• Box Contents: Two Vue wireless battery-powered cameras (batteries included)
• Incredibly simple setup - easily position Vue cameras anywhere with patented peel and stick magnetic mounts
• Vue network gateway has zero-configuration setup - just plug into router, sync cameras and start viewing
• No software to load means installation takes a few minutes and Vue cameras are instantly available for online viewing
• View your cameras, record and share your content online from any browser on your personal secure VueZone.com account
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 8.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Length:
| 8.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 99 reviews |
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237 of 239 found the following review helpful:
 Very good - but understand the purposeSep 20, 2009
By R. M. Lubynsky
I've been using the Vue system for several months (part of their beta test program). If you understand the intended purpose and application for this product I think you'll be happy with it. The cameras are completely wireless - no network or power, plus they are extremely small and unobtrusive. This allows you place them almost anywhere. Because they are wireless, the product isn't designed for constant recording (battery life). The Vue system is intended to provide you with the ability to remotely check in and view your home for a few minutes at a time. While not perfect, it does this job very well.
I use this to check on my lake house when I'm not there. I have one cam pointed out a window looking out over the dock and another at the main living area. I always wonder if a storm or high wind has created any problem with the boat - so this allows me to check in, take a peek and put my mind at rest. Plus I can see if the lawn guy cut the grass or not. And when I'm at work and wish I was at the lake, I can get a quick fix ;)
Pros: extremely simple setup. Wonderful design for the cams - no wires and extremely compact. Easy to login online and view images from cameras live.
Cons: website is a bit flaky and controls are somewhat strange (but I expect that will improve over time). Image quality is adequate.
Bottom line: If you want high quality streaming video 24x7, this is not the product. If you want an easy to install, easy to use camera system to check in remotely periodically for a live view this fits the bill.
144 of 154 found the following review helpful:
 Good, not greatSep 12, 2009
By S. Dart
Things I like about the product:
- The cameras are nice and small, and the magnetic mounts are well designed
- Setup of the product was pretty easy and everything mostly works as advertised.
Things I don't like:
- You can only view one camera at a time, which is a lame restriction.
- The cameras have a fairly narrow field of view. So it's hard to find a place to put it that really shows you the whole room. A little bit of a wider angle would be nice. I suppose I could order more cameras to get better coverage, but at $100 apiece, I think they are overpriced by about $50. For $300, they should have included 3 cameras instead of 2.
- The web site for viewing the feeds is very flaky. It can be very hard at times to view a given camera (takes many attempts to connect, video doesn't update even when it says it's playing, the feed stops after a few minutes of viewing, etc.) Hopefully they are just working through launch issues and this gets MUCH better before I get to the point where they want me to pay for this service ($20/year after the first year from what I can tell)
- No mobile version of the web site, so I can't view the feeds from my phone. The web site requires flash - maybe there are workarounds, but I'd prefer a lightweight option for mobile phones, even if I just got a single image every 15-30 seconds (which is better than nothing)
- Video quality is mediocre. I have to use the 'low light' setting even in bright daylight. Frame rate and resolution are pretty low. I wasn't expecting HD quality, but I was expecting a little better. Although the web site seems to indicate that you can view multiple sizes, this feature doesn't seem to work.
- The cameras have an LED on them, it would be a nice security/privacy feature if this lit up when the camera feed is live
Add up all of the above, and it's still a workable solution, it's just not great. For $300, I was expecting fewer issues.
P.S.
I was really looking forward to this product to remotely monitor my house and keep an eye on the dog when I'm at work. I went ahead and pre-ordered as soon as I heard about it, and signed up on the Avaak website to 'keep me posted' while I waited for the 'early summer' launch. I'm still waiting for Avaak to 'keep me posted' (or even update their web site to indicate that their product is shipping), but the unit arrived anyway shortly after labor day (aka 'early summer'?)
Note to Avaak: work on your communications with your customers and update your web site! This kind of stuff doesn't inspire confidence in your company!
38 of 40 found the following review helpful:
Great, easy to install personal web cam systemSep 22, 2009
By spassmeister
I've always been a fan of webcams and have been somewhat dissapointed with the performance and easy of use of home webcam systems. I recently installed aLinksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Cameracamera and was struck by the difficulty in its setup, and further disappointed with the lack of range from my Ruckus access point. Fortunately, there is tremendous control provided by the Linksys system which allowed me to throttle back the data rate manually and the reliability has been high since then.
I was anxious to try the new Avaak Vue system as they have tackled the location problem by using battery operated cameras. The system works by removing much of the "home hobbyist" aspect of the linksys system. The linksys system uses the server software in the camera to essentially host the live feed. For example, in the link above I've had my router assign a fixed IP address to the camera, and I've opened a port (2000) for the feed. Not hard to do, but in addition to the other steps is a bit too much to expect users to do. The Vue system does all of this for you for $20/year service cost.
The setup was very simple. Included in the box are: a central access point host and transformer, 2 cameras, 4 magnetic camera mounts, mounting hardware and an ethernet cable. The setup took minutes. I installed the system and used a ethernet jack on the ground floor of our home in my office and planned to put two cameras - one by the front door and one looking out back at the pool. Well, the range was too far, which surprised me as everything else (computers, devices) all seem to work at this range. All I can conclude is that the system attempts to balance between image quality and battery life, and that tradeoff requires the system be physically close together. I find it amusing that vendors included the range in "Line of site" terms. I suppose that's like using MPG to compare cars ("comparison purposes only") as I can tell you it's only 75', but includes a couple walls, and that's too far. I moved the Vue Gateway upstairs , which is close and goes through one less wall and that worked. I then registered with Vue and can look at both cameras online.
The image is acceptable. It's not as good as the LInksys, but I was impressed considering the battery operation. One of the highlights of this system is the novel mounting "half dome" magnetic mounts that allow you to move around the cameras to where you want them.They claim the camera will last a year on one battery, but that assumes that you only use the camera 10 min per day. This is a use case of, for example, checking the front door while you're at home, or, checking to see who's out using your pool. With no motion detector there's a lack of utility as a security system. You can set a schedule to have it record by I no idea what to schedule. Perhaps if there was a way to trigger it remotely (for example, if a single motion detector could trigger a script to open the Vue website, wake up the camera, and record for 1 min) it would have more value. The website also was a bit sluggish to use, but is basically friendly. finally, they need to have some mobile app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, etc) to allow a user to operate the sysetem while on the go.
I'd recommend this camera for anybody who is not comfortable with the complexity of the linksys system, or would like a quick and easy system to install and use.
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106 of 121 found the following review helpful:
 Be carefulDec 11, 2010
By TB-10 Pilot
"George"
I reviewed very carefully the user guide and specs. There is no wireless encryption in this camera. Yes, it has a 'gateway' but that just connects to the Internet and you have to have a userid and password. That means that this company can access any of 'their' not 'your' cameras.
Also the wireless stream is not secured,so anyone that is sitting in front of your house with the proper equipment can spy on any of the cameras.
A really great idea, but this is one of the cheaper solutions that people with baby monitor, etc cameras have been burned with. It can too easily be snooped on.
27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 Not Ready for Prime TimeMay 19, 2010
By R. Needelman
"Stockmavn"
The only positive I can think of is ease of viewing. Once you've synced with the router, you go up online to view the camera. That said, everything else is negative. In no particular order: Their description says the batteries last a year. They don't say that means 5 minutes of streaming a day. I can get a bar of soap to last a year, if I only use it once a week :-) Their user guide says you can schedule 5 or 15 minutes in the future of the current time. Nope, you have to schedule recording at least 60 minutes in the future, or you get an (unexplained either in the user guide or the 'help section') error message. BTW, you can't record a streaming video for more than 4 hours a day. And, if you stream from the same camera for a few days, the $20 battery will need to be replaced. Also, you can only schedule one camera to record at a time. Oh, and if the scheduled time is approaching, you can't use the other cameras (I had 3 total) to stream before, during and slightly after your scheduled recording time. Tech support is via email; and was not aware of the above problems until I pointed them out. So, let's sum up: Cameras don't record as implied. Camera live viewing time is not as implied. Cameras need at least a 40 watt room light on, for interior views to be usable. Cameras should only be streamed 5 minutes per day (if you want to get a year out of the batteries). User quide and help section woefully incomplete. Tech support slow and unknowledgeable. Sorry, I work way too hard for my money to waste it on this beta product. Great idea. Really poor execution.
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