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| Panasonic Remote Video Monitoring Webcam and Pet Cam BL-C10A | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $199.95
Buy New: $189.50
You Save: $10.45 (5%)
Buy New/Refurbished from $159.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  (33 reviews)
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.3 x 3.5
MPN: BL-C10A
Model: BL-C10A
UPC: 037988809738
EAN: 0037988809738
ASIN: B0002GS4Z0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very impressive Network Camera March 20, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased 5 of these cameras to operate as a security system for our office building. Setup was a breeze and so far they've performed very well.
For my application, I had to find & purchase outdoor weatherproof housings that would fit, wire my own PoE (Power over Ethernet) adaptors, and set up a recording software & web access tool. Individually, you can log into each camera directly from the internet. But using a separate software tool makes the task much simpler. The free software panasonic provides for the cameras may work, but it is severly lacking in features. I like Netcam Watcher Pro, and WebcamXP for multi-camera setups. Neither is free, but both work very well.
I'm successfully running 2 of the cameras on approx 150'-200' of Cat5 cable carying power along the same line. Supprisingly, it was able to boot up and operate without moving to a larger power supply. I'm still waiting to see what happens the next time we get Sub-Freezing temperatures (after all, they wern't designed for outdoor use, yet they're working well so far!)
 BL-C10 comparison with other net cams March 17, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have two BL-C10A's and love them. Great hardware and software design - very professional - they blow away my DLink DCS-900 and the Veo Observer I also have.
The only downside - use caution and contact tech support if you plan to flash the firmware. I had one fail the process while connected in my network and it rendered the cam INOP.
Works Great Easy Setup March 8, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Setup was easy. From opening the box to working locally and on the WEB within 15-20mins. Install could not have been easier. DNS service included free. Signing up took 5mins and my camera was on the Web soon after. Even went to the support site and upgraded to the latest f/w. Nice had package for monitoring our vacation home.
Excellent little cam, networking was a major headache March 1, 2006
18 out of 26 found this review helpful
First the camera:
+ Loving the pan and tilt
+ Works well over a home DSL connection - adequate refresh rates in both 320 and 640 modes
+ Viewnetcam service is a lifesaver - much easier to remember a user-selected URL (e.g., xxx.viewnetcam.com) than a cryptic IP address
+ Nice ability to disable the light showing the cam is in operation - not very stealthy if someone in your home knows that the camera is on by looking at the indicator light
- No audio (I knew this up front)
- No zoom (knew this too)
If that was it, I'd say this is a great value and might even give the camera 5 stars.
However, the whole point of a security webcam is to access it when you're not around and this is where Panasonic fails miserably. User manual is too simplistic to be of much use if you need to manually configure your router for port forwarding. I learned more about routing tables, forwarding ports, static NAT and a host of other things than I ever wanted, or should have needed, to learn in order to get this working. This despite the fact that my router supposedly supported uPnP (plug and play). I split the blame across Panasonic (poor manual / instructions), Westell (horrific wireless router) and Verizon (my DSL provider who told me they don't support, and can't help me figure out, port forwarding using my Westell router). Where did I get this router? Verizon of course! I didn't have a choice.
So all in all, I'd give 5 stars for the camera, 0 stars for Verizon, 1 star for the panasonic manual and 0 stars for Westell. Also Google wasn't much help in finding an answer, let's give them 2 stars on this one.
WEB CAM October 24, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Excellent in every aspect. Very nice support from Panasonic and the viewcam software. I have added four more at my house and they are still going strong.
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