StarDot NetCam - 640x480

Gatto Nero · 02-05-2008, 10:44 AM

Is anybody using the standard StarDot NetCam with the a 1/3" Sharp 640x480 RGB Frame-Transfer CCD? I'm thinking of upgrading but don't want to break the bank and I may have found one of those on the cheap.

Lakegeezer · 02-05-2008, 03:12 PM

I'd love to have the megapixel version, but can't find one of those cheap. Instead, I've settled on the standard 640x480 and it works fine. I also splurged for the temperature/humidity probe. Ebay was my source, and they were cheap - but both failed. The good news is that Stardot fixed one for free and replaced the other for not much money. The cameras work good in very cold weather. I added a wireless bridge to mine, so it can work far away from the house, but have found that the wireless bridge fails at about 15 degrees. If you buy a used one, make sure its a V2 and not V1. Those are not supported any more if they have a hardware failure. Its so nice having the camera! For example, today, I'm far away on a business trip, and was able to watch the snow pile up. Its almost (but not quite) like being there.

Gatto Nero · 02-05-2008, 04:08 PM

LG, do you have a public web cam that I could look at?

wifi · 02-05-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gatto Nero

.... do you have a public web cam that I could look at?

You can also look at:

http://www.lakesregionwireless.net/webcam.html

The main picture is from the top of the Ossipees (daylight hours), on the top right is the Moultonboro Bay Cam link. They both are 640x480 V2 cams.

02-05-2008, 10:44 AM	#1
Gatto Nero Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Isola Gatto Nero Posts: 696 Thanks: 162 Thanked 263 Times in 81 Posts	StarDot NetCam - 640x480 Is anybody using the standard StarDot NetCam with the a 1/3" Sharp 640x480 RGB Frame-Transfer CCD? I'm thinking of upgrading but don't want to break the bank and I may have found one of those on the cheap. __________________ La vita è buona su Isola Gatto Nero

02-05-2008, 03:12 PM	#2
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,657 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 342 Thanked 618 Times in 278 Posts	Got two I'd love to have the megapixel version, but can't find one of those cheap. Instead, I've settled on the standard 640x480 and it works fine. I also splurged for the temperature/humidity probe. Ebay was my source, and they were cheap - but both failed. The good news is that Stardot fixed one for free and replaced the other for not much money. The cameras work good in very cold weather. I added a wireless bridge to mine, so it can work far away from the house, but have found that the wireless bridge fails at about 15 degrees. If you buy a used one, make sure its a V2 and not V1. Those are not supported any more if they have a hardware failure. Its so nice having the camera! For example, today, I'm far away on a business trip, and was able to watch the snow pile up. Its almost (but not quite) like being there. __________________ -lg

02-05-2008, 04:08 PM	#3
Gatto Nero Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Isola Gatto Nero Posts: 696 Thanks: 162 Thanked 263 Times in 81 Posts	LG, do you have a public web cam that I could look at? __________________ La vita è buona su Isola Gatto Nero