The IP Camera Store and IP Cam Blog

Coming up with the top 5 IP cameras was a no-brainer. These units are all top performers, are easily set up and require very little technical knowledge to get working. They make idea starter cameras for the larger home security project or may be ideal for simple tasks like alerting you by email with a picture or video clip when a door or a window is opened. For peace of mind when out of the house an IP camera is like having an extra set of eyes.

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Axis have released the latest version of their IP camera recording software Axis Camera Station with a raft of improvements and new features.

AXIS Camera Station 3.0 features an improved user interface and support for H.264 video compression standard. The new offering is part of Axis’ new generation network video products that take full advantage of their in-house developed ARTPEC-3 chip. The new product generation incorporates the H.264 video compression standard, which gives improved image quality, simplified deployment and management of large systems and better cost-efficiency.

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Network Webcams today releases JVC IP cameras for sale on its UK and European IP camera store.

The JVC range is a suite of advanced professional IP network security cameras within its JVCPro business design for CCTV, security and surveillance applications.

Prices start at £439 + vat for the JVC VN-V25U IP camera for Day and Night CCTV monitoring with Motion Detection PoE and Dual Streaming.

Visit JVC on Network Webcams’ UK and Europe IP Camera Store.

Network Webcams latest StreamdaysTRUESTREAM camera went live last night in the Glasgow Barber Shop of Paul Evangelista.

Evangelista’s is famous the world over for men’s barbering and now for pioneering online barbering.

View the live stream from Evangelista’s in Glasgow.

US Expansion

Network Webcams is moving into the US! Following our success in Europe and the UK, we have opened an office in the Big Apple and launched an IP camera store dedicated to the North American market. The new site, www.networkwebams.com, went live on 14th March 2008 and will be offering a wide range of quality IP products in a quickly expanding IP video market.

Panasonic Promotion 

Celebrating the move, we have re-launched our UK and European store on www.networkwebcams.co.uk with a spectacular offer giving away Free Software with any four Panasonic BB range cameras, saving customers a massive £239 (Euro 322).

Y-cam Introduction

With the launch of the US store we are also bringing Y-cam to the American market and these units are now available from within the US for the first time ever.

To learn more about Network Webcams and what we do, visit our group website on www.networkwebcams.net.

Network Webcams - The IP Camera Specialists

Network Webcams has won the Best Growth Award from Axis, the global market leader in network video.

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Whilst speaking to a customer on the phone recently I was asked whether the Axis 209FD-R is suitable for outdoor use.

Axis describes the camera as being able to “withstand vibrations, humidity, dust and temperature fluctuations”. The camera is also IP66 approved.

It may come as a surprise then that neither Axis, nor we at Network Webcams, recommend using the Axis 209FD-R outdoors. Sure it will deal with wind, rain and the occasional sub zero temperature but its downfall lies within its lens.

The Axis 209FD-R uses a fixed iris lens. This means it will struggle to deal with changing light conditions, hence making it fairly useless when you take it outdoors.

Incidentally, Axis has recently launched a megapixel version of the Axis 209FD-R with the unsurprising model name of Axis 209MFD. This is now available to buy from Network Webcams and will shortly be added to our online store, if you would like any further information in the meantime please give us a call on 0151 633 2111.

Y-cam MultiLive

We are happy to announce that the people at Y-cam have just launched a free software application which allows you to view live images from up to nine Y-cams simulataneously!

Free Software Download

Y-cam MultiLive is a security monitoring application which you can download for free directly from us here at Network Webcams. The application will allow you to monitor multiple Y-cams with audio using the White or Black models, all from the comfort of one screen.

Managed Video Clip Creation

The software helps manage the recording of video clips from all your connected Y-cams. Your recordings can be on-demand or set to record based on motion detection. Limits can be put in place to ensure that the amount of recordings does not exceed the amount of storage space available. A shortcut is provided in the application to take you directly to the folder where your recordings are saved, allowing quick access to your archives.

Main Features:

• Monitor up to 9 simultaneous live action views with audio listen-in
• Supports both Y-cam White and Y-cam Black or a combination of the two
• Full Screen mode. Utilise every inch of your monitor space
• Live video images scaled to fit screen or forced to correct aspect ratio
• Digital zoom control from application
• Start video clip creation on demand or based on motion detection
• Manage your recordings and storage space requirements
• Volume control

More Information:

Free download: Y-cam MultiLive Software

Y-cam White wireless IP security camera with audio listen-in
Y-cam Black wireless IP security camera, infrared night vision, audio listen-in

Once again, a Streamdays Webcam Hosting customer has made it into Earthcam’s global Top 25 webcams for the year. A regular fixture in the world of webcams this award is judged by celebrities and other luminaries of the webcam industry.

Judges this time included Michael Bay (Director of movie Transformers) and Lisa Hungness (WildCam Program, National Geographic Society).

This year our customer Atlante Star Hotel wins a placing for their webcam overlooking Vatican City in Rome, Italy.

Well done Atlante Star Hotel!

Happy New Year for 2008.

We’re celebrating the start of 2008 by slashing the price of one of our popular IP cameras, the Y-cam Black.

The Y-cam Black is a compact IP Network Camera allowing you to access live video from your local network or even across the Internet. Specifically designed for small business or home users, the Y-cam Black can be used in offices, reception areas, small retail outlets or for home security, giving peace of mind. It’s also ideal for use as a baby monitor, nurserycam, pet cam or for keeping an eye on elderly relatives.

The Y-cam Black features:

• Wireless 802.11b/g connectivity
• Night vision mode using its 30 built-in infrared LEDs
• 1-way audio. Listen in to sounds in the camera’s location
• Small and compact with multiple mounting options - ideal if you want to keep the camera discreet
• Video motion detection built in
• Record video clips with audio
• Free 5m power extension cable and free multi-camera viewing software

You can order in the UK and Europe by calling our sales team on +44 (0) 151 633 2111 or purchase below through our secure online store: Y-cam Black mini wireless IP camera

You can order in the U.S. by calling 516-522-2580 or purchase through our online store: Y-cam Black mini wireless IP camera

Delivery is free to mainland UK and continental U.S.

2007 has been a breakthrough year for us and we’d like to thank all of our customers for your continuing support.

You’ll know that this year has seen us launch new Streamdays Webcam Hosting services including a true video streaming system we concisely call StreamdaysTRUESTREAM. We launched a portal website for our Streamdays customers at www.streamdays.com and a dedicated website for our RemoteManager construction webcam service and have gone from strength to strength in our online IP cameras sales for home and business security.

One of our primary motivators for the year was to increase the number of ways we can support and inform our loyal customer base and we launched this blog and our IP camera support forum in order to do this. Both have been successful and we hope we can further improve our technical support and customer service in 2008. Telephone and email will still be the main ways we support you, but these other options mean you can also receive support from other customers and users.

The team here has grown too. We’ve recently welcomed new staff in both sales and technical and judging by our recent Christmas night out they’ve settled in rather well!

We’ve got some good things planned for 2008 and we’re working hard on these in the hope that the early part of 2008 will be another memorable period in the history of Network Webcams Ltd.

As always, we welcome any questions about our company and our services and look forward to providing you with IP cameras for many happy new years to come!

This is a small HOWTO: guide which will help you reset your Panasonic BL-C1 or BL-C20 IP camera should you forget the password and find yourself unable to connect.

This guide will be suitable for the following cameras:

• Panasonic BL-C1
• Panasonic BL-C20

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This is a small HOWTO: guide which will help you reset your Axis 206/7 IP camera should you forget the password and find yourself unable to connect.

This guide will be suitable for the following cameras:

• Axis 206
• Axis 207
• Axis 207W
• Axis 207MW

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Network Webcams Limited are proud to announce the launch of four new Streamdays Webcam Hosting products. Each Streamdays variant fulfils different requirements in a webcam system, but all offer hassle free, off-the-shelf webcam hosting.

These variants are as follows:

StreamdaysDIRECT - Simple and reliable business-class webcam hosting.

StreamdaysRELAY - High capacity webcam hosting for busy and popular websites.

StreamdaysTRUESTREAM - Streaming video webcams with unique features.

StreamdaysFREE - a free viewer with the same features as StreamdaysDIRECT, but without a guaranteed service level and suitable for anyone with a supported IP camera.

Compare the four Streamdays packages and decide which is best for you or your business:

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The long-awaited first film in the His Dark Materials saga premieres tonight at the Odeon Cinema Leicester Square. Our Streamdays customer Radisson Hotels have a webcam perfectly located to allow you to follow the red carpet action as it happens.

Check out the Leicester Square Film Premiere webcam here >>

3 Year Warranty

Did you know that almost all of the Axis cameras and network video products we sell through our online store come with a three year warranty? This covers all Axis network video products with the exception of their entry-level models, the Axis 206 and Axis 207(W/MW). These come with a one year warranty.

This increase in warranty came into affect from the 15th March 2007 and applies to purchases made from 1st January 2007.

“Axis specializes in professional, network video solutions and this extended warranty coverage—which is provided at no additional cost to our customers—strengthens the value of our offering to the professional market. The new warranty provides end users, systems integrators and resellers with secure, trouble-free ownership and better control of total costs.” - Anders Laurin, Axis’ executive vice president of corporate strategy.

The warranty covers defects in workmanship and materials for a period of three years from the date of purchase. If you have any problem with an Axis camera you purchased from Network Webcams then just contact us on 0151 633 2111 and we will facilitate its return on your behalf at no cost.

More details

Axis three year warranty

Axis three year warranty - press release 15.3.2007

Warranty Information (PDF 37.5KB)

Whenever a router is connected to the Internet it receives what is known as a public IP address. This is your identifier on the internet and is unique all over the world. However, internet service providers (ISPs) only have a set number of IP addresses which they can give to their customers. Because of this most ISPs will rotate their customers’ IP address each time they connect or reconnect to the internet, or as sometimes is the case, whenever they feel like it!

This can be a problem whenever you set up a camera using a domestic level broadband account. A fitting analogy would be to consider your home telephone number changing whenever BT felt like it. How would you be able to call home if you didn’t know your number?

There are however ways to combat this. You can often liaise with your ISP to secure yourself a static IP address, meaning your public IP address will never change, but you will often pay extra for this service.

The other alternative is to set up a dynamic DNS account. In order for this to operate a piece of software has to be set up on your router, camera or a local PC. This software periodically sends an update to the Dynamic DNS service to renew your IP address, keeping it current. It also has an added benefit of giving a meaningful name to your camera instead of an IP address making it easier to remember and will keep your camera connected to the Internet at all times, even if you change your ISP!

Many camera/router manufacturers support this feature in their devices. This article will look at how this is configured in a Panasonic camera using their free Dynamic DNS service: Viewnetcam.com.

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There is additional software which can be added to all IQeye cameras which provides an embedded recording solution without the need to install further client software on your PC. The software is called IQrecorder and we will show you how simple it is to install and configure.

In this HOWTO guide we will show you how to store your recordings to an FTP server as this will work for all camera models. Note though that some models contain a Compact Flash slot and you can configure your recordings to be stored on a removable Compact Flash card in place of an FTP server. Read more of this article…

Today sees the launch of www.remotemanager.co.uk a dedicated website for the RemoteManager product from Network Webcams Ltd.

RemoteManager is a turnkey webcam system for construction projects offering, primarily, progress monitoring, image archiving and time-lapse movies and project promotion.

The RemoteManager system is a combination of high quality cameras and communications hardware installed on a site plus a user-friendly web interface that provides access to the functions of the system online. Its operation is delivered as a managed , hosted service, ensuring maximum reliability and system support.

RemoteManager is currently used by some of the UKs largest construction companies such as Land Securities, British Land, Bovis, Birse, Jacobs Babtie and more.

View a live demo of RemoteManager.

For more information about RemoteManager or for a quotation for your construction project call 0151 633 2111.