PC Pro Magazine have given our Y-cam Black SD wireless IP camera a “PC PRO Recommended” Award.

It starts “The Y-cam Black SD is a compact network camera that’ll stand guard over your home or business. It doesn’t swivel or zoom[...], but it has a decent 53-degree horizontal field of vision, and with its sturdy metal bracket you can mount it at any angle you choose”.

The review continues with how easy to use the camera is, and how our online web-console for controlling settings is “slick and usable”.

Reporter Darien Graham-Smith sums up that “the Y-cam Black SD is a breeze to use, and produces clean footage. It isn’t the most advanced, but for day and night surveillance it works brilliantly.”

Read the full article >>

Network Webcams, our partner here in the US and in the UK, have posted their evaluation of the Y-cam Bullet (now to be available here in the US) outdoor-ready IP camera.

Their thorough evaluation describes what’s in the box, talks about the new metal casing, our true day/night functionality (infra-red cut filter), our support for Power over Ethernet (PoE), two-way audio and the easy setup common to all of our cameras.

Read the Y-cam Bullet evaluation here >>

We’ve updated our Where to Buy pages to include a new distributor (ABP International) and two new specialized suppliers NetworkCameraStore and G.E. Technology.

We’re working to add more suppliers and distributors to the site to make it easier to choose where you buy Y-cam.

Choose your Y-cam supplier >>

The UK’s ComputerActive magazine has reviewed the Y-cam Black SD. In the review they say:

“Many of the ones we have looked at, though, have been expensive and hard to set up. At almost £200, the Y-Cam Black SD is still expensive but it is easy to use. Like most network cameras, the Y-Cam Black SD is primarily intended as a security device for monitoring a home or office when you are away, or perhaps just for keeping an eye on a sleeping infant at night.”

Here in the US the Y-cam Black SD can be found for less than $300.

Read more at ComputerActive >>

Alongside the Y-cam Black SD (which has been available for a number of weeks) the Y-cam White SD and Y-cam Knight SD have landed are now both available for purchase today.

The Y-cam White SD is a compact home security camera for daylight monitoring.  It features wireless connectivity, 1-way audio, on-camera recording with micro SD cards, motion detection alarms, video/image tranfer by FTP and much more…

The Y-cam Knight SD is the white version of the Y-cam Black SD which is less obstrusive allowing it to blend well with interiors.  It is a night vision camera and features all the same functionality of the Y-cam Black including built-in infrared illumination, wireless connectivity IEEE802.11b/g, recording to micro SD memory cards, 1-way audio listen-in, motion detection alarms, video capturing, image and video tranfer to FTP etc.

Don’t forget that the Y-cam SD Series are Mac compatible.

More information:

Y-cam White SD
Y-cam Knight SD
Y-cam Black SD

The latest firmware update for our Y-cam SD range has now been released and is available for download in the Downloads section of our global website.

This latest firmware, version 4.08, utilises the SD’s redesigned chipset, and allows us to bring full Mac compatibility to the entire SD range (utilising Quicktime for display of video with sound, and Flash for motion detection setup).

The power of using 3rd party plugins such as Quicktime and Flash allows the Y-cam to be less dependent on Microsoft’s ActiveX plugin, which has previously been required to enable and modify motion detection settings. The camera will now auto-detect which version of the camera software to use dependent on your system setup.

Updates in the SD settings also allow the introduction of an FTP video sending function, aswell as fixes to other minor software bugs.

These latest updates really brings the Y-cam to the front of the wireless network camera market – fully compatible with PC and Mac systems, excellent motion detection, built-in DVR (via SD card slot), wireless connectivity, and much more… The Y-cam SD is a truly all-in-one surveillance solution.

The firmware is a recommended update for all Y-cam SD users.

Computer Shopper (UK) Magazine have reviewed our latest model the Y-cam Black SD in their January 2010 issue, giving the camera 5 stars, and a coveted Best Buy award.

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