1.24.2006

Toddler TV from MobiCam

My MobiCam Wireless NightVision Cameras and AV Receiver finally arrived, and we now have fun watching the Fiona channel whenever our Sony babyCall monitor alerts us that our toddler is awake or stirring. The only negatives I've found so far are that 1) the cameras require users to manually switch between NightVision and Color -and- 2) they broadcast over 2.4 GHz, so if you have 2.4 GHz cordless phones (or a wireless baby monitor) you'll occasionally have interference or worse, lose the video entirely. There are 3 different channels you can select to reduce this interference, but I haven't been able to completely eliminate it.

The cameras do have audio, but it's not great, so I normally mute the sound and rely on the other baby monitor for audio.

I'm not afraid of running wires through walls and into the attic and would still like to find a good (but inexpensive) setup with infrared cameras and a receiver that connects to a TV allowing viewers to watch each or all of the cameras, but until then the MobiCam system gets an 8 out of 10.