[TowerTalk] Radio shack Web-remote TV camera

[David Robbins]

You might take note, this is not a camera, it is just a usb video capture
box and software.  As such I doubt it could control x-10 devices in the
house, unless maybe it has some other connection to a power line to send the
commands to them.  There is free or cheap software out on the web that does
the web interface, video streaming, audio streaming, and even camera
control.  And you can get cameras that plug directly into usb or that go
directly into an Ethernet or wireless 802.11 network... some of the network
compatible ones even include the webserver right in the camera so no pc is
required.  This sale looks like a closeout of what is basically an obsolete
box, and when I brought up the web page it says its out of stock on-line and
via phone, so its only in stores that happen to have it sitting there... the
only real use would appear to be if you had an existing video camera and
wanted to capture the video to a pc that didn't come with some other kind of
video capture device.

David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of jimjarvis at comcast.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 14:22
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radio shack Web-remote TV camera
> 
> TT:
> 
> >From the advert, it would appear that this box will permit you to control
> lights or appliances via an X-10 interface, as well as video-capture on
> motion-sense.  Or,
> alert via e-mail on motion sense.
> 
> What we don't know is whether the software enables this to be done
> readily, or if it's a pain to deal with.   Or, how much of your computer
> resource it will consume when in a "monitor" mode.   Can it run as a TSR
> in a station-control logging environment, for example, without impacting
> station operation.
> 
> Answer is...ya gotta go to RS and look at it...and possibly even buy and
> try the danged thing, to know.
> 
> Anybody actually try one, yet?   As for me,  I'm packing to move, and
> "stuff" is flowing out and away, not in.   Maybe I'll look at it after the
> move.
> 
> n2ea
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