WiLife Digital Video Security Camera Indoor Master System

User Reviews about Logitech WiLife Digital Video Security--Indoor Master System Camera

This product seems fine, works great, does what is advertised and is easy to use--for people with the right internet connection. HOWEVER--if you are a Satellite Internet user, you can not download live video nor view saved video. READ ALL FINE PRINT before you purchase and make sure the product will work with your computer and your internet system. The product works fine on my DSL at my cabin where I have it set up, however, when I go to my home to view the streaming video or to watch a playback of a recorded video from the Wilife website, my Satellite connection does not allow me to see the pictures.

According to customer support:

"On our website, and in the product documentation you will find that it requires an "Always-on broadband Internet connection like DSL, Cable Modem, or T1".

A Satellite connection does not have the bandwidth required, to stream video consistently. Youtube for example is able to buffer and store video files locally, ours however is a live stream.

Our system requirements are in the Product Documentation and on our website.[...]. -- WARNING TO SATELLITE INTERNET USERS!!!!

This camera system works as described. Setup was easy, and the picture quality is what I would expect for the price range. The higher-end features are subscription only, such as email and text alerts, and digital zoom/pan/tilt; but the standard setup is exactly what I was looking for, and at a good price.

I'm not sure about product life span, I guess I'll have to check back in a year or so and see if my cameras are still working. -- WiLife Indoor Camera System

We have a second home about an hour away and I wanted a fast internet connection to use when we were there but the extra $49 month was hard to accept when we are there but a couple of days per month. Paying for monitored security was $35 from an outside company, so I upgraded to the faster DSL, installed these camera's (3). We now can go on line and look at who is in the driveway, who is on the beach or boat house and see in the great room. When there is activity the software sends out an alert to my cell phone and email plus my wives. We can look at the picture that is sent along with it or go on line and look at live video or the recorded clip that sent the alert. I had no idea how often someone comes up our driveway, now have a record of it. I set up a separate hard drive in a hidden location in the building that is accessed over the network, so if someone comes in and takes the computer we will still have the video. it works great, It would be nice to have better quality pictures and video, it is adjustable and I have it set and max resolution at minimum frames per second which makes the video jumpy, but the image is good. I can read the license plates, but it would be difficult to get a facial image of enough quality to id someone with certainty unless they came close to the camera. the low light level ability is poor, but given that the bad guys would have to turn on the lights to see, I think it is OK. -- Works for our vacation Home

I have had my wilife system for a year now. I have had one camera burn out. We have a lot of thunderstorms and power surges, but the two cameras I have now have lasted through a lot of bad weather, one for a year and one 9 months. They upgraded the software recently and I had a time when I did not get alerts, but I changed the sensitivity on the cameras and now I am getting them again. This system has been so user friendly that I bought two more cameras today. I wish I could figure out how to view my cameras with a Iphone/Touch/Ipad. Overall two thumbs up. -- wilife after a year