Toshiba IK-WB16A 2 Mega Pixel IP/Network Camera with PTZ, PoE, 3.6mm Lens, 1600x1200 Resolution and Free Recording Software Review

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(More customer reviews)Well, I have purchased this camera, since it is a replacement for IK-WB15A, and it is not available any longer... I`ve had a good experience with toshiba cameras (IK-WB15A and IK-WB21A, which I consider best in class), and this one is not an exception. The camera has modern, even futuristic look, it is aesy to install and comes with all accesories. 2 MP sensor, delivers great image (great quality and great (huge) size, asl well), under normal light conditions (daylight), under low light consitions, the image become pretty noisy, which is not good. IK-WB15A and 21A have and exceptional sensitivity (0.001 lux, if I`m not mistaken), and great image, even in almost completely dark invironment... Sure, IK-WB15 had a CCD sensor, and this time they used CMOS, which is good, but not at night... Toshiba has choosen a huge image, but they have sacrificed the quality... Also I miss optical zoom... I think, that Megapixel images are good, but they are not so practical for surveillance purposes, since they are huge, or mercyless compression must be used in order to save some disk space... I think an 1280x800 is more than enough, but there is nothing like an optical zoom and good sensitivity for low light conditions...
returning to the camera: a good point is a software supplied with the camera: of course it is not Milestone, but it is good, and it is free...
Trying to resume all this:
Pros:
* 2 MP sensor, with good image quality under day light
* Dual streaming
* Dual power supply: PoE or 12VDC
* Free software included
* Bi directional audio
Cons:
* Low image quality under low light conditions
* Digital zoom only
* PTZ respose time is longer than previous models (even over ethernet)
* The software included seems to work with this model (IK-WB16A) only
Conclusions:
This camera is a good value for a fair price, despite some flaws and "downgrades" Toshiba has added to it

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