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Summary: Easy to use Video Phone
Review: I can't believe this is possible and so easy to use, yet everyone isn't doing it. Well I guess not everyone feels there is a need for a video phone just yet.
This one is great because all you need to do is place it atop your television, or empty spot in your entertainment center like us, and it will wirelessly connect to your wireless network in the home and you can call anyone else with a video conferencing unit, or other i2eye owners. My cousin has a unit at their home and we call each other all the time now. :)
The initial setup is fairly easy as long as you follow the directions in the easy setup guide they give you. We associated our i2eye with a phone number so other people with i2eyes just call us by typing in our phone number on the remote. Or use the speed dial with the remote. Only like 3 clicks and you're calling youre friends over the internet. Very cool.
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Summary: DVC-1100 comments
Review: I recently purchased a D-Link DVC-1100 to play with. I found its installation fairly straightforward. The price seems to be vary reasonable considering most of the video conferencing stuff out there seems to need monthly subscriptions for access. D-Link provides free connection services for anyone you wish to videophone (provided they have a D-Link videophone as well). They even provide two test phone numbers so you can evaluate your setup. Very handy.The manual walks you through the process of setting up the unit with a home network, but doesn't really address the possibility of someone using anything but all D-Link products (not surprising). I use a Linksys 4 port router and a wireless access point for my home network. Configuring them for the DVC-1100 is easy if you know some basics of the home network system you are using (ie: how to allow various port numbers to be enabled and pass through the router or how to set up a DMZ port). The wireless version (DVC-1100) can be connected via a wired home network if you wish. Once set up, the unit is controlled via a remote control (yet another one on my coffee table...I'm up to 7 of them now!). I connected the video and audio outputs through my A/V receiver by way of an aux. video port. All in all, a nice piece of gear for the computer geek who wants to see who they're phoning.
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Summary: Good video for home use.
Review: I use videoconferencing quite a bit at work and was skeptical of the quality before purchasing. I was impressed, this unit actually worked quite well for conferencing between our home and the grandparents.
The set up was easy and the user interface is simple to operate. This was an important factor for the grandparents' side of the equation. :)
Now we just need to get the rest of the family hooked up.
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Summary: A Nightmare
Review: My son, his wife and I (with 7 college and graduate degrees between us) spent the last 3 days trying to figure out how to set this up. I called D-Link tech support last night, waited 20 minutes only to have someone hang up on me. Called again and waited another 20 minutes for someone who told me he could only advise me if I had a D-Link router and to call my router company (if you have a Lynksys router, forget it. You call and wait to get your IP # for their box).
I finally got through and got the thing to work. Now we can't connect the two units. This is too hard. The product is not for the average computer-literate. I'm going to buy a Vialta.
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Summary: Affordable videoconferencing
Review: Pros: Very good video.
Cons: Sound quality is not very good.
We are using several of those units for telecommuters. It is excellent to have visual conferencing capability... however frequently we disable the sound and use (Polycom) phones for voice in the US. The sound for some strange reason works fine for intercontinental connections. Adding external microphone can be helpful in some cases.
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