D-Link DCS-940L 640 x 480 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless N H.264 Network Camera

Pros: Good product for monitoring with a Windows PC with Java Plug in

Cons: The apps for iPhone and Android are rated 1 star by most users. In fact, I cannot find an app that supports this model of camera -- check carefully -- mydlink lite and others do not include this model on the list

Other Thoughts: I have spent maybe 3 hours on 4 separate calls with DLink support. They act like it can be fixed but I think they know the apps work for very few people. I have an iPad 1, iPad 3, iPhone 4s and original Kindle Fire. The ONLY one that works is the Kindle Fire, and then only in the house on the same network. Leave your home, and none of the apps will work even after updating camera software and even after updating the apps. On Apple products, the app will crash the moment it opens

Pros: Sturdy base/mounting hardware. Nice resolution for price-point

Cons: Limited MacOS/Linux support (requires ActiveX for configuring motion detection and for recording video).

Pros: I am struggling to find any. The camera appears to work pretty well in low light. I have hung on to this camera in the hope of firmware / support improvements... But they haven't come.

Cons: I've had this camera almost 2 months and even though D-Link has released two App updates for ios5 issues and the release of ios6 this camera still crashes the mydlinklite app. I also purchased the mydlink+ app and the app is unable to ever connect to this camera. Remote access appears only available on a Windows PC.

Other Thoughts: I purchase hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment for my business, and currently D-Link is contacting me about becoming a VIP+ partner. I don't think I am interested if you are going to not support you products. I have now seen the more expensive Logitech cameras in action and viewed on an iPhone.... If you are looking for a remote camera solution, then maybe looks at those.

Pros: I can watch my dog sleep.

Cons: Needs lower and slower settings to function as a smartphone IP camera. The error messages on mydlinklite app are not helpful. Dlink did not reply to my request for help and their site's FAQs did not have information to help me. Picture is okay, like bank/security cameras a few years ago. Most security cameras pics I see these days are better than this, you don't have to be their mom to recognize them as you would have to be with this cam.

Other Thoughts: My prior 1 star review was wrong, sort of. I had gone to mydlink.com and under advanced settings had set what I wanted the camera to do and it wasn't working. I went back and chose lower settings and it will work as a smartphone IP camera. As you raise the settings you can watch the picture fail on your phone seconds later. You have to chose lower and slower settings. The higher settings worked in a browser on a pc, just not on a phone.

Pros: microphone works

Cons: Needs to be close to the router as in the same room. Or, I got it to work wired to a pc which was wifi connected to my router. By itself, its range is one room, no walls between it and a router. Only works with internet explorer. I was able to use it and watch my son play WOW from another room. Saved me walking in there. Otherwise, why have this. It does NOT work with the mydlinklite app so I can't use it away from home. My employer wouldn't like me using their electrons on one of their vintage dell pcs to watch rom work and I am in the field mostly so it is useless to me if it won't work with our galaxy s2 or galaxy s3 phones.

Other Thoughts: Even if the problem is the mydlinklite app and they upgrade/fix the app to work with samsung phones it still has such poor wireless range that I don't know if it is worth bothering with. I guess it depends if you want to aim the camera at something in the room with your router or if you have a network connected pc you can connect it to with cat-5.

Pros: Inexpensive and has nice packaging.

Cons: Not up to par with other D-Link cameras. Cheaply built, can't view from anything except PC. They almost appear to be knock-offs.

Other Thoughts: Don't fall for the 940L. Get the 930, 932 or 942. They all work fine. I have 16 total in 4 locations.

Pros: The cams video stream can be viewed using the web browser (IE only, doesn't work with chrome) of a PC using the devices IP address. Setup wizard included on CD was relatively easy and straight forward.

Was able to setup and connect to wireless.

Cons: Unable to get video to show on any devices using the "mydlink lite" app. Tried it on iphone 4, iphone 4s, ipad and Android, the app either times out, gives an error or crashes and exists to desktop. Even after I upgraded the cams firmware version from v1 to v1.0.34, no change. There weren't even release notes for the upgrade, why not?

Tried to configure using netbook that didn't have a CD drive so I downloaded the install wizard from Dlinks website. Got an error about being unable to find Safari web browser. I downloaded the Windows specific version yet it prompts for Safari, ehhhh?

Ended up using a desktop to configure the device which went pretty well all things considered.

Created tech support ticket with DLINK, but in trying to search online for error codes or support of this model there really isn't much.

Other Thoughts: The whole reason I got it was because of the apps for apple and android devices. The setup was quick, but since the mydlink app doesn't work it is so far a huge disappointment.

Had firmware rev 1.0 out of the box. Upgraded to v1.0.34 but there aren't even any release notes to know what was addressed.

Will update if/when I hear back from Dlink Tech support.

Technically the web cam is working, just not with the Apps. Considering the whole reason I bought the thing was for the supposed ease of access on different devices I am giving this a 2 out of 5.

Pros: Cheap when on sale. Was able to nail down the IP address to avoid DHCP after reading the manual and setup WPA personal security for WiFi.

Cons: Cheap. First one was DOA. Read other reviews about slow frame rate and poor low light performance. Browser must be IE.

Pros: It was on sale

Cons: First one was DOA. It got very hot after a few minutes and never communicated. I'm waiting on the replacement.

Pros: Easy to set up when directions are followed. When on sale, a very good value. Picture quality is acceptable. Range is average. mydlink.com works nicely. In bright conditions, streaming 25-30 FPS H.264 video @ 640x480. FPS goes down significantly with less light, but low light picture is still ok. Audio performance also acceptable. Happy with (sale) price performance ratio.

Cons: Though satisfactory, I would have expected better video at this MSRP point. Definitely not worthy of a (Newegg) $159.95 price tag. Under $70 though is reasonable. 940L model difficult to locate on dlink website. Discontinued?

Other Thoughts: Bought a total of 3 to add to exisiting setup. Appears to be easy to configure if your network is solid. Have powered off and on several times without obtaining new IP as others have experienced. Will buy more when on sale again.