WiLife LukWerks Starter Kit

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4.5 stars

"The Ideal Video Surveillance System, Finally!"

by gadgetzen on March 29, 2006

Pros: Easy to set up and use. Great recording on motion. Very good video quality. Great suction cup mounting.

Cons: A bit of work getting the cameras focused just right, otherwise none.
Summary: After trying the low-end solutions like X-10, D-Link, and Linksys, I was looking for something that would work and had decent recording capabilities. I ran across this in December and it worked better than I had expected at that price, far far cheaper than the other systems I was considering. I was a bit put off by the price thinking I was back into the same class as the other products I had tried, but I couldn't have been happier.

Video quality is very good, much better than I expected for powerline networking. It took a bit of trial and error to get the motion zones set up and triggering on what I wanted but ignoring motion I didn't want, but I got it pretty close.

The only downside is that the PC I wanted to use didn't have any spare wall outlets near it so I had to use a different machine in another room. I also had problems getting to outlets near where I wanted to put the cameras, but a little rearranging and an extension cord solved that. I would have liked to use an existing CAT-5 I had nearby for one of the cameras them though, but it all worked out.

Unlike the C-Net reviewer, I didn't have any problems setting up the system on the two computers I tried. Both went without a hitch of any kind.

As for hanging the camera on the window with a suction cup, why hasn't anyone else thought of that before? I love the shape of the camera as well. The blinds can close without touching the camera. Nice touch.

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reply by: ericjfrench on April 26, 2007

was a bit of a pain...but I used extension cords and they worked fine.

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reply by: gary85739 on March 30, 2006

WIRELESS cameras, connections,etc...

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