While it was announced several months back, the innovative Vue Personal Video Network is only now shipping. The system aims to make home monitoring easier than ever. The introductory kits costs $299 and comes with two cameras, four mounts, and one wireless gateway. I’m crazy about the cameras, which are especially compact and can be positioned in any direction with the round peel-and-stick mounts. They attach to the mounts magnetically so you can swivel them around or even move them to a different mount with ease.
The cameras can last up to a year on one charge, since they operate only when you’re watching them. You can also schedule recording times, take snapshots, or share your videos and images over YouTube and Flickr. (There’s no audio, so you can only see what’s going on.) It’s easy to monitor your Vue network over a Web browser, and the company is now working on an iPhone app for on-the-go access.
Additional cameras cost $99 each, and the products are available from the Vue site or Amazon.
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