Testing No Config IP Camera Remote Viewing (StarVedia)

Managed IP Video is hot but one of the key practical problems is making installation simple. While local access is trivial, remote access of IP video can be challenging. Network cameras usually require network configuration, making users deal with technical details like opening up ports in firewalls and setting up dynamic domain names. These are the type of 'little' things that cause people to quit in frustration.

StarVedia is an IP camera manufacturer that provides remote access with no configuration and no knowledge about networking nor even IP addresses (see StarVedia's product demo clip). StarVedia primarily OEMs to Western manufacturers (while they will not disclose who, readers may be familar with their OEM partners marketing 'plug n play' IP cameras).

We have done a detailed test of StarVedia's 202 camera - a standard definition, MPEG-4 cube camera.

In our premium report, we provide:

• Daytime indoor and outdoor video clips at 128Kb/s and 1.5Mb/s
• Nighttime indoor and outdoor video clips at 128kb/s and 1.5BMb/s
• Screencast explaining the physical setup and components of the offering
• Screencast explaining the technical issues in configuring DDNS and port forwarding
• Screencast explaining the use and configuration of the StarVedia 202
• Bandwidth and Information Security test results