TRENDnet Megapixel Network Surveillance Camera with 2-Way Audio and Night Vision, TV-IP572PI (White)

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Product Feature

• See more with Megapixel resolution up to 1280 x 800 (WXGA)
• Night vision up to 7.5 meters
• No need to install this camera near a power source; power and data are received through a single Ethernet cable
• Program motion detection recording; recording schedules; email alerts and more with complimentary software
• 2-way audio

Product Description

Megapixel PoE Day / Night Internet Camera

TRENDnet Megapixel Network Surveillance Camera with 2-Way Audio and Night Vision, TV-IP572PI (White) Review

I just picked up a couple of these from Amazon's lightning deal for about a C note each. The image is OK in bright light. Out of the box, the contrast was too high and there was no detail in darker areas of the image. I dropped the contrast setting from 55 to 40 and it helped, but the lighter areas now look a bit washed out. This camera has pretty low dynamic range.
As the sun sets and the light level in the room starts to drop- not dark, just a little less bright than full sunlight, the image starts 'pumping', going from dark to light. It does this all night long until the next day when the sun is up and the room is really bright again. It seems to be trying to compensate for low light by gaining up, but then it drops back down again and just keeps repeating in a loop until there is enough light for the process to stop. I tried playing with all the settings, but none helped. I hope they release a firmware fix for this problem.
It does work fine with my Blue Iris software DVR.
I'll edit this review with more details once I have a chance to test it further.

Edit- I've got two of these TV-IP572W cameras running on my Blue Iris DVR now. I also have a couple of Trendnet TV-IP422W pan tilt cameras, a Panasonic BL-C131 pan tilt camera and a Loftek Sentinal D1 PTZ camera.
Of all my cameras, these new TV-IP572W cameras are the worst. The image from these cameras is fuzzy and looks slightly out of focus and the audio has a very noticeable 60Hz buzz. I've cleaned the lenses and adjusted the focus several times but they just don't get any better. They both also have the problem I mentioned above where the image from the cameras continuously fluctuates form dark to light when they are in a less than very bright environment. And they both have noticeably lower dynamic range than my other cameras.
I set up one of these TV-IP572W cameras next to my older TV-IP422W camera, looking at the same room in my house. The older camera had a sharper, clearer image and showed much better detail in both the darker and the lighter areas of the room. The newer TV-IP572W camera does not show any detail in the darker areas, and is washed out in the light areas.
I tested the power supplies under load, with the cameras on and running. The DC output is right on the money at 5VDC and the AC ripple is around 7mV. I opened up one of the cameras and there is no filter capacitor anywhere near the DC power connector. I didn't find any caps anywhere in the camera larger than surface mount. I might add a filter cap to the DC input just to see if it reduces the buzz in the audio.

These are listed as HD cameras but have worse image quality than my older, non-HD cameras. I don't recommend these cameras.

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