airVision 2.0 Reviewed

Author: Sarit Williams, Published on Jun 12, 2013

After disrupting the wireless industry, Ubiquiti launched its attack into video surveillance. However, last year they were derailed by Chinese Counterfeiting craziness. Now, they have launched airVision 2.0. In this note, we review the key features and pricing of the airVision 2, compare it to a popular low cost HD IP kit and assess where this puts Ubiquiti in the market.

Release Overview

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Comments (11)

Mike Trinklein

06/13/13 04:08am

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John Honovich

IPVM | 06/13/13 04:18am

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Sean Nelson

Nelly Security | 06/13/13 07:50pm

** * ******* ** ****** *** ********'* "*******" *** *** actually ******** *******?

John Honovich

IPVM | 06/13/13 07:51pm

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Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 06/13/13 07:57pm

**** *****, ****. ** ** ***** ****** **** **** **** "airCam's".

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Sean Nelson

Nelly Security | 06/13/13 08:01pm

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Ben Wilks

06/18/13 04:02am

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Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 06/18/13 12:03pm

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Mike Dotson

Seneca | IPVMU Certified | 06/18/13 01:55pm

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Olaf Kreutz

06/18/13 04:46pm

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James Talmage

IPVMU Certified | 06/18/13 06:37pm

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