Ubiquiti Micro HD Camera Tested

Author: Derek Ward, Published on Jul 13, 2015

With nearly $600 million in revenue, Ubiquiti has become a major force in wireless networking and a very common one for wireless video surveillance deployments.

Back in 2011, Ubiquiti came out with the industry's first $100 HD IP camera line, which was groundbreaking at that time (see IPVM's test results).

Now, Ubiquiti has released the HD Micro camera. We bought one, shown below:

Can Ubiquiti replicate what it did in wireless networking to video surveillance?

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Sean Nelson

| 07/13/15 01:29pm

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Matt Ion

In reply to Sean Nelson | 07/13/15 11:25pm

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| 07/13/15 02:08pm

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In reply to John Robinson | 07/13/15 02:15pm

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IPVM Admin | In reply to John Robinson | 07/14/15 02:15pm

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IPVM Admin | In reply to John Robinson | 07/14/15 02:18pm

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| 07/13/15 09:48pm

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IPVM Admin | In reply to Jason Spielfogel | 07/13/15 10:12pm

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Jon Dillabaugh

| 07/13/15 11:03pm

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Jason Wallace

IPVMU Certified | 07/14/15 06:38am

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John Robinson

In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/14/15 12:52pm

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Matt Ion

In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/14/15 02:24pm

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In reply to Matt Ion | 07/14/15 02:35pm

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Matt Ion

In reply to John Robinson | 07/14/15 02:42pm

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Jason Wallace

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Matt Ion | 07/16/15 09:16pm

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In reply to Jason Wallace | 07/16/15 11:36pm

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Andres Agredo

IPVMU Certified | 07/14/15 08:55pm

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DC Long

| 07/14/15 11:27pm

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| 07/16/15 06:17pm

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Kyle Folger

IPVMU Certified | 10/01/16 05:47am

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