Now using Panasonic BL-C140A

[azjerry]

Thanks for pointing out the ActiveX control. I don't use IE unless I have to so it would have taken a long time for me to find that.

That said, I just installed the ActiveX component on IE6 here at work. The motion image has has all sorts of weird color banding and then IE crashes after 5 or 10  seconds. But I could use the wheel to scroll the image before it crashed    I'm not too worried as it may well have to do with how the network is locked down here. And, as I said, there's nothing to zoom in on anyway.

[skyewright]

1.)   "SPLASH Resistant" means exactly that.  It's not WATERPROOF.  This means that it can probably handle water spray, but not direct contact with rain.

The UK sites (and maybe others?) quote IPX4. That's "the other sort of IP", i.e. Ingress Protection. The X in the solid objects position means "no protection of this type", the 4 in the water position means "protection from splashed water".

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, if mounting outside in "real" weather I'd probably put it in a well ventilated (for minimum condensation) glass fronted box...

[azjerry]

I think IPX4 is actually better than that. According to this site 1 is a light rainstorm, 2 light w/wind, 3 heavy rain and 4 splashing/spray from all directions.
http://www.ezscreen.com/ip_ratings.htm

Regardless mine in under the eaves so should be good to go.

[skyewright]

I think IPX4 is actually better than that. According to this site 1 is a light rainstorm, 2 light w/wind, 3 heavy rain and 4 splashing/spray from all directions.

I don't think that their idea of a "heavy rainstorm" coincides with mine 
and notice that mention of "(limited ingress permitted)".

Here I'd not trust anything less than a '6' for direct exposure to rain driven by storm force winds!

[Elderberry]

$176 shipped, pretty reasonable I think.

Would you mind sharing where you found that price. Best I could find googling around is in the $180's

Thanks
Mike

[aviva]

Would you mind sharing where you found that price. Best I could find googling around is in the $180's

Thanks
Mike

Here for example: $176 + free (ground) shipping. But...out of stock

[niko]

Here for example: $176 + free (ground) shipping. But...out of stock

That's where I bought mine last week 

[azjerry]

That's where I got mine as well. It was somewhere in the mid $170s.

[Elderberry]

Thanks everyone. I'll keep checking that site.

Mike

[hydrowx]

Is this a discontinued model? When I try to search for it on the panasonic site it can't be found?

[NorCal Dan]

I tried that as well, but I figured it was a new model.  You might be right that's it's been discontinued...

[niko]

I'm sure it was there last week

[TokKiwi]

I'm sure it was there last week

[azjerry]

It is a new model. Searching on google I found the press release announcing it and the related C-160A. More googling and I did find it on the English version of the Panasonic Japan website.

Why it's not on the US site? Who knows? Panasonic will probably drop it due to poor sales 

[hydrowx]

It is a new model. Searching on google I found the press release announcing it and the related C-160A. More googling and I did find it on the English version of the Panasonic Japan website.

Why it's not on the US site? Who knows? Panasonic will probably drop it due to poor sales 

I think this thread generated some new sales.

Thanks for the info.