Besides producing communication equipments, Motorola has long been producing baby monitor that applicates modern technology.  MBP36 is only one example of them.

As the latest product of Motorola Digital Video Baby Monitor (and also the latest in technology), Motorola MBP36 has been sold worldwide.  Many parents around the globe have already used this product and satisfied with its performance.  Here are some testimonies of the users.

 

Perfect Monitor (Mrs. Robinson, Atlanta, GA)

I have been researching for weeks now, reading every review on Amazon and other sites and decided to order the Motorola MBP36.

When I wrote this review a few weeks ago, a second monitor was not available anywhere. Although they are not available on Amazon yet (as of 9/1/2011), they are available online at other major baby stores where you “buy” stuff for babies (hint hint). I just ordered one today, which now makes this the perfect monitor.

The LCD screen is huge.  It is 3.5″ diagonally. For reference, an iPhone is 3.7″. The aspect ratio is a bit more square than an iPhone, but you get the idea. The unit is very thin, its about as thick as a typical men’s wallet. It is lightweight, has a nice kick stand that seems very sturdy and nice, grippy rubber feet on the bottom that are very unobtrusive but work great. There is an antenna across the top back that can flip up if you need it to get better reception, but we have never needed it, even when two floors away. There are 4 buttons on each side of the screen, 4 directional that control camera, volume, menu navigation, a menu button, an “ok” button, a video on/off button and a microphone button. They are well placed, it is not a huge problem to have to hit the menu to get to volume, we had to do the same on the Summer Bestview and it is the first menu option (i.e. hit the menu button and it is already in the volume option, so just hit up/down from there).

As you can tell from the pictures, the unit has pretty good industrial design too, which seems to be the trend in baby monitors now. Battery life is decent, it works enough to have a daytime nap and then use it again in the evening without charging in between. Your not going to get more than 3-4 hours out of it if you use the LCD a lot though. There is a series of LEDs across the top that indicate how much noise your kids are making, and there is a very accurate temperature display (based on reviews, sounds like Samsung temp is off by 10 degrees, but this unit matches the thermostat outside the room so I’m assuming spot on).

About the camera, the ability to scan and pan is great, very quiet and no likely to disrupt your kid. There is a small green LED on the front of the camera, but you can’t see the infrared lights in the dark (unlike our Summer Bestview which looks like 10 little LEDs in the dark). The zoom is not great, kind of hard to get to on the menu and it is only a digital zoom that crops the center of the picture and doubles it. It is small and can be placed pretty much anywhere. The picture that it sends to the handheld unit is great (as far as baby monitors go). It isn’t going to win a technical Oscar, but it is very clear. The huge LCD screen helps. In daylight it is incredibly crisp and vibrant. I haven’t noticed any interference with WiFi, but haven’t really tested either. It operates at 2.4GHz and we mostly have 5Ghz 802.11n devices, so we are in a different bandwidth that doesn’t conflict.

If you have additional cameras (up to 4), you can set the monitor to manually scan through them, it will stay on each one for 12 seconds based on what it says in the manual. You can have up to 4 cameras, but there is no ability to see multiple ones on the the screen at once (like the Lorex).

I can say without reservation that Motorola MBP36 deserves 5 stars after a 3 full weeks with it. My wife loves the size of the screen, the light weight monitor, the portability, ease of use etc. Its a very cool product.

 

Worth Every Penny (no name)

After trying and trying…, finally we got Motorola Digital Video Baby Monitor (the Mbp36).  The daytime picture was by far the best of all the fully digital monitors and it has all the features we were looking for. The microphone seems to be as good as the other brand monitor, and the night vision picture is decent.  Ultimately, I think there’s something with fully digital picture that just makes the night vision a little less crisp. The music seems to be at an appropriate volume, but we’ll likely never use that. I love being able to remind my daughter to get back in bed via the monitor, and the pan and tilt are very quiet. Having been through several monitors in the last week or two I can say without a doubt that this is the best of the lot, and worth every penny!

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