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Why Parents Should Use a One or Two Way Baby Monitor
- By John G. Kelly
- Published 09/30/2008
- Infants and Toddlers
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A one or two way baby monitor is the parents best friend when it comes to keeping watch on their babies. These devices provide extra eyes and ears to ensure the safety of the little one. In the past, baby monitors were simple gadgets that made use of a transmitter and receiver system. But now, as technology has progressed, so do the baby monitors. Today, digital baby monitors provide parents better quality and functionality.
Advantages of Digital Baby Monitors vs Analog Monitors
- Digital baby monitors make full use of modern digital technology thus giving them quite a bit of an edge against analog baby monitors.
When it comes to audio and video baby monitors, the sound quality offered by digital technology is much better than analog and far less subject to interference so you get clearer reception. They are generally more sensitive to sounds and give more detail in video. If you have grainy pictures on video that can be very annoying and take away the pleasure of watching your baby and the same goes for poor sound. Although I find taht poor sound is a lot more irritating than poor picture as it is very distracting.
- Analog baby monitor can often be listened in
on by people close by if they are on the same frequency. Maybe not too worrying for some but most parents prefer to keep all communication private. With the digital technology, privacy is maintained.
- Analog baby monitors also suffer from a short range issue. With digital monitors, the range of the devices has been extended making it more possible for the parents to roam around the house without worrying about getting out of range.
Disadvantages of Digital Baby Monitors
- Digital baby monitors do have some disadvantages. A controversial topic concerns the possible health risk. Since they use electro magnetic waves, this may cause health problems for vulnerable babies at their early development stage. If you are worried, put the baby monitor as far away as possible from the child without sacrificing the quality of monitoring. This way, exposure to the harmful radiation is at least minimized.
- Digital baby monitors are more expensive. This is normally for more advanced products. It will simply depend on your needs vs. your budget.
Conclusion
Digital baby monitors are the latest devices that have emerged from the baby monitor market. They have some edge over older analog products but the latter are nevertheless still effective.
Advantages of Digital Baby Monitors vs Analog Monitors
- Digital baby monitors make full use of modern digital technology thus giving them quite a bit of an edge against analog baby monitors.
When it comes to audio and video baby monitors, the sound quality offered by digital technology is much better than analog and far less subject to interference so you get clearer reception. They are generally more sensitive to sounds and give more detail in video. If you have grainy pictures on video that can be very annoying and take away the pleasure of watching your baby and the same goes for poor sound. Although I find taht poor sound is a lot more irritating than poor picture as it is very distracting.
- Analog baby monitor can often be listened in
- Analog baby monitors also suffer from a short range issue. With digital monitors, the range of the devices has been extended making it more possible for the parents to roam around the house without worrying about getting out of range.
Disadvantages of Digital Baby Monitors
- Digital baby monitors do have some disadvantages. A controversial topic concerns the possible health risk. Since they use electro magnetic waves, this may cause health problems for vulnerable babies at their early development stage. If you are worried, put the baby monitor as far away as possible from the child without sacrificing the quality of monitoring. This way, exposure to the harmful radiation is at least minimized.
- Digital baby monitors are more expensive. This is normally for more advanced products. It will simply depend on your needs vs. your budget.
Conclusion
Digital baby monitors are the latest devices that have emerged from the baby monitor market. They have some edge over older analog products but the latter are nevertheless still effective.