I have 4 laview cams that I got at a great deal and they're ok. I don't bother with the software though and even getting a FW update is impossible. When I finally got a tech on the line, they said they don't do any FW update ever unless there's a problem existing thats stopping functionality. They admitted that they're afraid they'll brick something and instead just dont update it if its working. Therefore, I have 4 cameras with I think 2 different FW versions spread amongst them and I can't update them all to the same version.
not a very professional company for sure. If it werent for the fact that I have less than 20$ per camera invested in these, I'd be tossing them. At that price though, I live with it.