Reality TV Live from Your Baby’s Bedroom

November 3rd, 2009. By LucyC

A man in Illinois filed a lawsuit on Friday—a proposed class action—alleging that his recently purchased “Summer Day and Night Video Monitor” has broadcast capabilities he and his wife were not aware of. Oh boy… 

Wes Denkov bought the monitor for their infant son. His next door neighbors, coincidentally, had just had twins, and also have a baby monitor. One day, about six months after Wes’ son was born, his neighbors informed him that their monitor was receiving the audio and video from Wes’ baby monitor. 

Not surprisingly, the neighbor’s news set Wes’ mind racing as he realized that his wife , who would breastfeed their baby in the baby room at all hours of the day and night, could be seen and heard. Not only that, a little detective work on Wes’ part revealed that when he switched channels on his monitor he could hear and see his neighbors. Thank goodness they’re all on good terms… 

So, Wes calls the Summer Infant customer service line and is told that the device is NOT malfunctioning. And, if he wants to solve the problem, he should buy the more expensive model. (Hopefully that model doesn’t have a “record” option…) 

I couldn’t help thinking as I read this story that aside from the obvious privacy problems, what happens when you’re woken up at 3:00 in the morning—when you’re not at your most mentally alert—and you and don’t recognize the baby on the video monitor, or the person in the room with the baby? Surprise! Well, maybe that’s not a malfunction, but it could certainly cause one…

Tags: Baby Monitor

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