Yes, I though about a baby monitor from babies r us and the like, but those with video capabilities are actually quite expensive and have very poor resolution and limited range. Using an IP cam was preferable because not only is it comparable in price, has better video and 2-way audio, but can i see it downstairs in my living room HTPC, in the office, and my Windows mobile cellphone. On top of that my parents, my inlaws, and close family can also see the baby and talk to him. I used to also be able to watch him from work, but i switched ISPs and the new guys block outgoing port 80, so i had to use a different port which happens to be blocked by my corporate firewall, but that's an entirely different issue.

I was just looking for a more mobile monitor for the ip cam, something we could set on the nightstand (rather than a laptop), take out to the deck, yard, etc. Again, i really appreciate all your help, and I'm sure it helped countless others reading this thread, but for some reason, i just couldn't get it to work.

The new device should work, given that it's an actual windows XP machine. The biggest downside is that it's only 256 MB of RAM, but i expect that to be sufficient for this application. It also has some other features that look quite nice on paper, but until i have it in my hands i really don't know how it's going to perform.