OK so I have 3 kids with both my girls I used regular voice monitors. With my newest bean my beautiful boy I decided I needed to upgrade. I got the LG video monitor.. OK so this is by far the best purchase I've made in a long time... During the day the monitor is colour.... It also has an option of zooming in you can add other hand held monitors... You can also speak through the monitor. At night it has night vision. The picture is always clear and I'm more at ease knowing I can watch him, also talk to him. They are very small considering and holds charge for a very long time... I highly recommend this to any mom out there or grandparents