The dericam looks pretty dire to me, no where near real time
I do not understand this remark.
The dericam shows (near) real time streaming over the internet. OK there is a sub-second delay as the video image must be packed into HTTP packets and unpacked in either your browser of phone app. And yes, the quality and framerate is not HDTV.
Can you quantify your defintion of real time?
What quality / resolution are you looking for?
What frame rate are you looking for?