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 Just as expected... August 19, 2007
K. Asher (Ashland, OR United States)
Camera I got worked fine, no problems with it breaking or anything.
It's also black, a good thing, you wont find others in this style and size that are black.
Price is spendy for this camera, it's not very good quality, does have an auto iris, which is nice in dark areas, but slows down the capture speed. Quality of video is subpar, i had to even knock down the settings just so it would go faster than 1-2 fps. In good light, it does work ok, around 6-12fps, but when I say good light, i mean very well lit.
Software that comes with webcams aren't ideal, this one i didn't even bother. I'm using Cam Wizard, works great, but that's the software, not the camera.
Camera is USB1, so the speeds are slow. Like I said, it's "Just as expected" because i wasn't expecting much. If you want a good webcam, and don't care about color (main reason i got this and form factor), then get a AOC PCC-DC1120 USB 2.0 VGA Web Cam with Microphone (link below has it), works MUCH better.
I wish amazon sold the following camera, it's MUCH better, and CHEAPER. Does work with 40fps as well as advertised.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PCC-DC1120&cat=VID
You get subpar for the money that's for sure with this product, i wouldn't bother again.
So-So product July 17, 2007
J. E. Topete (Orange County California)
I can't say that I own very many of these things, this was in fact my first venture into USB webcams. I was a bit disappointed in the software that came with it and as many have pointed out, image is decent in well lit areas but not at all acceptable in darker settings. USB is the only cost effective way to go for chat cams were quality isn't critical.
 You do get what you pay for... January 16, 2007
Sacredtouch
I like the gooseneck on this webcam - It allowed me to tape it to my window (unlike a bulkier camera) with package tape so I can watch the street activity outside my apartment. There is no focusing apparatus on this camera, so once you get out of range the picture gets blurry. The install CD didn't work at all for me on my Win XP (service pack 2) computer. The program wouldn't even show up on the list of programs after installation. I found a trial of ActiveWebCam by www.pysoft.com -- It worked fine with the camera and allowed me to adjust the exposure. Another free software, Fwink, also worked with this camera. Indoors, the image was dark and grainy as others have mentioned, but it works acceptably well for casual purposes.
 Web cam January 12, 2007
Karthik Vasireddy
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I brought it 4 months ago.I found it very difficult to install the software required and make it running.So i had brought a new webcam. The piece is very worst.
Fast service, horrid product January 9, 2007
B. White (Yukon, Oklahoma USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tiger Direct sent this item quickly (Great service), but the webcam's quality was horrible. It had an orange tint, grainy resolution (even in good lighting) and no software at all except for outdated drivers. An absolute piece of junk -- I returned it the same day I received it.
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