webcam recommendations?

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:36 pm

i am so annoyed @ myself 'cause i made some notes w/links, and now i cannot find it.

anyway,,,

will be used w/Dell Inspiron laptop
and
will be used w/Skype.

i did visit Dell site and also the Skype forums.
i saw 1 on Dell site, but when i checked reviews, saw many comments about that particular webcam always wanting to set up for MSN and having probs setting it up w/Skype.

i saw that some had inbuilt microphones and some did not.
i saw that some required drivers and some did not.

i haven't a clue as to webcams or what i should look for, ~ just want something in a decent price range that will work w/Skype, with a laptop.

{ i wouldn't be bothering w/webcams, but i just got back in touch w/my cousin in europe, and she suggested it. }

help, pls!

thank you! : )

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:20 pm

i have both the vx-3000 and vx-7000...they work well and the software you install with them is fairly flexible.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digit ... px?pid=011

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:53 pm

i have a microsoft vx -3000 and a vx 5000 and there both great !

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:03 pm

thank you for giving me somewhere to start, b-1 and reno

the vx-3000 or 5000 is more the price range i can afford right now.

i have Intel Core Duo 1.66Hz, should be ok?

do you use a headset/headphones w/either of those?

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:24 pm

i've used both the built in mic and a headset for mine. one is for work (video conferencing)...the other i've used with live messenger, etc and haven't had a problem. i think that cpu should be fine (although i haven't looked at the specs required).

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:25 pm

oh, here are the specs on the 7000...

Intel Pentium® III 700 MHz (Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz recommended) or higher, 256 MB of RAM or higher

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:30 pm

they work just fine on your system !
im using a AMD 2600 (1.8) and no problems at all !

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:42 pm

I find the headphone/microphone to be the easiest for communicating...unless you're gonna be dancing around or something.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:37 am

thank you, b-man : )

k, and no, lol, ~ no dancing around, john ; )

for LifeCam VX-3000:
"Intel Pentium® III 550 MHz (Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz recommended) or higher."

for LifeCam VX-5000:
"Intel Pentium®4 1.8 GHz (Pentium 4.3 or higher recommended)"

well,,, i was eye-ing the vx-5000, but looks like i have to maybe go w/the 3000 { 'cause i have 1.66 GHz } ??

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:56 am

darcy wrote:thank you, b-man : )

k, and no, lol, ~ no dancing around, john ; )

for LifeCam VX-3000:
"Intel Pentium® III 550 MHz (Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz recommended) or higher."

for LifeCam VX-5000:
"Intel Pentium®4 1.8 GHz (Pentium 4.3 or higher recommended)"

well,,, i was eye-ing the vx-5000, but looks like i have to maybe go w/the 3000 { 'cause i have 1.66 GHz } ??

That's based on P4 SINGLE core CPUs.. You have a Dual Core, you should be fine with either one. Your CPU can run circles around a P4 of the recommended specs for the cams.

GL!

eGo

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:17 pm

aaah, ~ thank you, eGo!

, and everyone else, too,, ~ i would not even have known where to begin w/o ur help.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:48 pm

update, ~ i wound up ordering the VX-5000 ~
{ http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digit ... px?pid=014 }

i am still trying to catch up w/things since i came back home, so have yet to install both skype and the cam.

{ i got it cheaper @ amazon, bw }