Creative Live! Cam with Voice

List Price: $96.99 Discount Price: $39.85

Features:

• Webcam delivers unrivalled voice and video clarity
• Directional array microphone eliminates unwanted noise
• High-quality, 1.3 megapixel sensor delivers true 1.3 megapixel video at 30 frames per second
• Smart-face tracking keeps you in the video frame and high-speed 2.0 connectivity delivers smooth 640x480 resolution
• Bundled Muvee autoProducer lets you create videos easily and quickly

Accessories:
Athenatech ACR801U20BLACK 8 In 1 Card Reader Black	SanDisk Digital Photo Viewer (SDV2-A-A30, Retail Package)	USRobotics USB Internet Speakerphone (USR9610)	Transcend Multi-Card Reader M1 - Card reader ( MS, MS PRO, MMC, SD, MS Duo, MS PRO Duo, miniSD, RS-MMC, MMCmobile, MMCplus ) - Hi-Speed USB

Customer Reviews:

no linux support [Posted on 2007-12-31]
Well, I haven't used this camera much. But, I had to pirate windows just to get it working, which is too bad. In other words, there isn't a linux driver for this webcam. I wish there was an easier way to determine if there is linux support for a model or not.

Using the webcam, I noticed ALLOT of blurring. This was due to the exposure setting being set to 'auto'. I turned that off, and set it to 1. Its a little darker, but I would prefer to just get a lamp to correct that. I still haven't gotten the hang of setting the white balance.

Despite these bumps, I got the webcam for a good price, and I think it will suit my purposes just fine, so I'm quite happy. I would expect that if I wanted better than this cam, I would have to get a real digital video camera.

On a side note, this experience highlights how much better ubuntu is over windows2000. It took me 2 days to install windows, with the first attempt crashing, and I had to start over. All the drivers/updates/reboots. I know w2k is old, but I thought it was supposed to be the best out of 2k/xp/vista. Ah well.

Really great, EXCEPT! [Posted on 2008-01-04]
Got my wonderful Creative webcam, proudly installed the software, uninstalled the software, installed the software, uninstalled the software. Anyway you get the idea. Not put off by dumb machines, I tried several changes in the default layout. It seems the layout the Creative believes is the living end, AIN'T! I had to change it to AVI and the Intel Indedo video compresser and changed the audio compresser to MPEG layer-3.

Best it's little heart, within range it follows me around when I move in the chair, keeping me centered in the picture. I like that.

I was this close to sending it back (*) because I had a problem!

Webcam [Posted on 2008-01-14]
I like the webcam alot, but I am a little disappointed with the resolution. I figured it would have been more clear since it claims to be 7.0 megapixel.

Good video quality with a little fisheye [Posted on 2008-01-14]
I only use the video portion of the camera and use cell phone for audio, so I haven't tested the audio aspects. The video quality is very good, although it does tend to have a fisheye effect that is noticeable.

Customer Review [Posted on 2008-02-16]
I got this camera, it is very simple and picture quality is very good and its a good camera for personal use.

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