Microsoft LifeCam VX 3000 68A 00001
Microsoft LifeCam VX 3000 68A 00001
Take instant messaging with friends and family to new levels of sight and sound. Hear sounds and voices as if they were in the room with you. See clear live video images and experience a new dimension in communication. The LifeCam VX-3000 is optimized for use with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, so you can share life as it happens. Easily start a video chat by pressing the Windows Live Call Button, and clicking an Online Contact. Crystal-clear video conversation is now possible with more than 200 million contacts in nearly every country in the world. Get vivid high-quality still images, even in low light. Hear your friends and family as if they were in the room with you. The built-in unidirectional microphone automatically picks up your voice with remarkable clarity-there’s no more hassling with separate devices. Long, flexible cable gives you more room to move Surprise your friends with cool video effects, accessible right from the Windows Live Messenger Window LifeCams capture life at 30 frames per second, which means the video images you see are smooth and seamless System Requirements – Windows XP Pro, Home, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, 300 MB of available hard disk space, an available universal serial bus (USB) 1.1 or 2.0 (recommended) port
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great Deal
This camera originally sells for about forty dollars on Amazon and I got mine for just under twenty-five. My software didn’t have any problems running on Windows Vista and the camera works GREAT for Skype. I have a microphone in my laptop speakers but the microphone on this camera works much, much better than those. The picture is clear enough quality that my boyfriend doesn’t feel like he’s looking at a Monet painting though it is slightly pixelated. Overall, a very good buy and would certainly buy again.
4 Stars does the job- clip a little hard to use
This product does the webcam job well, and has some fun icons and animations that you can oeprate during your chat. Very easy software to install. The only downside is the clip, which doesn’t grip well on the edge of my laptop, so sometimes it falls off or is lopsided… but it’s an ok product for the money.
1 Star You get what you pay for
I own two of these and although I originally thought it was a good product, I no longer think that. This webcam is not supported under Linux and whenever I use it with skype, my friends and family always say that the image is out of focus and adjusting the camera focus does not make the image better.
2 Stars annoying feature
This issue I have with the Microsoft camera applies to the entire LifeCam series. I use this webcam for my notebook and on Skype only. There’s a big button on the top of the camera, that spot happens to be the exact place where you would put your finger (and the thumb on the bottom) to adjust the tilt of the camera. Since you can only adjust the angle of the camera while it’s plugged into your computer, everytime you push that button while plugged into the computer it asks you if you want to install some sort of Microsoft software(feature). It really gets on your nerves since I take the camera off when not in use and everytime I turn it on I have to deal with this annoying button. I don’t like how Microsoft is using this tactic to push their product down our throats. Otherwise the camera part of it seems to work fine.
5 Stars Superb equipment
This is one piece of excellent video equipment. I know because I am an artist. The audio take time to set up, but this is one cam you should get because there is no hype with this one.
