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Posted by Mike on 08/17/06 22:26
"Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:4kk1n9Fckcm2U1@individual.net...
>>> Mike wrote:
>>>> Can anyone recommend a decent webcam, its time for me to join this
>>>> internet chat lark.
>>>
>>> I have a webcam, but can't find a use for it. Which "internet chat
>>> lark" are you looking to join?
>>> Do you have a Captain Hook costume?
>>>
>>
>> More for the family and friends.
>> I wouldn't mind a look at your Peter Pan outfit. We'll have to
>> arrange it late at night when everyone is a sleep though.
>
> As much as I thought I wanted one, I'm glad I didn't pay for it. To date,
> the webcam has been about as useful as some preset DSP-effects on an
> amplifier... "Oh look, you can make it sound like the music is coming from
> a large stadium -isn't that great!"
> ...After waving to your brother a few times in Yahoo Messenger, you wonder
> why you bothered.
>
> For twenty quid it'd be alright as an infrequently-used gizmo, but believe
> me the ones that you get for 20quid are _awful_ (I sent back 2 free ones
> they were so bad).
>
> For 45-50 the quality begins to get better... but already they are
> vastly overpriced for waving at the cat in your mother's house.
>
> I was thinking they could be great for security purposes -viewing the
> house while away, etc., but so far I haven't tried doing anything like
> that.
>
> Believe me -if you're gonna spend money on a "proper one" you're gonna
> waste too much money (by that I mean 40+ ...but the best ones are >100).
> If you don't spend as much as 40+ you are _definitely_ wasting your money
> on a piece of crap that can't even do the job you won't spend too long
> doing after the initial 5 minute waving.
>
> For the record, mine is a Logitech something-or-other ("Communicator" I
> think -nothing written on it though).
> Quality isn't bad.
>
Someone recommended philips so I was considering their top of the range cam:
SPC900NC.
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