Posted by Gunther Gloop on 08/17/06 22:18

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.

And I'm afraid the Peter Pan outfit is in the wash.

-Kevin.

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