Web-Cam Portal

[SPeedY_B]

you don't buy computer stuff from argos do you?

Here's two at around 10 pounds (postage from this place is about 1.50) one two

And here's the list.

 

[Henyman]

no but there's an argos close so i could have picked one up on the way home

 

[Henyman]

hmmm they look ok but i dunno anyone that has 1............are they any good? i want it to be use....take stills + take videos.


i was looking @ logitech range.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Well I doubt you'll get any better pic quality out of a logitech one than an un-branded cam (Unless you but a £80+ logitech) , webcams were never designed for quality.

ALL webcams will do video to my knowledge, after all they're just a camera slapped into a USB port.

The thing you want to look for is the resolution and frame rate that the camera supports, these will be a maximum of 640x480 (which you will rarely, or never use) and 30fps.

 

[Henyman]

kool


*goes a looking*

 

[Henyman]

i'm currently looking @ the logitech DEXXA Webcam, it looks nice, good quality, low price + good name.

 

[Evil Marge]

Mines a Vivicam from Maplins.Cost me the pricely sum of 34.99p

 

[Henyman]

ordered a logitech quickcam zoom webcam

£35 inc vat. p+p =£2.50

great deal, if i had walked down the road it would cost me £50....................so i saved £15 by sitting on my ass

 

[SPeedY_B]

Isn't the internet wonderful

 

[Henyman]

i hope to get it on monday

 

[SPeedY_B]

Where did you buy it from?

 

[NetRyder]

/me waits to see a pic of Heny's cows

 

[Henyman]

pcworld.co.uk!!!!!!


they had a special web offer on so i couldn't say no..... normally i wouldn't buy from them

 

[Henyman]

teh here:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/store/mart....0&page=Product&sku=726611&category_oid=-9870

 

[SPeedY_B]

I got an error, probably because they use sessions and timeouts via the url.

As lame as PCWorld may be they do occasionally have some good stuff on their site

 

[Henyman]

i thought the link may time out

indeed, normally i would buy anything from them but the cam was a good offer

 

[Evil Marge]

Hey I bought my pc from them , was cheap too

 

[SPeedY_B]

uurrgh, please don't tell me that your PC is a packard bell ?

 

[Evil Marge]

Nope mines an e machines and it came with a desk , printer , scanner and camera.All for under £700
And I luv it....Don't even think about abusing it

 

[SPeedY_B]

I'm saying nothing except that any hardware I've seen come out of PCWorld is nice, but the upgradability is none existant, and all that "free" stuff they bundle with it (scanners, printers and so on) is usually complete crap.