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| Thread ID: 109906 | 2010-05-27 06:57:00 | Webcam for Skype | John Robb (825) | Press F1 |
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| 888585 | 2010-05-27 22:23:00 | John, check around for reviews of the new model before you buy. I have some recollection that the reviews were underwhelming. I could of course be mistaken, but you might find that the expected performance of the 5000 was not met, and that the earlier model would be fine if you can find one. I stand to be corrected... | John H (8) | ||
| 888586 | 2010-05-28 04:19:00 | I suggest a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000. Have one here, and bought one for my daughter and family overseas, for use on Skype. Nice quality Carl Zeiss lens, and it will do HQ in Skype. To keep down the software installed with it, just install the driver, and not the whole bundle. Or use Linux - no software to install at all for it. |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 888587 | 2010-05-28 04:25:00 | That is what I had (still have, chucked in a cupboard). No matter what I did with software installation, it kept freezing all the time on Skype. If you look at the reviews of this camera, there are lots of reviews that say the same thing about it. Great camera, pity about the software. Several people say it just doesn't work with Skype and some other messaging programmes. Well, that was true for me. | John H (8) | ||
| 888588 | 2010-05-28 04:28:00 | Under XP the included CD was like that. The Logitech software recognise it easy and you can take pix, record video etc etc .. but it does not sync with a chatting software all the time. I've had no issues with Win7 x64 with the latest downloaded driver thou fwiw. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 888589 | 2010-05-28 04:38:00 | Under XP the included CD was like that. The Logitech software recognise it easy and you can take pix, record video etc etc .. but it does not sync with a chatting software all the time. I've had no issues with Win7 x64 with the latest downloaded driver thou fwiw. OK, I am still on Win XP. I stand to be corrected. :) |
John H (8) | ||
| 888590 | 2010-05-28 06:50:00 | Under XP the included CD was like that. The Logitech software recognise it easy and you can take pix, record video etc etc .. but it does not sync with a chatting software all the time. I've had no issues with Win7 x64 with the latest downloaded driver thou fwiw. Hi Nomad. I'm still using the 11.8 software on XP, and I don't think there are any problems (hard to sure with Skype and imperfect BB connections though!) Are you using the 12.xx software now? |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 888591 | 2010-05-28 07:27:00 | XP I had version 11.7 (CD). Now I am using: # Title: Logitech Webcam Software with Vid # Software Version: 1.1 |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 888592 | 2010-05-28 08:41:00 | Thanks for the info Nomad. I might upgrade the software for the Logitech camera, but the Skype system seems to go pretty well at present. Just completed a call to my daughter's place in France, and allowing for their mediocre BB connection, it was good. They have the same Quickcam Pro 9000 as here. No picture freezes worth noting, and the lip sync wasn't too bad either. I had recently persuaded them to upgrade their Skype from the ancient 3.6 to the current 4.2 release, so I think that has improved the result. |
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