okie dokie....so what is the best (cheap) webcam out there?

What brand, what's the price, quality ok even when it's not daylight... :P

I want to stay at around 50$ tops if that's possible.

So tell what you got, what you like about it and what you don't.

Thanky :)

Well...I'm a bit embarrassed to say that I don't even own a webcam, but whenever I'm lookin' around for computer-related stuff, CNET is the place to go.

http://reviews.search.com/search?q=webcam&tag=srch

Logitech seems like a good brand (I have a wireless mouse from them), and their webcams are affordable and've got good ratings too. :)

I just bought one from Argos for £14.99 in the sales and is also buy one get one free.

2 Webcams for £15 is a baragin lol.


Page - 989
Catalouge Number - 676/1147

Link to product Click Here (http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=2501&productId=108960&Trail=C%24cip%3D16467.Webcams&categoryId=16467&clickfrom=image)

i've got a logitech webcam, but nearly used it so i can't say something about the quality

i've got a logitech webcam, but nearly used it so i can't say something about the quality

I was gonna buy one of those with a Microphone in it but it was out of stock and i am so impatient lol.

mines this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00068XQZW/qid=1105379656/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_3_7/026-7893115-2278859

Im sure it wasnt that much when i got it though, it was only about £30! so perhaps if you shop around? Any way, logitech is ok..its good quality for the price!

mines this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00068XQZW/qid=1105379656/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_3_7/026-7893115-2278859

Im sure it wasnt that much when i got it though, it was only about £30! so perhaps if you shop around? Any way, logitech is ok..its good quality for the price!

I saw that one and liked it, i may spring for it anyways, i just don't want to spend that much for something i will never use. I'll go shopping on my trip and see what I can see.
I looked for that and it's 70$ here at bestbuy, i'll shop around.

Thanky :)

mines this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00068XQZW/qid=1105379656/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_3_7/026-7893115-2278859

Im sure it wasnt that much when i got it though, it was only about £30! so perhaps if you shop around? Any way, logitech is ok..its good quality for the price!
Looks good.

I think i'm gonna seel my 2 and buy a better one lol.

make a lil proffit as i sell em :)

Lol, I don't have a webcam, wish I did though :)

Web cams scare me. People just watching me? Creepy. I like being the one who watches others though. :P
I bought my dad a webcam for xmas. It was $39 and it was horrible! So I bought another one at staples after boxing day for $39, marked down from $79. It's actually pretty good. http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=,&webid=580527&affixedcode=WW it's not on sale anymore... I don't think I would pay that price for it to be honest.

Logitech seems to be a good brand.

I hate to see myself on the webcam - I always think I look so awful. Guess I just hate pictures of myself period.

Guess I just hate pictures of myself period.
I'm the same way- and I wouldn't use a webcam live for fear of doing something horribly embarrassing- or at least something that looks embarrassing (low resolution images seem to have a way of doing that)- but I may post some random pictures of myself or just whoever/whatever's around at the time or something during the blogathon-type thing this weekend :P

I actually just bought mine like 1 1/2 weeks ago at meijer, for $30, using my xmas gift cards....its a labtec, i like it, fits in with my labtec speakers and soon to be labtec mouse and keyboard lol...anyways...

http://www.labtec.com/index.cfm/gear/details/AMR/EN,crid=30,contentid=675

it has mic, still shot button, motion detection, all that jazz...so yeah..

i prefer mine live....i think i look odd in pictures...but i dont know how to do streaming for a website :lol:

so do you have to sign up on some website to make it live or can you put it on yours. This is going to be so much fun figuring this out last minute with family needed this that and the other.....w00t!!!

I got a digital camera that can act as a webcam.

How can I make the camera to go online and put the image on a website? (you did this when you hosted "LEIA mods wake..." something "...asia", where you can stay awake for 24 hours.)

In my opinion, Logitech is the best brand to get if you are looking for quality at reasonable prices. I don't have a cam myslef, so I'm no expert but I think Logitech are one of the best names around.

I got a digital camera that can act as a webcam.

How can I make the camera to go online and put the image on a website? (you did this when you hosted "LEIA mods wake..." something "...asia", where you can stay awake for 24 hours.)

if it can act as a webcam then just download a webcam software online (example: www.download.com ) and install it and run the program. it should ask for FTP information and find the camera. If it doesn't find it then there's another option:

this option i used for the tsunami appeal because i didn't got a webcam. I just took photo's with my webcam, put them on my laptop and resized them to 320x240 and then uploaded them as cam.jpg to the directory "tsunami" i had back then. it just replace the old picture with the new one so it automatically updated on the website itself. this is also the method i use for my own site.

Love,
Mirna

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