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List Price: $49.99
Our Price: $33.77
Your Save: $ 16.22 ( 32% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Microsoft
Color: red
EAN: 0882224686211
Feature: World Class VGA Optics - see more clearly with 2x the light collection than regular VGA optics
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Model: RKA-00014
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Microsoft
Studio: Microsoft
Warranty: 3 years warranty
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Features
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World Class VGA Optics - see more clearly with 2x the light collection than regular VGA optics
Superior Low-light Performance - auto-adjusts for low-light conditions
Bend, fold & shape the flexible base for the best angle on laptop screens, flat panels & traditional monitors
Take 1.3 megapixel photos to share with friends & family
Built-in microphone automatically picks up your voice with remarkable clarity
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Editorial Reviews:
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LifeCam VX-5000 WinXP/Vista USB Port English CD (Red)
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great
Comment: I bought one for me and one for my parents. Very easy to use, great quality for the money.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great little webcam!
Comment: OK - the MS Lifecam VX-5000 is the only webcam I've tried (other than the $2000 Sonys I installed at work). For $35 or so its great. Simply to install - nice quality picture - software is pretty straight forward. Bought each of my adult kids one for Christmas so now we can all video chat - for free! This is way cool - even a baby boomer can do it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Average Performer
Comment: This webcam was immediatewly recognized by the PC. Color balance not the best, though. Easily configurable base to rest on any monitor. Works well with Skype.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Inexpensive Cute Camera - Well worth it!
Comment: Microsoft's LifeCam VX-5000 is very small, the camera also has a colored ring that goes all the around the face. This ring comes in red, blue and green. The camera which I got has a blue ring. A blue LED is placed in the upper left hand corner of the face that turns on when the camera is in use. It is good to see that this LED is very dim. Having a Bright Blue LED flashing at you can be very annoying.
Video is recording done with the following resolutions, frame rates and bitrates in WMV video with 160kbps WMA audio.
640x480 15 fps 1900 kbps
320x240 30 fps 900 kbps
160x120 30 fps 675 kbps
Images are taken at 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240 and 160x120 in jpeg format. Audio is recorded in WMA at 48 kbps, mono
PROS:
[+] Very Small and Inexpensive camera
[+] Decent Audio and Video Quality
[+] Flexible Base which adapts to almost all places for placement of the camera
[+] The glossy black plastic looks great, feels great and looks well built.
[+] Low video and image noise with comparable USB webcams
[+] USB powered, No Need for additional power supply needs.
[+] Nice array of video overlays and effects that can be added for fun.
CONS:
[-] 640x480 video only runs at 15fps that can cause jitters on the video
[-] The software is very basic and does not have additional customizations.
[-] 1.3 megapixel (1280x960) JPEG capture is not that good as it does heavy compression.
[-] The Button on the camera works only when Windows Live Messenger software is installed.
The Webcam is recognized by Windows XP Professional (SP3) without any need for additional drivers and most applications (like Paint) could easily import the pictures as a USB video Device, But for Windows Vista (32Bit) it seems that even though it got recognized and drivers loaded it still needed the software CD to make it useable for most of the applications.
Bottom-line is that it is an inexpensive well designed Webcam which will surely serve it's purpose very well without much of a fuss. The Software is easy to use. This is a keeper, Money well spent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: do NOT buy this webcam
Comment: I bought two of these webcams - one for my parents and one for me. When I tried to install the software on my parents' computer, the installation would not complete. I went to the Microsoft Support web site, it was apparent that many people have this problem. There were five or six possible solutions listed. During the process of trying them all and not having any success, I tried to call the Microsoft support phone number. They told me they could not help me because there was no warranty on the product. A brand new webcam with known software problems and they refused to help me.
I finally got the webcam to work on my parents' computer. I spent hours installing it. Now I'm trying to install the software on my computer trying all the same suggestions from the MS web site and still no luck. I have spent even more hours on my computer.
Don't buy this webcam. It will only frustrate you and make you hate Microsoft.
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