• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Need help picking a basic Web Cam

I

Ike0069

Diamond Member
I've never used one, and I don't really even know exactly what I need.

I want the grandparents to be able to talk to kids while seeing them on the video feed. I'm worried that If I bought one of the cheaper ones, it will have really grainy and choppy video. Doesn't need to be high resolution, just something decent.

Also, do I need any thinkg extra. I already have a headset, but what software do you need to send the video live?

Any suggestions/advice.
 
Logitech and Creative are probably the brands you want to be looking at. A lot of this depends on how much you're willing to pay, what program you want to use, and what kind of bandwidth is available. If they're on a dial-up connection, for instance, that's a real constraint to image quality anyways.

In terms of software, any of the big IM clients should support any of them fine.

My guess is something like the Logitech Quickcam Chat should be more than enough.

-Erwos
 
Thanks for the reply.
All parties have Broadband, so that's not an issue. I was looking at the Quickcam Chat, but some of the Newegg reviews were complaing of bad quality video, while other were very happy. Not sure what to think there.

Anyone ever use the Logitech Quickcam Chat Webcam?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top