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gowings0 · 05-26-2009, 06:09 PM

Hello all,

I am currently in the market to buy a webcam for my laptop. The only problem is, I know nothing about cameras. I have been trying to read reviews and specifications on several different cameras and all I see is a bunch of Gibberish about pixels, resolution, and several other words that have no meaning to me. I have looked on Ebay, and there are several cameras for around $10 that seem decent to me, however there are also cameras for $120 that look very similar.

For example, I found one that is 16 MegaPixel with up to 2560 x 1920 (somethings, I don't know what unit it is talking about) and 640x480 30 F/S transmission rate for $14. What do you guys thing about this?

I am not looking for a fancy webcam, just something that I can use with my Skype account to talk to my friends back home. I see the $120 Logitec webcams, but that is not what I need, just something simple yet nice enough so that the person on the other end can see me well.

One of my friends has a MacBook Pro and the camera built into his computer is very nice. Is there any external camera that is equivalent to the one in his computer? If so, I believe that may be what I am looking for.

Just a note: I am running XP on my computer.

Thank you for your help!

05-26-2009, 06:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
gowings0 New Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	Webcam Question Hello all, I am currently in the market to buy a webcam for my laptop. The only problem is, I know nothing about cameras. I have been trying to read reviews and specifications on several different cameras and all I see is a bunch of Gibberish about pixels, resolution, and several other words that have no meaning to me. I have looked on Ebay, and there are several cameras for around $10 that seem decent to me, however there are also cameras for $120 that look very similar. For example, I found one that is 16 MegaPixel with up to 2560 x 1920 (somethings, I don't know what unit it is talking about) and 640x480 30 F/S transmission rate for $14. What do you guys thing about this? I am not looking for a fancy webcam, just something that I can use with my Skype account to talk to my friends back home. I see the $120 Logitec webcams, but that is not what I need, just something simple yet nice enough so that the person on the other end can see me well. One of my friends has a MacBook Pro and the camera built into his computer is very nice. Is there any external camera that is equivalent to the one in his computer? If so, I believe that may be what I am looking for. Just a note: I am running XP on my computer. Thank you for your help!