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Creative Technology Video Blaster WebCam Notebook
Creative Technology Video Blaster WebCam Notebook

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Price Range
$44 - $46

Product Description

Small, durable and stylish, the Creative WebCam Notebook is ideal for seasoned road warriors, students, and anybody who uses a notebook. At home? at hotels? even at your favorite coffee house - wherever theres a net connection, you can communicate via live video with business contacts, friends and family. Take your mobile computing into the 21st century with the Creative WebCam Notebook!



It is not always as good as it looks..... sigh...
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Written By
bertbert

Date Written
Jan 04 2005

Summary

Features Ultra compact USB Webcam with laptop screen clip. 640x480 VGA CMOS sensor Field of view at 44 degrees Horizontal Movies at 15-30 frames per second depending on system. Manual Focus Lens USB 1.1 Package contents: USB camera with...

Strength

Small and Sleek

Weakness

Very poor image quality. Only works intermittently (I am being kind here)

Bottom Line

Please avoid this product if you can. If you still want to buy it, I suggest a support group and anger management program.

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Impressive BSOD enablement device
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Written By
jvarszegi

Date Written
Jun 05 2004

Summary

I picked up one of these at Staples recently. I chose it mainly because it alone out of the display models seemed to offer the ability to swivel vertically; I also figured it'd be useful for business trips and the like. I attempted to install it on a...

Strength

None

Weakness

Software design, software stability, image quality

Bottom Line

Give it a miss. The image quality sucks, even if it doesn't crash your machine as it did mine.

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quite poor picture, no other probs
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Written By
foweyboy

Date Written
Feb 21 2005

Summary

After reading the other reviews I thought I had to leave a quick note. I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever with the camera turning off, or the software crashing. At first I was mainly disappointed about the fact that the image was so dark, in my...

Strength

small, well designed, easy to install/use

Weakness

poor image quality

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Elegant look with good image quality - great for laptops
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Written By
pagis

Date Written
Jul 02 2005

Summary

very easy to use, I use it only with msn messenger and am very happy with the image quality (just make sure to set the focus otherwise the image is blurred. I paid 35 pounds for it and am very happy with it, there is a better model for the creative...

Strength

1) Elegant look
2) good image quality
3) easy to use & install

Weakness

auto-focus would make it much much better

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Complete Junk
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Written By
voodoojl

Date Written
Jun 16 2007

Summary

I bought the high end "Ultra" and could not get the product to work at all. The customer support at Creative Labs is horrible. This is the second Creative Labs product I have purchased that has been a complete waste of money. I recommend avoiding ALL...

Strength

None

Weakness

Expensive, bad technical support, useless

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Beautiful Design, horrible function
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Written By
monday1956

Date Written
Sep 16 2005

Summary

Aquired this cam for fun with my new laptop after giving up my good old logitec cam... What a disappointment in picture quality. Does not focus well or pan left and right. Also you will need lots of light just to get an adequate picture. Don't bother...

Strength

Design, size, installation.

Weakness

poor picture quality, hard to adjust

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