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Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 Personal Web Camera
Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 Personal Web Camera

Consumer Rating


Price Range
$37 - $93

Product Description

Putting the power of Windows Live Messenger at your fingertips, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 takes instant messaging with family and friends to a new level of sight and sound by offering great video and crystal-clear audio with acoustic noise cancellation. Plus, you get advanced features, such as automatic face tracking software and low-light adjustment, so you feel like you're right there. The VX-6000 also adds several key enhancements over the LifeCam VX-3000, including high definition video capabilities, a wide angle lens, a 3x digital zoom, and a high-speed USB connection.



Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000. A Major Upgrade to Your Webcam Expectations!
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Written By
snpmurray

Date Written
Sep 30 2006

Summary

I have for some years been happy with the performance of my Logitech Quickcam Communicate. It sent rudimentary video, the sound was good, the low light adjustment was acceptable, and it was cheap. Well, you know how it goes, after a while the technology...

Strength

Image quality, simple effective software, warranty.

Weakness

Low light images still grainy, vid conference sound still prone to feedback

Bottom Line

Get this cam if you want excellent quality webcam imagery, want to send high quality video email, or use video on your blog. Great still images at 5 MP!!

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If you chat online, get a webcam!
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Written By
missy0303

Date Written
Jun 12 2007

Summary

Due to my old webcam falling off the computer table and cracking I decided I would upgrade to a better one. I think webcams are a brilliant invention and makes chatting to friends online so much more personal. First of all some of you who are reading...

Strength

Feels like you are in the same room as the person you are viewing.

Weakness

having to adjust the settings was a bit of a pain at first.

Bottom Line

I would recommend this webcam because it really does what it says on the box, and is good value for money too!

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Microsoft Life Cam NX 6000 -- The Prefect Upgrade for any Notebook
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Written By
GaryD

Date Written
Feb 05 2007

Summary

I ordered my Microsoft Life Cam NX 6000 for Office Depot the first part of January 2007. However, I only received it last week. But the Microsoft Life Cam NX 6000 was definitely worth waiting for. It's perfect for almost any notebook running Windows...

Strength

Compact, stylist, HD quality still and video, easy to set up and use

Weakness

None at present.

Bottom Line

Easy to use, provides detail, clear images and sound, low price.

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Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 Web Camera
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Written By
hexifan27

Date Written
Apr 19 2007

Summary

This is a good web camera that clips to a laptop monitor. I have to say the microphone is built in as well. The resolution goes up to 7.6 mega pixels for photos and 2.0 mega pixels for video. It's small and the camera slides into the unit. With a...

Strength

Good little web camera

Weakness

room needs to be lighted or the video and photo will be washed out.

Bottom Line

This a wonderful camera because of the resolution of 7.6MP for stand alone photos and 2.0MP for Videos.

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Flawed in several ways - I will return this product
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Written By
betawavetom

Date Written
Dec 27 2006

Summary

My experience was not good. It is clear that the CD software has to be installed first before one inserts the USB - good. But upon installing the software, it took several long minutes for the progress bar to reach 100%. This is just a webcam right?...

Strength

- Correct spelling of "Microsoft" get's shown

Weakness

- Bad installation procedure
- Inflexible setup

Bottom Line

I do NOT recommend this, because installation didn't work out at all, and the actual performance was lousy.

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VX-6000 Too Buggy for Release
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Written By
amdiamond

Date Written
Nov 30 2006

Summary

The high resolution of this webcam, and the Microsoft label, led me to hope that finally there might be a competitor to the high quality 3-Com (aka Vicam) webcams, that were discontinued a few years ago. The camera lists for almost $100, and I bought...

Strength

Spec. sheet looked good.

Weakness

Complex, tedious install; repeated initialization errors; nothing relevant in "help."

Bottom Line

Not worth the money; and especially not worth the time and frustration.

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Great Camera
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Written By
pmonkeyh

Date Written
Sep 28 2006

Summary

My husband and I picked out this camera to use with our new HelloWorld account. We wanted something with a built-in microphone and we needed something that would attach to the top of a laptop screen. Installation was easy, just put in the CD and in a few...

Strength

great microphone quality, works well in low light, clips to laptop monitor

Weakness

sometimes zooms during recording without prompting

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doesn't honor rebate
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Written By
pollira

Date Written
Mar 10 2007

Summary

Haven't yet installed this web camera, but Microsoft doesn't honor rebates. there was a little scratch in barcode (still readable). I recommend that you boycott manufacturer's that play games with rebates. It's just another way to bait and...

Strength

Can't comment on product quality.

Weakness

Microsoft rejects honest rebate submissions

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LifeCam software doesn't work
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Written By
jdossey

Date Written
Nov 28 2007

Summary

I downloaded the latest Vista compatible version of the LifeCam software V1.4, installed it per instructions. When I was finished, the software was unable to start the camera. I receive "Initialization error". I have uninstalled and reinstalled this...

Strength

The webcam itself will work with OTHER software, and the quality is good.

Weakness

The LifeCam application software that comes with the webcam just does not work.

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