Product Description

The stylish WebCam Instant is the basic web cam that not only looks great but delivers outstanding performance. The WebCam Instant captures video at a maximum resolution of 640x480. You can also take 640x480 resolution photos, perfect for web posting, e-mails, and digital postcards. The intuitive design of the built-in three-way base allows you to place it almost anywhere, such as any flat surface, flat panel and notebook displays. The WebCam Instant's sleek design and glossy white finish makes it an attractive PC companion that looks great on your home computer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18450 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Creative Labs
• Model: 73VF004000000
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Native resolution: 640x480

Features

• 352 x 288 (CIF) CMOS sensor
• Video and still image capture at up to 640 x 480 (software enhanced)
• USB 1.1 connection
• Flexible three-way base sits on flat surfaces and attaches to a flat panel or notebook displays
• Works with Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and other instant messenger services

From the Manufacturer
Add Video to Your Instant Messaging!

The stylish WebCam Instant is the basic webcam that not only looks great but delivers outstanding performance. The WebCam Instant captures video at a maximum resolution of 640x480. You can also take 640x480 resolution photos, perfect for web posting, e-mails, and digital postcards. The intuitive design of the built-in three-way base allows you to place it almost anywhere, such as any flat surface, flat panel and notebook displays. The WebCam Instant's sleek design and glossy white finish makes it an attractive PC companion that looks great on your home computer.

Customer Reviews

Good value. Performed as advertised.
It's interesting that most folks base the performance of the web cam based on the device alone and discount other important factors like the lighting, bandwidth (connection speed) and the particular chat program in use. I also think that most folks expect too much with the current web cam technology which, in my opinion, have not seen a bleeding edge development and progress over the years.

Creative Webcam Instant does its job well and comes at a reasonable price. With Yahoo, I experienced 2-second delay. With MSN, it was about 1 second. Still good enough for home use. With T1 connection at work, it was almost real-time. Smooth movement and great quality. No jerky movements. Overhead lighting at my office helped, too. Again, for other buyers, this webcam may not have performed so well due to their PC performance, DSL/cable speed, etc. For you, Yahoo may work better than MSN. I have not tried this with other IM apps. I also noticed that this web cam sits (or grabs) better with the laptop and LCD monitor than CRT monitor, but again, some people are more or less tolerant about minor details.

If you have the extra cash, want the built-in microphone, extra imaging software and always want the very best, both Logitech and Creative offer good products. For video monitoring in real time, Labtec seems to offer some solid products. But in the end, you have to ask how well it will perform over the Internet or LAN with your existing PC/network setup. $30 web cam may do just as well as $100 web cam.

If your goal is to see someone you care while chatting, this is a good buy for your money.

Very Nice Webcam
Extremely sturdy. Very well designed. You can turn it and twist it in any desired angle. The quality is great. Does not have the fancy features of the more expensive varieties but I do not need them. The software that comes with this is also fairly good. Highly recommend this especially if you simply want to use a webcam for online chatting.

awesome resolution
i have a notebook webcam from creative. i love it because it's so small that it fits on top of the screen and the resolution is very good. but this new product is better in terms of resolution. awesome quality with respect to a webcam. it has got the advantage that it can be used both with desktop and laptop (mine only fits with a laptop). if you have both types of computer, buy this one. creative deserves credit. i paid amazon $25.54 (which included S&H).