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Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks (Silver)
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| List Price: | $59.99 |
| Price: | $44.90 |
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Product Description
With a stylish look and performance to match, QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks provides a high quality video and audio experience that ensures you always look and sound your best. Logitech's RightLight Technology and RightSound Technology adjusts intelligently to produce the best possible video and audio, even in noisy or dimly-lit rooms.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1577 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: grey
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 960-000043
- Released on: 2007-04-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x 1.00" w x 1.00" l, .96 pounds
- Native resolution: 640x480
Features
- New Logitech Vid software dramatically simplifies video calling (free download)
- Glass lens and adjustable focus for sharp, clear video calls
- RightLight Technology corrects for poor lighting to produce the best video image
- Built-in microphone with RightSound Technology for echo- and noise-free conversations
- Free protective travel case for on-the-go convenience
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks makes it easy to "be home" when you're away on business with dramatically simplified video calling. Small in size but big on performance, this made-to-travel webcam features a high quality glass lens and RightLight Technology for clear video calls - even in dim light. And with free one-click-to-call Logitech Vid software, staying in touch "in person" is easier than ever.
 |  |  Be home from miles away with picture-perfect, portable video calling. Who says you can't be in two places at once? You're a road warrior. And with QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks, you can be in your hotel room in London—and be home for a goodnight kiss—in one click. This made-to-travel webcam works with free Logitech Vid software for clear, crisp, dramatically simplified video calling. No hassles. No waiting to have quality face time with the people you love back home. Watch your little girl's latest dance moves. Check out your son's new weird-science project. Blow a goodnight kiss to your sweetie. Logitech makes it easy to be there in real-life clarity and detail so you don't miss a single giggle or smile. |
Introducing Vid, Logitech's fast, free and easy new video calling software.
| | Download Vid (Windows)* It's about time video calling became easy for anyone to use. With new Logitech Vid software and the QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks, you get a sharp and clear, yet dramatically simplified, video calling experience. It's the "one-click-to-call" software solution that works seamlessly with any new or existing Logitech webcam. And it's free for you and anyone you call.
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Easy set up
| | Just download the free software and you'll be ready to call in half the time it takes using other video call services. With the simple, intuitive interface, you can set up Vid—and your Logitech webcam—in just a few clicks. Click. Chat. Simple as that. |
Fast connections
| | Finally, video calling a friend is as easy as clicking on their picture and email address. No screen names or accounts to remember. With Vid "one-click-to-call", there are no extra steps to keep you from connecting with the people you care about most. All of your contacts are within easy reach. So you're ready to call the moment your webcam is. |
Free for all
| | Vid software is free with your new or existing Logitech webcam. It's also free for anyone you invite to connect with you. Want to add a friend to your call list? Simply choose "Add a friend" to send them an email invitation and software link. Once they sign up, you're both set for free one-click calling—no strings attached. |
Crystal-clear video chats
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Key Features
High-quality glass lens and adjustable focus for clear calls back home
| | QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks makes your video calls come to life. Logitech's glass lens, adjustable focus and true VGA sensor keep your on-screen image clear and sharp. That goes for still photos, too. Just click the convenient Snapshot button to take stunning photos in up to 1.3MP resolution |
RightLight Technology corrects for poor light so you look just right
| | Say you're making a video call from a poorly lit airport cafe or hotel room. No problem. The webcam's integrated RightLight technology automatically adjusts contrast and brightness so the person you're calling sees you in the perfect light—even if you're in a tricky side- or back-lighting environment. | ||||
Built-in microphone with RightSound Technology for clear conversations
 | | Just plug the webcam into your notebook and you're ready for crystal-clear chats. The integrated high-quality microphone picks up your voice, even if you're sitting across the room. Better still, RightSound technology cancels distracting background noise and "voice, voice, voice" echoes. So family and friends will hear you as clearly as if you were in the same room. And if you want to make a private video call, simply add a headset. |
Convenient travel case and adjustable clip for your mobile life
| | Taking a trip? Just slip the webcam into the included protective travel case and you're good to go. The 20mm adjustable clip makes it easy to attach the QuickCam Deluxe to any PC notebook—basic, multimedia, even widescreen. | ||||
Logitech Fun Filters make calling home extra entertaining
| | Bring out your inner child and make your kids smile, too. Use Logitech Fun Filters to change your online appearance. Loads of special effects like "Chalk" and "Music Video" let you easily transform your live video image into everything from artsy to creepy as a ghost. | ||
Works with all instant messaging programs for hassle-free calling
All you need for video calling is the webcam, a high-speed Internet connection and any instant messaging software. We recommend Logitech Vid video calling software. You can also download other IM programs online. Unlike some brands, QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks works with all instant messaging programs—yours and whomever you call, so getting connected is hassle-free. | ||
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Which Webcam Is Right For You?
 | Good |  | Better |  | Best | Video Quality | Photo Quality | Optics | Corrects for Poor Lighting | Autofocus | Built-in Mic | Interactive Video Effects |
| For Home or Office | ||||||||
 | Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF | 2.0 MP HD 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss with motorized tracking | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 | 2.0 MP 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac | 2.0 MP 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe | 1.3 MP HD 960 x 720 pixels | 5.0 MP | Glass ultra-wide angle | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Communicate MP | 1.3 MP HD 960 x 720 pixels | 4.0 MP | Plastic | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Connect | 640 x 480 pixels | 640 x 480 pixels | with echo and noise reduction | | |||
| For Travel or Mobile | ||||||||
 | Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks | 2.0 MP HD 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks | 640 x 480 pixels | 1.3 MP | Glass | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks | 640 x 480 pixels | 640 x 480 pixels | Plastic | with echo and noise reduction | | ||
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Customer Reviews
Great Video - Horrible software, CPU, bloatware
Just like the 5000 series cameras before these (the "9000" series), Logitech has built a camera that puts out superb video (this one's video is better than the 5000 series, and those were better than the 4000 series).
However, the software, lack of control, and enormous pile of bloatware that gets installed with the camera, coupled with its enormous system resource demands, make this another clunker.
Environment:
P4 2.4 GHz processor
Windows XP Pro SP 2
DirectX 9c
USB 2.0
First, the good:
Color and picture quality are outstanding (although focus is not good - more on this below). The new support for large quasi-hi-def picture sizes produces amazing images.
Now, the bad:
Machine resources:
You better have a FAST machine. And I mean FAST, like a Core 2 Duo, or forget it. A simple 320x240 capture/preview (not even writing the video to disk) sucks down 10% more CPU on a P4 2.4 GHz machine with Windows XP Pro, than the old 4000 series cameras did.
Holy cow --- a 2-way 30 fps 352x288 video conference with the older 4000 series camera would use 55% CPU on my test machine. With this camera, it's about 80% and that's with auto focus, auto-white-balance, auto everything turned OFF and NOT using the audio from the camera.
This is just like the 5000. And just like the 5000 series, once THIS camera's driver has been installed, even the older 4000 Logitech camera now uses CPU like a pig (this thing overwrites DLLs that the older cameras also use).
I've been down this road before. The only way to make the older camera work efficiently again will be to completely uninstall this thing, and reinstall the old driver.
Support for other applications:
I only test these cameras using Amcap and Vidcap32 (the ubiquitous, standard, simple, generic Windows capture apps) and our own custom-written videoconferencing code that I wrote myself. So I have nothing to say about Skype, IM, etc.
Just like the 5000 series before this one, this camera DOES support the proper DirectX interfaces. So if Skype or some other app is freaking out on you, it is not this camera's fault. It is Skype, or whatever app you are running. My code works just fine with it.
But... just like the 5000 series, if you install the "driver only" (to spare yourself the bloatware), half the camera's functions will be broken.
When I installed it driver-only, it would only do about 10 fps, in any kind of light, with any picture size, no matter how I set it.
After I installed their obnoxious applications, it snapped into shape and would obey settings to do 30 fps.
Bloatware:
It installs services and several auto-startup pieces of junk that you have to hunt down in the "Run" folder in the registry and delete. Otherwise, every time you log in, you will have these things running, and the tray icon app, and two other apps, will always be running. No matter what you do, these will always restart unless you ditch them from the registry and the services control panels.
Their apps also "phone home" to Logitech periodically, registering your purchase and checking for updates. (Yes, it does, I sniffed the network traffic.) If you don't mind Microsoft and Logitech spying on you and connecting you to machines without you even knowing it, fine. Personally, I find that behavior deplorable.
If you are a programmer (like me), you can get rid of this junk. But if not, you are stuck with this stuff hogging down your machine all the time.
Focus:
The auto focus function works, but overall, this camera's focus is poor. Whether on auto or manual, it cannot focus well on objects that get more than about 2 feet away from the camera. They probably honed the focussing algorithm expecting you to be sitting close to the camera. That's a reasonable assumption, but it's too close-focussing. Even sitting at a normal distance from a PC monitor, it just cannot focus sharply on my face. It also has AWFUL focussing at the edges of the picture no matter what.
Conclusion:
Great video, but poor focus.
If you are just an ordinary user who plugs junk into their PC and doesn't even know what CPU usage is, and you are using a hot fast Core 2 Duo processor, this camera will do a good job for you, as long as you don't sit too far back from the camera.
If you already let Microsoft spy on you with all their automatic junk turned on all the time, then you probably won't mind Logitech doing that to you to.
(Hope you like Windows Media Player opening ports in your home router without telling you ---- didn't know they did that, eh?)
great quality great buy
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DL5UR99RWPOB
Good quality and OS X (>10.4.9) support
This webcam is vastly better than the MacAlly webcam I bought before I got this one. It works with Mac OS X 10.4.9 and greater without installing any software. My only wish is that it actually came with OS X software to adjust the brightness and contrast, because it really doesn't work well in low light without some adjustment. Fortunately, I already had a piece of software that will adjust those settings. I have recommended this camera to several friends, and I haven't heard any complaints yet.
