Creative Live! Cam with Voice
In image quality point of view, it is not something special. You can have the same image quality by purchasing a webcame for much much lower price.
Its good with its result and quality is fine, Easy to install and use.
The only problem is , its hard to attach it on the laptop , because of it usually fell because of the loose grip.
I bought a creative webcam in 2003 that kind of resembled a snail shell. It was total garbage! Slow responses times, hardly ever took a "stable" picture (mostly blurry), did not have good light response, and didn't even rotate! This was supposed to be a webcam that could also be a portable digital camera. Ha! Not so much. I paid $100 through Amazon for this Creative Web-Cam. I did not know that this camera was garbage and I was so frustrated that I never tried to return it for a refund -- I just suffered with it's inadequacy. Two years earlier, I bought an Intel webcam through Dell for $48. It worked great -- it even swiveled, and made movies! Only $48! So why is Creative making garbage for $100? Maybe they have improved in 4 years? I don't know. Karma always comes back around, so this is my report and caveat to people about my experience with a garbage webcam bought from Creative.
I'm not sure why the other reviewers are not having the same excellent experience that I am having with my Voice camera. The installation was easy, the image is clear and the directional live audio feature that they have, works great.
When I video caht with my friend, he says that the image is clear and the frame rates are fine. Also, if there are others around, the directional live audio feature only picks up my voice. The software bundle is very good compared to the other cameras out there.
Overall, I'm very happy with my camera and highly recommend it.
Liked the built in microphone. The zoom and pan features are nice.
Unfortunately the video and still picture quality is poor. Probably will toss when another "good" deal comes along.
My image on my screen is very sharp,however on the other side of transmission the picture is some what blured ( pixelated). The problem could be other then the quality of the Live Cam itselfe.
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I've been testing several cameras for my work and so far this one is the worst performance to cost for video we've played with. To get a one star it would have to have failed install or been otherwise fatally flawed as it is it works but The quality of the image , lack of focus ability and the quality of image, repetition? Nah it's a camera and it's worth noting that it's primary function is no better than a $5 after rebate model. Given the $70 price point this thing is seriously disappointing.
Sound's pretty good and unlike the MS vx3000 which has a great picture ( but lags the sound horribly) it works on systems other than XP/ Vista )
It's a real shame since it's nicely designed , has a pretty good software bundle ( specially if IM is your main use). Given that most of the reviews online have the same image issues I'd find something better than Creative live
Never have I seen such a disconnect between what is written on the flashy box and what the web cam inside delivers. Or rather: doesn't. The picture is fuzzy and there is no auto-focus nor even a focus ring. The picture seeems software interpolated as the screen is sharp for a brief moment after turn-on, then goes blotchy. The gamma and brightness controls barely do anything. The Microphone array produces noise. I recorded myself moving around, without talking. On replay there's not silence but significant crackle and popping on the soundtrack, I guess as the microphones are looking for something to track. Last, but not least, the box blatantly lies about still picture quality: one is promised up to 5 Mpixel stills, however the only resolution available for still photos through Creative's driver/software is 640x480. Spend your ~$100 elsewhere.
I bought this one, and return on the same day since it does not work with my wireless D-Link USB 2.0 network adapter.
Originally I purchased the Logitech QuickCam Fusion ... LOVED IT, but found out after I purchased it that the Logitech software does NOT work with Windows Media Center Edition. That's too bad, since probably more than half of the computers sold to home users are pre-loaded with MCE.
So, even though I absolutely LOVED the quality of the Logitech Fusion, I had to send it back.
Bought this camera (Creative Live!) instead. WHAT A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.
Software is confusing.
Camera quality is VERY poor in low light.
Only good thing about this camera is the wide angle lens.
Bottom line ... if you don't have Windows Media Center Edition on your computer, DEFINITELY get the Logitech Fusion instead.
If you DO have Windows MCE, well then you're stuck in the same boat as me ... looking all over for a decent camera :(
I'm going to return the Creative Live! and see what else is out there.
We love this camera we tried another by a well known company and the software and camera did not work with our operating systems. The camera had so many quirks we could never get it working. I am not a computer expert and I got this thing up and running with no problems. I would recommend this camera to anyone.