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Summary: Excellent Webcam...a steal at $40 w/ free shipping!!!!!
Review: I spent about a month reading reviews and comparing webcams. For a long time I was convinced that logitech was the best way to go, but I was wrong. This shows much clearer that any logitech on the market, all of which sell for much more that $40. you will not be disappointed. I had the cam for about 2 months now, and have no complaints. I everybody says is the clearest the have seen.
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Summary: good under very dim light and good natural color
Review: For the $40 I paid after the rebate, this NX Pro offers good picture quality. Even under very dim indoor light, the screen always show a brighter picture than the actual scene. Most of the time, the color/contrast/brightness/etc don't need adjustment to render good natural color. Just set to default. In comparing with my other 3 unknown brand webcams, this NX Pro is quite an interesting contrast. When shooting out of my office window, my cheaper ($20) webcam made by Zoom Telephonics could pick out details of buildings at the end of the street, about 600 ft away, with accurate colors. But NX Pro just showed a misty outline of the buildings, just cloudy, no colors. Maybe it doesn't see through glass that well. The NX Pro is good primarily for video conferences where people are from 4 ft to 10 ft away from the lense, and are almost always shot indoors. This NX Pro shines in daytime and night artificial light conditions of all levels of dimness. The unknown brands always show reddish color at night scenes lit by artificial lights. Regardless of any color adjustment, they alway appear funny. Also, with indoor lighting, these cheaper brands show lots of blur with the slightest movement. But, surprisingly, in daytime, the unknown brands are so sharp that they show your pimples and wrinkles. NX Pro is very flattering when it shows peoples' faces - always smooth, even colored, no blemishes, - like in a movie studio. Conclusion: since webcams are mostly for indoors, with artificial lighting, and for shooting at close range not over 15 ft, the NX Pro is the best for the price in terms of sharpness, skin color tones, and frames per second.
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Summary: great webcam
Review: I loved this little web cam... inexpensive, in my opinion, and gives some sharp still pics unliked the grainy pics of the other web cams. Only thing I didn't like was placement. I would have liked to have been able to remove it from that base and put it on a tripod... on top of my monitor it is too high, and next to it is too low. But quality pics and videos. Easy to use too
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Summary: Poor performance...
Review: Some preliminary comments based on my first few days with the "Creative Labs PD1130 WebCam NX Pro"... * Installation - Straightforward and easy on Win2K Pro. Nicely integrated live shot of the cameras view in the install process, which builds early confidence that the device is working. * Form factor - As others have noted, the three legged base is dicey on flat services (desk, top of CRT). It does, however, work quite well hinged to a laptop (or for you fortunate souls, your flat screen). * Functionality - Bundled software provides all the basic necessities (still picture, video, scheduled monitoring + configuration) * Performance - This is where the device is letting me down (hence the three stars for an otherwise positive experience). I'm seeing significant latency locally (~1.5 seconds) and extreme latence/dropouts via Yahoo & MSN messenger (below 1 FPS at 320x240) over a DSL connection (both sides) on a P3 box w/ 512MB RAM and Win2K SP3. I've tried, I believe, every option, with no improvement. This would be (or will be) a five star product if I can work the performance issue out. As it is, it's on a path to being returned.
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Summary: One of the best out there for under $50
Review: Looking for something around $50? I used to own the Logitech Pro 3000 ($100 at the time) and that was superb, but it broke and I don't want to shell out another $100 again for the Pro 4000. At first I bought the Logitech Webcam Messenger ($50) thinking Logitech is better than other brands, but when I tested it the image quality is really bad. Even with intense lighting, the image was greenish and very grainy, not to mention ghosting when I moved around. I returned it and bought the Creative Webcam NX Pro and found out that it is far superior to the Logitech Messenger. NX Pro has a much better image quality. There is still a bit of ghosting, but the color is very good. For $50 I have no complaint about the quality of this webcam. It does pick up ambient noises, but it's very tolerable. The only complaint is the base. It takes some effort putting the webcam on top of the LCD, but it does sit on top of my LCD. If you want to set it on top of a desk there's no trouble there. The wire does tug on the webcam a bit, but once it's set up, it shouldn't present a problem. A very nice webcam for under $50.
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Summary: Easy to set-up and use
Review: This is my first webcam. It was VERY easy to use. However, as usual, Creative included minimal documentation. As long as the installation CD "auto-starts," you can just follow the prompts. I use it with Yahoo Chat and it works very well. I cannot comment on the microphone feature as I already have a one in my headset that I use. For the price, I think the NX Pro is an excellent value.
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Summary: Great cam!!
Review: I was a bit weary when reading the more negative reviews on this cam, but when I opened it, set it up (which was very easy) mounted it on the top of my flat screen computer monitor, and turned it on..I was very pleased! The quality of the pictures it took, and the cam image itself was spectacular! it looks great in a dark room with only a small lamp on. as well as a very bright room. it seems to adjust to the light available to produce a clear image. Bonus for me, it makes my complection seem remarkably smooth..I couldn't even see the circles under my eyes that I acquired after the birth of my daughter. Overall this cam gets 5 stars. Oh, and about the stability of the base..once you get the hang of putting it on your monitor, it's very easy to put it anywhere else. I haven't had it fall over once. it seems to snap onto my monitor very well.
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Summary: worked 1st & Only 1 time
Review: This webcam worked the first and ONLY time, afterwards as far as my new Dell PC (XP) thinks it doesn't exist... although I re-installed s/w, then removed & re-installed 3 times even with new driver I downloaded from Creative web site....no luck...so it's back to the return desk. It appears I'll have to try another mfg webcam.
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Summary: not very good
Review: It works well at the very beginning...but later i found
1. it's too hard for it to stand still. it drives you mad b/c of this.
2. the quality of pictures deteriorates over time. it cannot even focus now! what's happening?
><..am i the only case?
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Summary: Great webcam!
Review: This is a wonderful little webcam. It sits perfectly on top of my Creative Ti2900 speakers. Resolution and refresh rate are great for this camera's price class, and the image is always bright and accurately colored. I use this camera with MSN Messenger to converse with our in-laws overseas and not for hosting a webcam or anything like that, so I can't really comment on the included software package. I can attest that this camera works flawlessly with Messenger (which is more than I can say for my router). The only downside, if you can call it that, is the microphone. In the package I received, the microphone is white, not black as shown. Also, the mic is highly directional and highly sensitive. Meaning that you need to direct it squarely toward your sound source, but not too closely, or you'll end up with a distorted sound. I find placement at about 30 inches works for conversational volume (no joke).
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