Rating: 
Summary: Great, but could be better
Review: This is my first webcam so perhaps some of my joy comes from the simple fact that I can see myself for the first time ever, so clearly, chatting and typing away. It's fun! And the images are crisp enough that I now keep a hairbrush and blotting powder next to my computer -- (yikes! Didn't realize I looked THAT bad in my home office). REally. The picture quality is superb. I have XP and I have experienced no probs whatsoever. But a few complaints: - the headpiece for the microphone is great in theory but sized for the head of a 6 year-old. It's TINY!!!! What the heck? Also, the hole for my mic is on the back of my laptop and the hole for my sound is on the front, and the CreativeWebcam mic cords don't reach that far; they just aren't long enough to plug into both. So I get sound, or I get to be heard by my friend on the other end: just not both at the same time.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Picture
Review: This small baby is my fifth webcam. Easy to install in Windows XP. I do not follow the instruction on the manual. Plugin the webcam first, XP reports there is a new device, insert CD-ROM. Do not follow the autoplay of CD-ROM, let XP search the driver, and it's done, 2 minutes is enough.
If u still want to install other software, insert cd-rom again, but unchecked the driver option, and u will install the left. The picture is clear and sharp, color saturation is good, very stable to stay on my laptop LCDs. Creative has a good product. It's far better than Logitech Quick Cam Express, and Intel cheapset one. For my point of view, picture quality is better than logitech Pro 4000, which is the comparable product of this one. Here is some cons: no lens cover, the picture not as good as the Intel pccam Pro, which is the best one i ever use.
Rating: 
Summary: Grainy, XP "loses" it
Review: Under normal room light, or even under bright light, the picture is horribly grainy. The picture also suffers from high susceptibility to electrical noise (either that, or the horizontal wavy ripple in the video is just caused by a camera that's cheap... I've seen that before).
Another reviewer said that putting it on "full auto" cleaned the picture right up and got rid of the graininess. It does, to some extent. But then, it can only capture at about 5 frames/sec MAX. I'll say this for it, at least it can really capture about 28 frames/sec and it can capture 352x288, as well as 320x240 and 640x480. But the video is pretty terrible. It installed fine on a Windows XP machine. However, if you unplug it, wait a little, and plug it into a different USB port, it won't work. XP can't find the camera anymore. After a reboot, XP said a driver "failed to initialize". Unplugged the cam. Rebooted, plugged the cam in. Nothing. I basically had to completely uninstall it and reinstall it to move it to a different USB port, which is rediculous.
Rating:
Summary: One of the better webcams out there...
Review: With its CCD sensor, this webcam, at is price point is one of the better products out there. It also takes great snapshots (but needs to stay connected via USB Cable to do so).Manufactured by Creative (the sound blaster people). My past experience with Creative's customer support has always been good, so that is a big plus also.
Very easy to install. I had NO PROBLEMS using or installing it with Windows XP Professional.
My only gripe is the lightweight stand it comes on. It is designed to be inverted to clip-on a laptop...and I am sure it clips on a laptop very well and stays there...but getting it to stand and stay on top of my non-flat desktop computer monitor was a different story. You will need to weigh it down with something (I used a cd jewel case). If you don't want it to move.
Make sure you get the "ex" version.
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