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 Plays well with Linux November 26, 2009
L. Haisley (Austin, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first webcam, and was purchased to work with a Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux (Hardy Heron). Hardware configuration with Linux can be a real bear, but this camera was easy. The uvcvideo driver (kernel module) required to operate the cam is a stock module under this version of Ubuntu, and the luvcview utility, which can be used for testing and adjusting the camera, is available as a package. After manually inserting the uvcvideo module into the kernel, this camera came right up with no tinkering in luvcview and ran with Skype for Linux just as easily.
The built-in USB microphone is OK, nothing to write home about as far as quality is concerned, but quite adequate and intelligible for speech. It took some tinkering to bring the mike up on the system for testing, since the Latitude D600 on which it's being used has a built-in mike which takes priority in the PulseAudio server (which runs by default).
Great Webcam November 25, 2009
Woodworker (Oak Harbor, WA)
Great webcam - grandparents constantly comment on the clarity of the grandchildren's video over the web link. Good product.
 What were they thinking? November 25, 2009
Richard A. Nichols III (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The most expensive and also the most ridiculous webcam I've ever bought.
First, the cord is so short that I had to drive down to Best Buy and buy an extension USB cable just to be able to use it in any reasonable manner. You'd think that for $100 they wouldn't skimp on cord length? (this is the shortest USB cord I've ever *seen*)
Also I was unable to use this camera with Logitech's own camera software on XP because every time I loaded it, a dialog would come up asking me if I wanted to enable some automatic lighting function, and every time I answered it - no matter what I answered - my computer would instantly shut off.
Third, the only way to stand this camera up is atop a stand about 1 foot tall, with a base only about 2 inches across , so (especially given the extremely short cord they provide) keeping this camera standing up is almost impossible. A little bit of common sense would have had them provide a base with a little bit more leverage..
Come to think of it, if you actually have a notebook PC I guess you don't need the (practically useless) stand it comes with, and neither do you need a longer cord because it just clips onto the top of the screen. So basically my recommendation is this: don't buy this webcam if you have a desktop PC.
fun way to stay connected with family November 25, 2009
D. Garcia (east coast, USA)
My family lives so far apart from each other and this is a great way to stay connected !
Exelent camera. November 24, 2009
Michurin (Philadelphia, PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Camera is just excellent exactly what you expect from Logitec product for the price. Setup was fast, may be 5-10 minutes playing with the settings and you are good to go. I am primarily use this camera with Skype and quality is just exelent. I am using it for a few weeks already and quite happy.
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