web, recording a new video blog, or snapping photos, you'll want to look your best. Creative's Live! View technology automatically selects the best setting for you so that your image always looks sharp and vivid. The ultra wide-angle lens and Smart Face Tracking feature keeps you in the frame and looking sharp no matter how much you might move around. Record video to your PC - perfect for posting a video blog, uploading to the Internet, or creating a home movie. You won't look grainy or fuzzy using Live! Cam Notebook Ultra. A high quality 1.3mp (1280x960) sensor, Live! View technology, and auto tuning give you video quality you may not expect from such a compact webcam. Sound Your BestLive! Cam Notebook Ultra incorporates Creative's superior audio technology by using a set of built-in adaptive array microphones. The dual microphones and Creative's exclusive Live! Audio technology cancels out background noise, so all you hear is pure voice over the Internet. Features: Video Effects from Creative's Advanced Video FXChange the face of instant messaging! So you've heard all about video effects - the special effects like snowflakes, masks, eye glasses, hairdos, etc. that you add to your video image while chatting online. But wait, what about having a beautiful backdrop behind you like the Eiffel Tower or Sydney Opera House? Plus, you can morph your image into water ripples, blow bubbles out of your mouth, or simple become invisible. You can do all this with Creative's extensive, free collection of video effects and more. Exclusive Voice Effects from Creative's Advanced Audio FX Let them hear you, in many ways! Don't just doodle and morph your image, do something about your voice! Now with Creative's exclusive Audio FX technology, you can talk like a chipmunk, a robot, or a duck. You can even soun like a 5 year-old kid with squeaky high-pitched voice or an 80 year-old man with quivering low-drone voice. Try it to believe it! Exclusive Parental Control Creative stands by safe online chat! Live! Cam Optia offers exclusive parental control that is not found on any other webcam. You can enable parental control during setup. Simply create a login and password so that the next time someone uses the webcam, it requires your password before streaming live video over the Internet. Parental control, smart face tracking, and other software features require the CD software installation. Specifications: 1.3mp (1280x960) sensor with Live! View technology Video capture at up to 1280x960 resolution Still image capture at up to 5.0 megapixel resolution Built-in noise-canceling microphones with Live! Audio technology USB Video Class webcam (for PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and above) Certified, hi-speed 2.0 (fully backward compatible with USB 1.1) 240º camera rotation for the best angle Exclusive parental control for safe online chats Smart face tracking keeps the focus on you Video effects for fun video chats Manual adjustable focus ring Bonus Creative stereo headset PowerGrip attaches firmly to notebook display (up to 2cm) Works with Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Skype Video Call and other compatible instant messaging services
web, recording a new video blog, or snapping photos, you'll want to look your best. Creative's Live! View technology automatically selects the best setting for you so that your image always looks sharp and vivid. The ultra wide-angle lens and Smart Face Tracking feature keeps you in the frame and looking sharp no matter how much you might move around. Record video to your PC - perfect for posting a video blog, uploading to the Internet, or creating a home movie. You won't look grainy or fuzzy using Live! Cam Notebook Ultra. A high quality 1.3mp (1280x960) sensor, Live! View technology, and auto tuning give you video quality you may not expect from such a compact webcam. Sound Your BestLive! Cam Notebook Ultra incorporates Creative's superior audio technology by using a set of built-in adaptive array microphones. The dual microphones and Creative's exclusive Live! Audio technology cancels out background noise, so all you hear is pure voice over the Internet. Features: Video Effects from Creative's Advanced Video FXChange the face of instant messaging! So you've heard all about video effects - the special effects like snowflakes, masks, eye glasses, hairdos, etc. that you add to your video image while chatting online. But wait, what about having a beautiful backdrop behind you like the Eiffel Tower or Sydney Opera House? Plus, you can morph your image into water ripples, blow bubbles out of your mouth, or simple become invisible. You can do all this with Creative's extensive, free collection of video effects and more. Exclusive Voice Effects from Creative's Advanced Audio FX Let them hear you, in many ways! Don't just doodle and morph your image, do something about your voice! Now with Creative's exclusive Audio FX technology, you can talk like a chipmunk, a robot, or a duck. You can even soun like a 5 year-old kid with squeaky high-pitched voice or an 80 year-old man with quivering low-drone voice. Try it to believe it! Exclusive Parental Control Creative stands by safe online chat! Live! Cam Optia offers exclusive parental control that is not found on any other webcam. You can enable parental control during setup. Simply create a login and password so that the next time someone uses the webcam, it requires your password before streaming live video over the Internet. Parental control, smart face tracking, and other software features require the CD software installation. Specifications: 1.3mp (1280x960) sensor with Live! View technology Video capture at up to 1280x960 resolution Still image capture at up to 5.0 megapixel resolution Built-in noise-canceling microphones with Live! Audio technology USB Video Class webcam (for PCs running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and above) Certified, hi-speed 2.0 (fully backward compatible with USB 1.1) 240º camera rotation for the best angle Exclusive parental control for safe online chats Smart face tracking keeps the focus on you Video effects for fun video chats Manual adjustable focus ring Bonus Creative stereo headset PowerGrip attaches firmly to notebook display (up to 2cm) Works with Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Skype Video Call and other compatible instant messaging services
Tuning automatically adjusts lighting and brightness to give you the clearest possible picture while you video chat. 270? adjustable camera angle Thanks to ingenious design, Live! Cam Notebook Pro rotates to almost any viewing angle, allowing Focus Settings: Adjustable manual focus ringFrame Rate: 15fpsImage Sensor: VGA SensorMax. Image Resolution: 1280x960 (software enhanced)Operating Systems Supported: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/XP 64-bitPart#: 73VF025000000Video Capture Resolution: 640 x 480Windows Vista: Certified for Windows Vista
must-have for notebook users. It is designed for portability and durability, and it even comes with a PowerGrip attachment that securely clips onto your notebook.The Live! Ultra for Notebooks is a small webcam with big features. It is the only notebook webcam with a 76 wide-angle lens that gives you a 50% wider field of view than other webcams. So when you're on vacation with the family, everyone can chime in and wave at the grandparents together.
Advantages Great quality picture and video Disadvantages Quite pricey compared to other webcams
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The CreativeLive! Cam Video IM Pro has a very sleek and stylish design and looks a great addition to any laptop or desktop computer. The CreativeLive! Cam Video IM Pro has a very functional base which allows it to pivot forwards and backwards as well as rotate a full 360º.
The base is also designed with a stand, which with a simple twist turns into a clip which can be attached to the top of any laptop of flat screen monitor. Alternatively you could simple sit the stand flat on a work surface if you are using a desktop computer.
Ease of use and installation
This product benefits from being plug and play software which means that all you have to do is plug it into a USB 2.0 connection and your off and ready to play.
Like I mentioned before there is additional free software which comes on a CD which you simply have to insert...
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Advantages Great quality pictures and video Disadvantages Its expensive compared to otther products on the market
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With your CreativeLive! Cam Video IM Pro you are also given some software so that you can capture video, this i found was very good and you can film in 800 x 600 pixels which compare to others on the market is exceptional.
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i have found that with my webcam about 90% of the pictures i take are perfect and the other 10% tend to be due to human error by taking pictures in the dark or into light but from the 90% i have taken they have all been really good and have always come out really well.
- Design -
as you can tell by the picture this is a very modern and sleek looking web cam and it comes with a few very handy features like the fully 360 degree rotational camera with a pivot and a stand, the stand is also designed to be able to clip onto a laptop which i have found very helpful...
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