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| Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 (68A-00001) | 
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| Brand: Microsoft
Category: CE
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $20.49
You Save: $29.46 (59%)
New (34) Used (3) from $18.57
Avg. Customer Rating:  250 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 640x480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 2.1 x 2.2 x 2.9
Warranty: 3 year warranty
MPN: 68A-00001
Model: 68A-00001
UPC: 882224132367
EAN: 0882224132367
ASIN: B000EVM5DK
Release Date: June 9, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Superior video quality and high definition still photos | | • | Automatic face tracking software | | • | Crystal-clear audio with built-in microphone | | • | Video effects let you express yourself during chats | | • | Optimized for Windows Live; Windows Live Call Button, LifeCam Dashboard, and One-Touch Blogging |
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Product Description
Take instant messaging with friends and family to new levels of sight and sound. Hear sounds and voices as if they were in the room with you. See clear live video images and experience a new dimension in communication. The LifeCam VX-3000 is optimized for use with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, so you can share life as it happens. Easily start a video chat by pressing the Windows Live Call Button, and clicking an Online Contact. Crystal-clear video conversation is now possible with more than 200 million contacts in nearly every country in the world. Get vivid high-quality still images, even in low light. Hear your friends and family as if they were in the room with you. The built-in unidirectional microphone automatically picks up your voice with remarkable clarity-there's no more hassling with separate devices. Long, flexible cable gives you more room to move Surprise your friends with cool video effects, accessible right from the Windows Live Messenger Window LifeCams capture life at 30 frames per second, which means the video images you see are smooth and seamless System Requirements - Windows XP Pro, Home, Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition, 300 MB of available hard disk space, an available universal serial bus (USB) 1.1 or 2.0 (recommended) port
Amazon.com Product Description
Putting the power of Windows Live Messenger at your fingertips, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 takes instant messaging with family and friends to a new level of sight and sound by offering great video and crystal-clear audio with acoustic noise cancellation. Plus, you get advanced features, such as automatic face tracking software and low-light adjustment, so you feel like you're right there. 
Get great video and crystal-clear audio during your Windows Live Messenger chats. | 
A universal attachment base fits on most monitors, including flat screens. | The Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 is optimized for Windows Live Messenger, which is used by the largest worldwide instant messenger community with over 200 million users. Three key features give you a superior Windows Live Experience. First, the Windows Live Call Button makes it easy to start a video call. Simply press the button to see who's online, and you're on your way to a video call. Second, with the LifeCam Dashboard you can access video effects and control your webcam from the Windows Live Messenger window. Lastly, with One-Touch Blogging, a single click allows you to upload to Windows Live Spaces, an "online scrapbook" that lets you easily post blogs, photo albums, and personal music lists. The VX-3000's automatic face tracking software, which takes advantage of the camera's pan, tilt, and zoom controls, follows you so you don't disappear off-screen. Meanwhile, the camera automatically adjusts for low-light conditions for improved video quality, and a built-in unidirectional microphone with acoustic noise cancellation provides crystal-clear audio. Video effects give you a fun way to express yourself, and last but not least, the camera's universal attachment base fits on most monitors, including flat screens. Alternatively, the camera can sit directly on your desk. Note that while the VX-3000 is optimized for use with Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft LifeCams also work with other instant messaging programs, such as Yahoo Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger. If you want the next level of performance from your LifeCam, consider the Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000, which adds high definition video capabilities, a wide angle lens, a 3x digital zoom, and a high-speed USB connection. View a comparison of the LifeCam VX-3000 and VX-6000.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 245 more reviews...
carmera great software.. well Microsoft must have written it. It sucks July 22, 2008
The camera does great. with most software, but the one it came with. But I don't use that software much (face tracking), so that's okay. But I did test the software. I found it to be bloated and unpredictable. The camera is okay though..
Sherm
Good at price point July 17, 2008
A problem I did have was that the wire was a little stiff so when I place it on my monitor, it has trouble maintaining it's angled down position. It could be just my copy.
Image quality and sound quality is honestly good enough, it's $30! I can't stand the hater reviewers out there. They expect a top of the line product from a $30 web camera. Maybe it's your video card? sound card?
I used this product to video chat with my girl when I was out of town for 8 months. The image quality on this one blew her webcam out the window. I was actually surprised by the image quality from this guy. However, when I recorded a video or took pictures, the quality did seem to be a little ehhhhh but once again..it's $30. As long as my girl can recognize my face on her end and notice that I haven't shaved for a couple days...I can't really complain.
 I paid thirty bucks for this? July 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've heard constant reviews about this camera being great AND cheap. So I bought it. Thirty bucks, down the tube. And I thought I was getting something decent.
The sound is horrible, for one. It's completely disconnected from your movements and about two days after I got this, the microphone blew out and stopped working. It was gently handled, and the only sound it had been exposed to was low talking.
There's also the grainy quality and the fact that if you take a picture, you could almost get better quality from a camera phone. It also gets hot after about five minutes of recording.
Overall, this is disappointing, not what it's made out to be. I would suggest a different model to any and everyone.
 Works great for Skype video chatting July 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this camera so that my kids can video chat with my parents who live in another state. It was simple to install on Windows XP and I haven't had any problems. It works well with Skype. The video quality is decent. The microphone is much clearer and louder than the one built into my laptop. I'm sure there are better cameras out there, but I didn't want to spend too much money. Plus, video quality is usually limited by your internet connection, not the camera. The only gripe, which some others have had, is that the button on top of the camera is easy to bump and it tries to load Microsoft Live Messenger. I changed it to open Skype using another reviewer's suggestion:
Jrverse says:
You can have the large button activate a different app (like Skype) when it's clicked.
This works for me and others on the web (Advanced users only!!!):
1. Open regedit.
2. Navigate to the following key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\????\Settings]
Where ???? is a number like 0000, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004. You may have a few of these.
3. Under each of the "\????\Settings" folders, look for the entry called "QuickStartPath", and change it from the current value (usually "C:\Program Files\Microsoft LifeCam\icepick.exe") to the path of the program you want to launch when the big button is clicked (like "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\skype.exe") This works perfectly for me.
 disappointed July 10, 2008
Very impressed with the video, Totally disappointed with the microphone. Am going to return it and try to locate a logitech.
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