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Product Reviews Summary
Avg. Customer Rating:
 
2.7 stars
(based on 39 reviews)
55% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:
Easy to set up(19), Fast connection(15), Good in low light(7), Great extra features(4), Sharp image(10)
Cons:
Incompatible with my computer(4), Poor image(8), Poor in low light(16), Slow or inconsistent connection(5)
Best Uses:
Business meetings(3), Home computer(19), Laptop(12)
Describe Yourself:
Quality oriented(13), Value oriented(19)
Primary use:
Personal(30)
 
Driver wont install - hangs up on XP !!!
By screwed from nh on 7/31/2008
Pros:
Sucks
Cons:
Sucks
Best Uses:
Recycling material

sucks

 
Works Awesome!!!!!
By FrankieVerified Reviewer from Saint Marys, Ohio on 6/28/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Great Extra Features, Sharp Image
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Setup in 2 minutes and 10 minutes later already working on project dont listen to the bad reviews this thing really works

 
Keep the Receipt
By Vikki from Fayetteville, NC on 6/23/2008
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I needed a new webcam for skype so I bought this one...bad idea. The picture quality is no goo.The image comes out dark and grainy, even in good lighting. I would suggest not wasting your time buying this product.

 
Great for the price!
By cheap camera userVerified Reviewer from Los Angeles on 6/13/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Not incredible
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Look, you get two cameras for a really low price. How can anyone complain? The image quality is not superb, but I've seen cameras costing four times as much over Skype, and they look pretty lame, too. This is not broadcast TV, people, it is for consumer-grade internet messaging. Yes, you will need to turn a light on in the room so people can see you. Installed within 5 minutes under Vista. I'm guessing that some people who had trouble installing may have been connecting via an unpowered USB hub, and that may not always work. Try the ports directly on the PC.

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buy it for saome one you don't like
By one ticked off jew from lancaster ohio on 6/6/2008
Pros:
Easy to return
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Incompatible With My Computer, Poor Image, Slow or Inconsistent Connection, Won't load on xp
Best Uses:
Returning
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Business
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

even though I say buy it for an enemy I would not give this piece of human waist (yeah I am talking about what goes out the other end because to say what I want there is not allowed) to some one I did not like. go with a name camra that has proven itself I should have known pay more and have it work than go cheap and have to waist gas to return./and if I did not want to return it I would let it hit the trash.(in many small pieces)

 
This camera is HORRIBLE
By Jenn from CT on 6/2/2008
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image, Slow or Inconsistent Connection, The camera freezes up
Best Uses:
Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

this camera is horrible unless you have alot of light in the room, and even then other people might appear orange or disfigured.

 
Took it back
By Maria from SoCal on 5/29/2008
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Horrible little camera. It felt like a toy. It took me an hour to install. One of the cameras wouldnt focus and the other didnt work at all.

 
Amazing camera..works with both Mac/Win
By SD from Cupertino, CA on 5/29/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Works with Mac usin macam
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Value for money .. 2 webcams , 2 headsets ... works with Apple Mac as well using macam [@]

 
thank you for this get family together.
By bob from smyrna. ga on 5/24/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light, Not enough space to say
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

ok now. your feature came at the right time. great promotion and i am going to take advantage of it. an pull our far flugend family together this memorial day weekend. great promtion. and thanks to you all .

 
Great cam for great price
By WesVerified Reviewer from Atlanta, Ga. on 5/23/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Sharp Image
Cons:
Bad In Low Light
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I bought 2 sets xmas 2007 and gave to family. we can now all conference live on Yahoo for free. The only limitation is to chose proper usb port and pc must have a lot of memory for voice+video app's.

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Installing driver didnt even work
By Travis from Lynden, Wa on 5/10/2008
Pros:
None this product sucks
Cons:
Doesnt even install
Best Uses:
None
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

dont buy this at all such a waste of my money wow i hate this it wont even install

 
I would tell everyone to use this cam.
By Melanie from Georgia on 5/1/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light, Great Extra Features, Sharp Image
Cons:
Nothing bad here
Best Uses:
Best for everything, Business Meetings, Home Computer, Laptop, Monitoring
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This product is GREAT. I live 800 miles away from my family and now I can see them everyday. I bought one for my mother and I am so happy I did. It is affordable and good. With gas prices the way they are there is nothing more I could ask for.

 
Good Piece of Equipment
By Ms.Kinsey from Athens, Texas on 4/22/2008
Pros:
easy to adjust, Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Fun to use, Price vs quality, Sharp Image, Simple to use product
Cons:
Bad In Low Light
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This is a good piece of equipment, the value versus the quality is worth thesavings. this camera gets the job done.

 
Decent Camera for the Price
By inarevilVerified Reviewer from Ely, NV on 4/16/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Good In Low Light
Cons:
Does not stay put
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Not the best camera I have played with, but for the price, a great overall value for someone looking to get started with a webcam.

 
excellent product
By [@]deadinyourheadVerified Reviewer from florida on 4/7/2008
Pros:
Easy to focus, Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light, Great Extra Features, Sharp Image
Best Uses:
Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

i like it every thing works fine if u download everything

 
I like it
By Lori from Largo, Fl on 3/20/2008
Pros:
Fast Connection, Sharp Image, The set up was very easy
Cons:
Camera should clip on
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

My only con is it doesn't sit well on my laptop. the installation was very easy--I have Vista. I find it works very well for me.

 
bad
By why is this important from gibsona PA on 3/4/2008
Pros:
nothing
Cons:
Incompatible With My Computer, it did not load at all
Best Uses:
Nothing
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

it did not load at all and when it loaded on my sisters comp it took 12 hours and it dident let her click any buttons

 
Works just fine
By meeh from PDX, OR on 2/1/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection
Best Uses:
Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Great with Skype. Good sound quality, acceptable webcam for the price.

 
sux!!
By "Sxy E" from H@rl3m!! on 1/28/2008
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

this web cam sux, it makes me look like if I havent slept in years!!

 
no software for linux
By peatrap from amarillo texas on 1/15/2008
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

no support for open source, works fine on my x
p machine

 
Good Product by Radio shack
By Syed from Chicago,IL on 1/14/2008
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light, Great Extra Features, Sharp Image
Best Uses:
Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Hi,
This cam i purchased at ThanksGiving and since the it is working fine. I think being not a popular brand even Gigaware is really a good option to go with. I am very stisfied with performance and reliablity.

 
SUCKS
By BALLER from NEW YORK on 1/14/2008
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

THIS WEBCAM SUCKS. I CANT EVEN DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE ON MY WINDOWS XP. I RECOMMEND THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON. IF YOU HAVE XP DON'T GET IT!!!
LISTEN TO ME.

 
Don't buy this one, spend more!
By Ted from Pullman, WA on 1/12/2008
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image, Slow or Inconsistent Connection
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This product was very poor in image quality. I could not get the camera to look good in any light and found it to be a very low end camera. If using Skype or another video chatting program I would suggest a higher resolution camera with a higher price tag. It looked legitimate in the store but steer clear. Go for a logitech or another trusted brand.

 
Great for the price
By Hunter from Groton,CT on 1/5/2008
Pros:
2 in a pack, Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Great price
Cons:
Bad In Low Light
Best Uses:
AIM, Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Great for the price. Good for first timers. 2 in a pack so u can just give to a friend.

 
HORRIBLE
By ArtVerified Reviewer from New York, NY on 1/2/2008
Cons:
Drivers aren't intalling
Best Uses:
For return
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Bought it today... Horrible! Drivers are not installing. Just freezes in the middle of installation. No customer service, no downloads available. Will return tomorrow.

 
OK for the Price
By JaredVerified Reviewer from Florida on 12/29/2007
Pros:
Cheap Price
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Freezes Sometimes
Best Uses:
Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This Product is ok for the price. I gave one to my sister to use for her labtop and i kept one for myself. I have windows vista and the set up was real easy. I had some problems with the set up on my sisters windows XP labtop but after 30 mintues it finally worked. I have only tried it on AIM6 but i will be using it on MSN Messanger. I would recommend this product.

 
Works fine with Skype
By Andy from Atlanta, GA on 12/27/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I bought 2 sets (4 cams) and they all worked well. The resolution is not great, but if you go into the settings and set for low-light, it works fine with just a lamp in the room at night. Make sure you focus based on your distance from the camera, using the black ring around the lens. Makes a nice, simple visual chat easy and cheap.

 
Great
By Curveballa from Augusta, ME on 12/27/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, inexpencsive, Sharp Image
Cons:
Bad In Low Light
Best Uses:
AIM, AOL, Instant Messaging, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

It is great for personal use for Instant Messaging my friends, i got it to talk to my dad because mine didn't have a built in camera. Perfect for what I was using it

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
SUCKS
By OSCAR "GOLDENBOY" from CHI-TOWN on 12/21/2007
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

THIS SUCKS I WAS GONNA GO BUY THE LOGITECH ONE ON SALE FOR $25 WITH $15 DOLLARS MAIL-IN REBATE, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE BETTER. I CAN'T EVEN TURN THIS ON. ITS CONNECTED IN MY HIGH-SPEED USB PORT 2.0 AND IT WON'T WORK. I AM EVEN RUNNING ON WINDOWS VISTA WITH 4 GB RAM MEMORY ND 500 GB HARD DRIVE.

 
It is what it is!
By c from Gainesville, FL on 12/17/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Inexpensive
Cons:
Bad In Low Light
Best Uses:
Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Sheesh people. THIS IS A $15 WEBCAM (for 2 units)! Yes the quality is marginal and it requires a lot of light. BUT IT'S ONLY $15 for 2.

Setup was easy tho I only installed the drivers off of the cd (\driver\setup.exe) bypassing the setup of the VideoImpressions software. The camera was instantly recognized by WinXP (SP2) and has functioned each & every time I've used it.

Worked in Yahoo IM, MS Live Messenger, and AIM6. Haven't tested much beyond that.

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Easy setup, great vid qual, perfect $!
By LostNSoundwaves from Forsyth, MO on 12/15/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Sharp Image
Best Uses:
Business Meetings, Home Computer, Laptop, Monitoring
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

** Before you begin installation, make sure you have the latest updates on all programs you think you will use with this system.

-with that said-

Can't get much easier than this. Took about 5 minutes per computer to set up. Install the software before you hook up the cameras. Software installation is self-explanatory. Camera is automatically detected with WinXP. Works great with Windows Live Messenger Video Conferencing. Hooked one cam up to a computer in one room and the other cam to a computer in another room, and the system worked with no problems. Automatically updates DirectX if you don't have the current version. Adjustable focus. Great product!

If you have problems, read the instructions. :)

 
For First Time User!
By Big WesVerified Reviewer from Passaic, NJ 07055 on 12/13/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Only easy to set up
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Lighten
Best Uses:
Laptop, Took to work
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

This product is good for first time user. This product sucks on images-in poor lighten as well as setu-up. I had it for over a week 12-5-2007 I'm returning it today. It keep knocking me off of my messenger as well as it cannot find new Hardware. I have to keep restarting my computer. The best product out thier today is LOGITECH it cost alot but, buy that product.

 
You're buying for the headphones not cam
By Thought this was a great deal from Oakland, CA on 12/11/2007
Best Uses:
Headset only
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

WOW. Camera is terrible, the image looks like what happens when I take my contact lenses out. I mean really terrible. But you gotta admit as a consolation that [$] for two headsets isn't a bad deal either...

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Nothing is worth a penny
By TechGuyVerified Reviewer from Atlanta GA on 12/9/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image
Best Uses:
Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I DONOT KNOW WHETHER THESE CAMERAS ARE ORIGINAL OR REFURBISHED. ITS NOT WORTH A PENNY. POOR IMAGE AND POOR RESOLUTION MADE IT MORE WORSE THAN THE WORST.
BETTER TO PUT SOME MONEY TO BUY A DECENT ONE

 
Functional webcam with a fussy setup
By Arif from Erie PA on 12/6/2007
Pros:
Sharp Image
Cons:
Incompatible With My Computer
Best Uses:
Home Computer
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

For those who are looking for a basic webcam, this might suit the bill. I was so i wrestled with a 5-6 hrs of setup process and finally made it work.

caution XP users & who like to tinker around, incase you get a Installshield error , pls consult microsoft KB articles. there are multiple causes with multiple fixes there. For 2000 the setup was a breeze.

Pros:cheap & it works in well lighted rooms.sharp picture after some focussing.
cons:fussy setup.flimsy built.no bells and whistles (eg motion tracking)

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Dont ever buy this one
By SandyVerified Reviewer from Hillsboro OR on 12/5/2007
Pros:
Pretty slick
Cons:
Bad In Low Light, Poor Image, Slow or Inconsistent Connection
Describe Yourself:
Quality Oriented
Primary use:
Personal
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

The product is easy to install but sucks at performance....needs way too bright light to capture any image...i would not recommend any one to buy one just because its dirt cheap...its of no use

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Resolution
By Russ from San Francisco on 12/4/2007
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

This web cam must be from the dark ages. The resolution for capture is just 320 x 240. Thats worse than the earliest video phones from years ago. No wonder it is on sale........the driver didn't work off the cd either. You have to find it online and download it and it will take awhile to find it.

 
I am going to buy another one for home.
By Mick from Detroit, MI on 12/3/2007
Pros:
Easy To Set Up, Fast Connection, Good In Low Light
Best Uses:
Business Meetings, Home Computer, Laptop
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Primary use:
Business
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Just purchased for business use.
5 minutes after taking out of the box I was running a web-cam meeting.

I will stop on my way home to grab another set for my home computers.

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

 
Didn't work for me.
By Tim from Petersburg, PA on 11/24/2007
Cons:
Incompatible With My Computer, Slow or Inconsistent Connection
Describe Yourself:
Value Oriented
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I wouldn't recommend this product based on my experiences with it. The camera detection worked about 10 percent of the time. Most of the time the camera wasn't recognized by the computer. It didn't seem to autodetect at start-up either.

I have Windows xp with a duocore 2.66Ghz machine with 1 GB of ram, so I don't think that an underpowered or old system is the problem.

I did notice that the instructions say to choose the correct operating system, but there is no option to do this with the setup. Perhaps this is the problem?

I fooled around with this for about four hours. I'd have to say that I'm fairly experienced with setting up equipment. I've set up other webcams with no problem as well as tons of other software and hardware. I don't think that I've set up the camera incorrectly. I can't afford to take any more time messing with this - I'm taking these cameras back.

I will say that (for the price) the picture was fair to good. Needs lots of light though. Needs software adjustment, but the picture was acceptable.

I'll warn you as well of the poor design of the camera mount. The prongs of the base will push into the actual screen of your flat screen monitor! Watch out for this! You'll be buying a new monitor if you aren't careful. The camera is light and flops around everywhere so you will likely gouge your screen at some point.

I do not recommend!

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