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Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 | 
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| Brand: Microsoft
Category: CE
Buy New: £14.95
New (15) Used (2) from £14.50
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1042
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 68A-00002
Model: 68A-00002
UPC: 882224132398
EAN: 0882224132398
ASIN: B000GEU6TA
Release Date: February 15, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. Item comes in non-retail packaging. Normally Same day shipping!
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| Features:
| • | Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 | | • | LifeCam is compatible with all leading instant messaging software | | • | Windows Live? call button for use with Windows Live? Messenger | | • | Pan, tilt and zoom controls | | • | Built-in unidirectional microphone with noise cancellationFits on most monitors, including flat screens or sits directly on your deskFor Windows XP Pro/Home/Media Center Edition/Tablet PC Edition and Pentium II 550MHz (Pentium 4 1.4GHz recommended) or higherUSB 1.1 (USB 2.0 recommended). |
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Product Description
Take instant messaging with friends and family to a new level of sight and sound. Here sounds and voices as if they were in the room with you. See clear live video images. Experience a new dimension in communication. 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, s...
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| Customer Reviews:
 A load of S#!T...Unbelievable from Microsoft. April 18, 2008
M. Tanner (High Wycombe)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Looks ok doesn't it? Not bad looking, and judging by the spec with the high resolution and video quality - for a webcam in this price range...a bargain.
How wrong...how very wrong. Basically, the picture quality is just about bearable and mine came with a pixel shaded red as it goes but there you go...
And then we move onto the microphone. Oh deary dear. It is constantly buzzing and fuzzing and about any other adjective ending with the letters 'zzing'you can think of.
You were thinking of buying this to video call on MSN or Skype? There are much better quality ones out there. You were buying this to call in general on MSN or Skype or video call WITH the microphone-then PLEASE, PLEASE trust me on this one. It is a load of bull and i would DEFINATELY rethink what you are getting yourself into. It is alot of hassle for a piece of plastic and i would certainly not expect this from microsoft. Search it on google, look at people on the forums etc. they all have the same problems with the fuzzy mic and low picture quality. But my main concern is, yes, the mic. No matter how many settings you adjust it does not fix the fuzzing and just to illustrate what im saying, when i was talking to my friend on msn the fuzzing was so loud he could not hear a worked i was saying unless i was about two inches away from it and shouting...
According to some threads on the forums i have to take the bloody thing apart to fix it-screw that! I bought it to use not to fix...
So anyway other reviewers who gave this product four and five stars you must have got very lucky because there are hundreds of other reviewers on the web which would say differently-including me.
I have never reviewed a product on Amazon before, you could probably guess that i have been delighted with all of them. That is correct. And that is why i have given this product 1 star. Because i am appalled. You think I'm over-reacting?
Go on, buy it. See for yourself.
LifeCam... January 16, 2008
Ms. O. Cracknell (Oxford, UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this webcam to replace an extrememly cheap webcam bought off of amazon. The webcam arrived with a cd, and instruction manual. Aesthetically, it is very pleasing; it will sit on your LCD screen, desk, or laptop screen. For those who want a webcam for chatting online and are not too concerned with sound/video syncing this is perfect for you. However if you are interesting in creating a vlog, etc- i would NOT reccommend this webcam. The microphone is very picky about whether it wants to work so perhaps it would be better to use an external mic or your CPU microphone. The picture quality is fantastic, however! up to 1.4 megapixels for static photos.
 Works fine on XP, no problems! But not on my Vista machine! December 4, 2007
M. Hall (UK)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
This is my second webcam, my old one being a very poor make that I bought cheap, and as expected had very low picture quality, and the mic was terrible. I use Windows Live Messenger, so when I saw that this webcam was optimised for Windows Live, I knew it was the right buy for me. Setup was a doddle, just inserted the disc, waited five minutes, then rebooted the comp and it has finished, upon reboot it brings up and Audio and Video settings menu, in which you can select which speakers/webcam/microphone you wish to use. I use Windows XP by the way, so I am not sure how this would operate on Vista. The Software is LifeCam 1.4, and includes some software in which you can take a stil picture, capture video with audio, or just capture audio, this is very simple and easy to use. Also installed is LifeCam dashboard, which only works with Windows Live, what this does is adds effects to your image, like drums/rabbit/guitar etc, so you can really have some fun with this webcam, quite a few are included as well. At the top of the webcam there is a Windows Live Call button, which is also some software that is installed, with just a flick of this button it brings up all your contacts in which you can have a Video call with, this only works with Windows Live! The webcam feels sturdy, and can be used on a flat surface, and the base turns into a clip so you can easily hang it from a flat monitor. I think this webcam is fantastic, if you have Windows Live, if you don't have Win.Live then many of the features that make this webcam stand out from the rest you will not be able to use!
UPDATE: At the time of writing this review initallily, it was based on the experience of using it on my Windows XP machine, I have since tried it on my Vista Laptop and found that it does not work, so I shall have to send it back for a refund!
First cam February 19, 2007
Alex Montgomery (uk)
59 out of 65 found this review helpful
This is my first cam so i would not know any different but the set up was very easy and smooth and the quality of the product is very good.
Reports from my family are "can you get me one and send it to us!"
I tried to take a still picture of myself and was not happy with the quality but i may not have the settings correct.
On the other end, they can have me on a full screen and so im told it is crystal clear and the sound is very good.
Bought my camera from argon [...]..... now seen it on amazon not happy but will get the one for my family from here
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