Webcam Reviews

Many web cameras come with a small stand; with the help of it you can place it on your desktop or on the top of your computer monitor. You may need a USB web camera, especially made for laptop to use it with a notebook computer. These webcams have a clip with which you can hook it onto the top of your laptop.

In this section we are going to review some standard laptop webcams from famous manufacturer like Logitech, Microsoft, Creative, etc.

Many standard webcams from Logitech like QuickCam Fusion can bait on the top of your laptop, but some small webcams are attached firmly and easily. Standard webcams are not portable, but the laptop webcams are smaller and lighter, and can be moveable easily. But many reviews indicate that the standard webcams provide superior video quality than the laptop webcams.

The Logitech’s QuickCam for Notebooks Pro is conveniently the good webcam for laptops. This model has received much more support from the reviewers than any other model. Logitech has modified this webcam without renaming it that’s why older reviews are not that much effective. Some reviewers recommended the Pro with changing degrees of support. But most of the reviewers point put that the QuickCam for Notebooks Pro is not equally best as the QuickCam Ultra Vision or QuickCam Fusion.

Many reviewers like Pro webcam’s compact design and portability and the image and video quality is also good. The Logitech QuickCam Pro has the face tracking feature and it is simple to setup and use. The Pro webcam can not clip easily on any laptop; it probably depends on the laptop. Also the Pro webcam gets hot during use and can’t tilt or pan, it has a fixed focus. It comes with a built in microphone and a handset microphone and it’s resolution is 1.3 mega pixel with capability of capturing 960 x 720 video.

The Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe webcam has impressed many of the reviewers than it’s older version. Both the older and newer version models were refreshed, but they have same name. Modification includes enhanced audio noise suppression and a snapshot button. The Deluxe webcam now uses glass lens instead of plastic lens.

Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 is the closest competitor to the Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro. This model features highest resolution image sensor of 2 megapixels. Still the reviewers say that it can not give better quality of output like QuickCam for Notebooks Pro. Also the Microsoft NX-6000 is optimized for the Windows Live Messenger service. In the many reviews you will found comparison of Microsoft and Logitech webcam, The Logitech webcams provide better value.

The Creative Live Ultra for Notebooks is a top portable webcam of Creative. It has a 640 x 480 sensor, which places it below the top Logitech and Microsoft webcam models. But it get many complaints with its software from the users. This webcam contains a wide-angle lens. It has not it’s inbuilt microphone, but you do get a headset.