From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7J59-0004vS-2r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D6D9E0887; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:29:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au (mail2.pcorp.com.au [150.101.72.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0170CE0887 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:29:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A614370003 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:59:55 +0930 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail2.pcorp.com.au Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.pcorp.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ea-DkQo0d7b6; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:59:54 +0930 (CST) Received: from [172.16.0.52] (unknown [172.16.0.52]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91B8F370001 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:59:53 +0930 (CST) Subject: [gentoo-user] LifeCam cinema or other webcams From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:58:33 +0930 Message-ID: <1257730113.23406.103.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 11c4af2b-b461-49df-8f58-494e6a1eaed4 X-Archives-Hash: 3d6c75a64842c402d0398d4cbd146ac1 Hi, Has anyone used the Microsoft LifeCam cinema HD webcam?[1] I know it's from Microsoft, but in my experience their h/w doesn't seem as bad as their s/w! I know this question comes up all the time, but if not the LifeCam, what webcam would you recommend? My requirements would be: * decent (for webcam) picture - not too grainy / lowres * usb * preferably not spca drivers, as they seem a bit behind lately * no logitech quickcams, due to their problems with skype If any cheaper LifeCams use the same internals, I'd be happy with that - I don't need the flashy look. The cheapest I can find one is AU$89. [1] http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/productdetails.aspx?pid=008 thanks! -- Iain Buchanan R&D Phone: 138