Microsoft LifeCam VX 3000 68A 00001 :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
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
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Customer Reviews

Couldn't be happier

2008-07-08
I bought this for my dad since he just found out about skype and wanted to talk to his old friends overseas. The picture is great and the software installs very easily. All in all, for the price this is an excellent camera that was painless to install.

Easy to use, fast set up

2008-06-26
It was very easy to set up on my XP machine, plug and play, started working fine. Gives better quality than I expected.

microsoft lifecam vx-3000

2008-06-24
this product is a good value for anyone intrested in video communication.

LifeCam VX-3000

2008-06-20
I read reviews on this camera and was impressed enough to purchase it. I am very happy, it is so easy to use. I previously had a Creative Webcam and had nothing but trouble.

I do wish the resolution was a little better but for my use it is more than adequate. I recommend it hightly

Nice Camera!

2008-06-19
This is my first camera that I ever purchased with built in sound, and all I can say what is WOW! It clips perfectly to my flat monitor and plus adjusting it is a breeze too. In addition, the picture quality is great and I do have a vista so if you're worried about how the hardware will work, it turned out well. As well it's convenient for IM services especially Windows Messenger, Yahoo, and Skype the main ones I use anyways. The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars because the effects are limited -- so if you're a youtube participator hang grip to your windows movie maker or other effectual software to give your videos creativity. Outside of that it is an overall a great purchase and you won't be disappointed!

carmera great software.. well Microsoft must have written it. It sucks

2008-07-22
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

2008-07-17
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?

2008-07-13
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

2008-07-10
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

2008-07-10
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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