Webcams > Creative Webcams > Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP

Advantages: Great quality picture and video
Disadvantages: Quite pricey compared to other webcams

... I brought my Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro last year (2006) around about the Easter period as I had been using the MSN messenger service for quite a while and a lot of my friends and family had them and so I thought that it was about time I got one too. Price I first brought my Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro at a PC world in Canterbury, it cost me about £30, however this was quite a while ago and I have looked around and on the internet ...
... Picture The Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro can take photos at an incredible 1.3 mega pixels which is one of the highest quality still picture capture for webcams and you'll be hard pressed to find better. Video There is additional free software that comes with this webcam and on it are several functions, one of which is video capture, this webcam records video in an amazing 800 x 600 pixels at a rate of 30 frames per second which ... Read review

Advantages: Good cost considering specs
Disadvantages: Didn't work

I searched around the internet quite a lot looking for the perfect webcamera for me...something at a decent cost, under £30, good resolution, ability to take still photos at 1.3 megapixels etc. Quite standard nowadays, but a good cost and a well respected brand. I took it home, installed everything perfectly until the moment the software told me to plug in the webcam - at that very moment, I was confronted by the Blue Screen of Death. My computer ...
...my webcam, my laptop just restarted. I never managed to see the picture at all. What is worse than the camera not working at all is the appalling customer service. I emailed their technical team from the website about three or four times over the course of a month, telling them my problems with increasing detail. I never ONCE received a reply. Unfortunately, because I had to practically tear the box open to get the camera out, I could not even return ... Read review

Advantages: stylish and good picture quality
Disadvantages: never got the microphone to work

Great camera with clear picture. The camera itself is easy to set up and sits nicely at side of my computer. Great picture quality Was a great buy whilst hubby was working away from home. Kids loved seeing themselves on the computer monitor. Never managed to get the microphone set up properly, but i may have misread the instructions, just gave up in the end. The microphone itself is a small one that clips to your top Looks stylish and goes well ... Read review

Advantages: mutli mount option, great picture quality
Disadvantages: long winded installation, but qorth it

Excellent picture quality.... A little long winded install as there is a huge software bungle to do. The software allows face tracking which enables the camera to zoom and alter, so your face remains central.. I presonally have turned it off, as I thought it was a little distracting for the picture to constantly alter is size. Can be used as a motion detector, still camera, and video camera. Multi purpose stand, which can allow attachment to ...
...of the picture even under some quite dark lighting conditions. The Video recording function, allowing you to record and save clips of any length is very good, and the files can easily be emailled as the file size is reasonable. I have used the camera with both MSN messenger and Yahoo messenger, both work easily and simply. Giving a good result. There is a backlight control if you've got strong lighting behind you to resolve shadow issues. There ... Read review

Advantages: Small, Light weight, comes with a webcam pouch, Fits perfectly on Laptop
Disadvantages: Need to fool around with settings for good image quality , but it's better than most cams

...think it is worth as it is very compact and can be carried around everwhere. I would say it's generally a good product but Creative needs to improve on the sensor and on the neck adjustment of the cam as it's not that adjustable as a notebook cam should be. ... Read review