Webcams > Sony Webcams

Advantages: A nice touch to have when you are gaming.
Disadvantages: Picture quality isn't really the best but what do you want from a web cam.

I have recently purchased this for my PlayStation 3. I purchased it off eBay because it was £12 to get it from Hong Kong. It arrived and it was unopened, English version and fully compatible with my PlayStation 3. One of the reasons that I purchased this product is because they way it works with Rainbow Six Vegas 2. If you reset your character's appearance you can then choose to put your head on the character. It does this by taking a picture of ...
...of the side of your head. After a few minutes of it making your character's head your face will be on your character. Pretty cool. That is just one feature, on the PlayStation store there is a free piece of software that you can download called 'Eye Create' this allows you to: Take photos on your PS3, record videos on your PS3, and then edit everything you have taken/recorded with your PlayStation Eye. There are also quite a few games that you ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to install, Simple to use,
Disadvantages: Annoying spotlights that don't make much difference

This is my first experience using a webcam and all in all it has been a good one. The installation was pain free although you are advised to download the drivers from their website rather than from the cd so you can get the latest version, it took a couple of attempts but this was more to do with a poor broadband connection. The software features are pretty basic even for a novice like me, but as I purchased it for use with voip, for me, it is more ...
...make sure your lighting is good though, the spotlights don't really make that much difference and can also get quite annoying shining into your eyes.However, as long as you're not trying to be Stephen Spielberg I think for £15 it represents good value for money and I would certainly recomend it for anyone who wants a no frills easy to use webcam. ... Read review

Advantages: Motion detection, Colour, Wide tilt & panning range, Alert setting. Access via internet
Disadvantages: None

Linksys Wireless-G PTZ Internet Camera with Audio WVC200 video camera is able to send live video via the Internet to a web browser to any location in the world with internet access. I purchased this as a security camera so I can keep an eye at home when I'm away from home via the internet. It also works as a web cam! This device works amazingly well for what it is. The MPEG-4 video compression produces a high-quality video stream of up to 640x480. ...
...g Overall the Linksys Wireless-G PTZ Internet Camera with Audio WVC200 video camera is an advanced and very useful security kit. The feature I like most is that you can turn on a function called security mode, this tells the camera to send a message with a short video attachment to up to 3 email addresses whenever it detects motion in its view of field set up. Then you can simply log onto the live video stream if you want to investigate the situation ... Read review

Advantages: Features MyGuard, Effects provided, Easy to get used to.
Disadvantages: Problems installing on Vista, Hassle with CD

...camera and it's quality. The MSI StarCam 370i allows you to take pictures in the sizes of 640 x 480, 320 X 240, 352 X 288, 176 X 144 or 160 X 120. It usually has a 30 frame per second recording rate but it can be altered in the options. When the web camera caming it in unique packing to fit it's moveable neck, the first impression I got which I said aloud in my head was, "Dude, sweet!" I took out the webcam, and found inside a CD containing all ...
...I went to put my CD in the CD drive of my Microsoft Vista laptop and found that I also install a thing called MyGuard which is a program that can be used in work situations, e.g. if you were playing flash games when you shouldn't be, or at home, say if someone was coming up behind you trying to sneak on you. I then went to install the StarCam 370i driver for the laptop. I found that since I was using a Vista laptop, I incurred a few mishaps whilst ... Read review