Advantages: High quality mic with background noise reduction.
Disadvantages: The screen adapter is not suited for thin screens.

...The Labtec Verse 534 Microphone is a piece of essential equipment for anyone from the highly successful businessman to the average student looking to talk to people over the Internet. The Labtec Verse 534 Microphone is perfect for use with voice over IP applications or instant messaging applications as the Labtec Verse 534 Microphone features background noise technology to filter out background noise. The background noise filtration technology is quite good as it is capable of reducing the amount of background noise such as other voices and machines however from personal experience I find that the Labtec Verse 534 Microphone does pick up music from my Technika TA-05 headphones if I have the music up too loud (which is quite often lol). The Labtec Verse 534 Microphone connects to the pc through the mic port that most pc and laptops... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, Optical mouse
Disadvantages: Dust Traps in Rubber layers

...Since the creation of the computer, many input devices have been created. Such primary are the keyboard and the mouse, which over the years has gradually evolved to being wireless and optical. The competition is now getting to the boiling point. Logitech, manufacturers of many peripherals for the PC is the ultimate brand for quality products for the PC without a doubt. However, newly profound company Labtec is over our horizons providing cheap components for the PC with quality that satisfies a broad range of customers. Even though the mouse is optical, it has a price tag a-third of leading brands such as Logitech. Having consistently used the product, I find no problems as such which has caused me to contact Labtec's support centre. The design is sleek and sexy with a laser-like light beneath which automatically dims when lifted... Read review

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Advantages: Software easy to load, cheap, motion sensor feature
Disadvantages: no sound, slow, have to reload software if it gets unplugged

...not tend to do this! There's no microphone either which means if you want sound you have to use one from a separate source, also a pain! And if it's being used with a messenger program it is very slow and rarely runs in real time. I'm on a 1mb connection yet still i get pauses, whats with that??? I am rather disappointed with Labtec this time round. All my other Labtec hardware works very well yet this seems to let the whole company down. I'll certainly be more wary of labtec purchases in future.... Read review

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Advantages: Good build quality, Excellent Overall Sound
Disadvantages: Complicated Wiring

...This Labtec model encompasses cutting edge audio technology. The Pulse 424 features a revolutionary design of subwoofer designed to provide greater air excursion and improved satellite speakers (producing mid and high frequencies)over previous offerings from Labtec. The subwoofer itself is quite large and well built, however the satellite speakers are small and quite flimsy. Don't be fooled however, this is a serious piece of kit. The subwoofer always provides a beefy soundtrack to any song and picking out the timbre of drum beats exceptionally well. The pay off of this is a slightly vague mid-bass response which robs the system of the kind of detail that picks out the resonance of bass guitar strings. The mid range frequencies are hugely detailed and layer the effects nicely bringing good definition to the vocals whilst enhancing... Read review

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Advantages: Small and affordable,simple to install.
Disadvantages: Bit tricky to position

...The Labtec Webcam is small and very light wieght, however it does its job well, I have had a prob or two getting it to sit still in the right position,this can be resolved easily enough using some tack/putty to hold it in place, due to its shape it is a little top heavey...mabe a suction pad could have been in-built to the base of it? For its price approx £19.00, it does all you could ask of it, it comes with a CD rom which contains the downloadable driver *so dont lose it* ,and you can create video clips as well using it for the normal eyeball chats.It has also been useful for taking photos that can be downloaded as profile pictures on web sites, and snapping the kids near the monitor screen to send to grandma! The focusing leaves just a little to be desired, and you do need the lighting to be right, I have found myself looking... Read review

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Advantages: Low price tag, good value, great for video chat.
Disadvantages: Not the best quality, lack of features.

...This Labtec Webacam is a cheap, plug and play digital webcamera that is perfect for someone looking at a basic camera for instant messaging or creating basic home movies from their computer. I personally use it along with my dektop mic for video conversations on MSN Messenger but it can support various other instant messengers aswell. The best points about this camera is its low price and ease of use, just plug it in via a spare USB port and install the bundled software to get instant accss to the cameras features. The software allows you to make home movies and also edit settings for the camera such as brightness and contrast. The downside of the camera is the quality of picture. It can occasionly appear slightly fuzzy and out of focus however, tweaking with the controls slightly should make a small difference. It also has a lack... Read review

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Advantages: Audio Quality
Disadvantages: NONE!

...Labtec speakers - Near bose quality! These speakers are the cream of the crop when it comes to cheap audioware - nice crisp highs and thick heavy lows, room filling audio and a surround sound button which tops them off. We aqquired these speakers when we brought a windows 2000 based PC and they came as complimentary speakers. Upon connecting the beasts I thought 'Oh, what a pile of crap, I might as well throw them in the cupboard now...' Upon connecting them I was physically blown away by how much bass these little beautys pulled out of their subchambers! The lovely highs and mids were pretty awsome as well. I would seriously recommend these speakers to someone who loves their music and is a frequent user of their iPods or whatever lol. These speakers are truly worth every penny you spend on them. The bass is so powerful you dont... Read review

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Advantages: High quality sound an mic
Disadvantages: only one ear headphone

...People that have read some of my reviews will remember my damning review of the Labtec Gaming Fx:1 headset and the experiences of this headset put me off buying another Labtec headset. Now you might be saying how can you do another review on a Labtec headset if you never got another one? Well the answer is I never got another one, my dad got me another one as a present :s. He didn't know all the trouble with the 1st Labtec headset but I decided to give this headset a go because it was quite a thoughtful gift and it looked like Labtec had learned their lesson with "comfortable behind the ear" style headset and made a normal headset. I started using this headset with a bit of a closed mind but after the 1st couple of hours I was in lo