Great Web Camera

Advantages: Price, quality of picture, software bundle, ease of use
Disadvantages: slight delay when using conferencing

...This camera from 3Com couldn't be simpler to use. It plugs directly into your USB Port and comes with great software. Software included is webcam32, Picture Works Live, 3com Homeconnect Vid Cam, viewer, and great help files. The camera allows you to take still digital images and record live video. Picture quality is excellent and when using the webcam for video e-mail or conferencing the delay in picture is minimal. The camera can be focussed really close up so is excellent for those macro shots. It has self adjusting 'white light' features and sets itself up for the prevailing light conditions. An excellent and affordable web camera...

jonwhite 09.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of 3Com HomeConnect Web camera

Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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microsoft cameras are expensive

Advantages: more compatible with windows OS
Disadvantages: expensive

...microsoft webcams are expensive compared to chinese webcams one can buy good quality chinese webcam for just 4 sterling poundswith excellent features of courese these chinese cams have its disadvantages like compatibility with windows operating system but quality wise these cams are so good its like it produce pictures of 5 mega pixel quality pictures. microsoft hardware is very compatible to windowns most of thier products are no need to install drivers seperately but if they reduce their prices it will be good for the people in developing nations who especially consider the price of the product. people in india and china just consider the lowest price product with lots of features irrespective of quality of the product so microsoft should consider this segment of people....

nikitafondi 16.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000

MS Xbox Elite review

Advantages: quality product, easy to setup, lots of fun.
Disadvantages: cant think of any yet, besides game choice for women!

...Quite possibly the best purchase I've done this year. I'm pretty new to the Xbox world, and got this as all my mates at work would rave on about it all the time, so I dived in and used up all my savings and got one. Games can be quite pricey, but I've found that buying them off friendly auction sites, can save a hell of a lot of money. Setting up was a doddle, I'm pretty good with computers/electrical stuff, but I'm quite sure anyone could manage it with or without the instructions. I had a few problems with Xbox live, but that was just myself, as I'd already registered online at their website and used my email address with a different gamertag to the one when I originally setup my Xbox, but Xbox sorted this out for me after a phone call to their UK support centre (numbers on their website). Since I've had the Xbox I've brought...

hughzey 21.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite - The User's Review

Advantages: Brilliant graphics, HDMI Output, Excellent Games Library, Xbox Live
Disadvantages: Expensive Games, Xbox Live Fee, Lack of Blu-Ray, Hardware Errors

...After hearing how good Microsoft's next-gen gaming console was, I decided to invest. And what a good choice that was. I purchased an Xbox 360 Elite last year and how glad I am that I did. Pro's: - Powerful graphic engine - Brilliant display at 1080p Full-HD (HDMI) - Brilliant line-up of games - Excellent online (Xbox Live) system Con's: - Games pricey at £40-50 each* - Xbox Live Subscription at £40 per year** - Lack of a Blu-Ray drive unlike its competitor, Sony PlayStation 3*** - Prone to crashes and hardware errors**** *New games are hard to find at prices lower than £40, which is a lot of money on top of what you pay for the console itself **Xbox Live is a very good service offering a full friends messaging system and a wide range of services such as Game Demo's and Arcade games but considering the Nintendo Wii...

Coops2404 20.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

Microsoft have done it again!

Advantages: Graphics, Playability, Addictiveness, range of games and XBOX LIVE.
Disadvantages: Red lights are way too common.

...impressive graphics as they all run off the same unique Microsoft engine. Games such as Oblivion, Assasins Creed and Grand Theft Auto IV look particularly stunning and have taken a very long time to create. The atmospheric and environmental detail is spectacular in most games. Character looks and movements are realistic and portray real beings. There are litterally hundreds of games available in every catagory for the Xbox Core, Premium and Elite. Strategy's, FPS's, OMG's and simple singleplayer games all exist and are excelled in each catagory. I couldn't posibly list a selection of games for I wouldn't know where to start. All I can say is the ones I own myself and I find most entertaining are Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games) and Assasin's Creed (Ubisoft). Check out the following websites for great deals on all the Xbox 360...

bilbobaginz 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite - Best console ever made!

Advantages: Looks good/Good storage/Great games/Great graphics/can play films and videos/music/lots lots more.
Disadvantages: Very expensive accesories, especially the wireless adaptor

...the reason why I never even considered the PS3 when I was choosing my next-gen console, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that I would never get to play such games as Halo3 or Fable. The xbox live marketrplace is a great feature, it alows you to download themes, demos movie trailers,game trailers and even whole movies. Ofcourse some of this will come at a cost, which in most cases is a complete rip off if you are only buying things such as gamer pictures. This is the only real problem with the xbox 360, the price of the accesories :S. As with many things, microsoft liek to charge excessive prices for simple accesories and force you to buy their £60 versions by mnaking the cheaper ones not work. Aside from the accesory prices though The xbox 360 Elite is the greatest console out and I highly reccomend it, o and I forgot to...

lnknprk 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Windows 7: Is what Microsoft is saying really true?

Advantages: Runs really fast, Some very good features, any decent machine can run it.
Disadvantages: The Price. It looks like vista and it really is just a brush up on the old OS

...Windows 7 has been said by Microsoft as being much improved and everyone would be happy with the end result. But is it really better, below is my review of a few sections which I believe is most important and compare it to older versions. Speed: 9/10 Much faster than Vista. To compare with the Vista OS, on Vista it took around 30 secs to 45 secs to boot up and log me in. Now on Windows 7 it takes 20 - 30 secs to boot up. Shut down is also so much faster. Vista = 15 secs... Windows 7 = 5 secs..... So there is a huge improvement. Also when running programs or browsing the internet you feel like this Operating System is very smooth and just does what you want (most of the time) Program Compatablilty: 8/10 Most Programs that run on Vista will run on Windows 7 (32-bit) very well. Though (64-bit) has a few problems such as many...

dndewar1 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft Office Professional

Advantages: IT'S COOL LOOKING
Disadvantages: YOU HAVE A DEADLINE TO MEET?.....DON'T USE!!

...Am impressed with what microsoft designed you sure would love it if you happened to be one of those that like going for every and anything new.......... come on! a brilliant mind did came up with these modifications only there are lots of BUTS to this brilliancy. I'll tell you what i think , in the quest to improve on previous version microsoft has only succeeded in giving us a really cool environment to work in while entirely removing that EASE with which you normally feel when working on previous versions. Call me 'old fashioned' if you like, but have you really done a job where you have a dead line hanging over you head and you are (let me say "unfortunately') presented with this MS pro 2007 to work with? you would be lucky to finish in time. What were they thinking when designing it? is it that turning the inside out would give...

hopiaki 28.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Office Professional 2007

Who says the camera never lies

Advantages: Small, easy to use
Disadvantages: Price

...Philips Vesta PCVC680K web camera A high tech, plug and play web camera, which is compact and easy to use (Via a USB Universal Serial Bus socket). With a built in microphone, this camera sells for about £100, and is in the higher end of the market. It is available from most good computer peripheral stockists. The camera and software are compatible for computers with a processor speed of 166 mhz and above. You are required to have at least 16 mb of ram and 10mb of free hard drive space to install and use the software that is supplied with the camera. Playback capabilities are an advantage as the quality built in microphone affords you the ability to record your own audio tracks. Designed to operate on Windows 98 and above,(Sorry ‘95 users) the camera and software are easy to install and use. The software is on a CD...

headgardener 13.02.2001 · Read review
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