Hi. I thought I would convey my experience with my new Skype webcam. some time ago I herd someone on the Leo Laporte radio show ask for a suggestion for a webcam. Leo suggested the Logitech C910 HD Pro, which I purchased for $50 from Amazon.
Earlier today I completed my first video call with this webcam. I had my nephew help me test the resolution of the camera. I asked how the picture looked on his end, and he said the quality is really good. He said it looks better than a CRT old school TV, but not as good as 1080P high def cameras. I knew I was not going to get that kind of high resolution because the webcam specs state it performs best at 720P. I bought a USB card reader along with the webcam. AS we all know, the print on the user manuals of small electronic devices is something like a 6 point font--exaggeration but you get it. For kicks I held the user manual in front of the camera, and to my surprise he was able to read it. I asked about the clarity and he said it was very good. Ok, solution for sighted help for mail and written material, check! I then placed my netbook screen in front of the camera and asked my nephew to read something I typed in notepad. He was able to read the text, spelling errors and all on this little screen. Sighted tech support help for screen I can't read, Check! I then placed my cell phone screen up near the camera and he was able to read the text on the screen. Cell phone tech support via Skype, check! I asked him to identify some dollar bills of various denominations. He conveyed the dollar amount as quickly as I could unfold the dollars. Emergency cash counting, check! My nephew said I sounded really clear even though I was speaking about 4 feet from the webcam itself, so it looks like the microphones work very well too. This webcam has 2 microphones at each side of the camera making them stereo mics of course. The camera in total is about 3.5 inches long by about 1 inch high and 1 inch from front to back. It connects to my computer via USB 2.0 and hangs from the top of my monitor. It appears I made a really good purchase, but it was no surprise since the camera is rated at 4.5 out of 5 stars from some 500+ Amazon.com customers. Here's where you can get it if you're interested: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-1080p-Webcam-C910-Skype/dp/B003M2YT96 JR Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
