Creative Labs HD Webcam
09/30/10 15:37 Filed in: Creative Labs Web Cameras
Creative Labs website lists some new camera models touting cross-platform compatibility. Supported operating systems are Linux Kernel 2.6, Mac OS X 10.5+, And Windows7-Vista. It had been awhile since Creative introduced any new chat cams, but they recently added these new Live! Socialize models of video chat cameras that feature driverless USB Video Class compliance.
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Socialize Mid-Range Model
Creative Labs Live! Cam Socialize Webcam
Socialize HD - With Wide-Screen 720p HD Support:
Creative Labs Live! Cam Socialize HD Webcam
Live Cam Sync - Low-Quality VGA at a Low Price:
Creative Labs Live! Cam Sync Webcam
From Left To Right:
Socialize Mid-Range Model
Creative Labs Live! Cam Socialize Webcam
Socialize HD - With Wide-Screen 720p HD Support:
Creative Labs Live! Cam Socialize HD Webcam
Live Cam Sync - Low-Quality VGA at a Low Price:
Creative Labs Live! Cam Sync Webcam
Samsung's New HD 720p Webcam Sensor
12/11/08 20:36 Filed in: webcam hardware
Korean company Samsung of their newest 1/4" SoC image sensor built specifically for web cams. The 1.2MP sensor - expected to be shipping in products in quantity by mid-2009 promises to be the first to produce High-Definition 720p-quality video (at 30 FPS) and able to stream 640x480 VGA video at 60 FPS. Improved light sensitivity of webcam video capture is achieved through an innovative 2x2 pixel processing/grouping technique called 'binning'.
There's a huge market potential here. Few webcam companies other than Logitech use state of the art sensors such as in their PRO webcam line. The sub $50 webcam market is rife with not only cheap sensors - but low quality plastic or glass lenses at best. From personal webcam chats to the talking heads on YouTube -- there's hope some of the blurry, off-color and downright LOUSY webcam images we've been inflicting on each other may suddenly get ALOT better in the year ahead.
There's a huge market potential here. Few webcam companies other than Logitech use state of the art sensors such as in their PRO webcam line. The sub $50 webcam market is rife with not only cheap sensors - but low quality plastic or glass lenses at best. From personal webcam chats to the talking heads on YouTube -- there's hope some of the blurry, off-color and downright LOUSY webcam images we've been inflicting on each other may suddenly get ALOT better in the year ahead.
