Samsung's New HD 720p Webcam Sensor

11/12/08 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.

Tags: technology, webcam resolution, gadgets, webcam light sensitivity, webcam color balance, HD webcam, high definition webcam

Air Cam Remote Webcam App for iPhone-iPod Touch

08/12/08 20:33 Filed in: webcam software

A great new iPhone - iPod Touch app available at the iTunes app store is the Senstic Air Cam live video remote webcam monitoring iPhone app.

Hook any of a number of known UVC compatible webcams for Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard - or web cameras for Windows XP or Vista and Air Cam lets you view live video feed from your computers built-in or external webcam directly on your iPhone/iPod Touch using your home Wi-Fi networks.

Need a baby monitor? Set up your iSight webcam in the baby's bedroom, and remotely check up on your baby with your iPhone/iPod Touch without stepping into the room. Need a pet monitor? Use AirCam to remotely monitor them. You can even turn Air Cam into a low-cost, affordable home security surveillance system. Simply point your webcam to the location you want to monitor, and receive live video feed on your iPhone/iPod Touch.

Tags: Aircam, Air cam, senstic, iphone app, App store, surveillance system

Video Chat Cross-Platform With Gmail's Plug-In

12/11/08 11:26 Filed in: webcam software

Google has announced Gmail voice and video chat plug-in users to allow Cross-Plaform Google Talk video chat using their new plug-in. Might prove to be a viable alternative to Skype for reliable Mac to PC videochat calling.

Tags: Apple, Windows, gmail video, Mac PC chat, google video, gmail mac, google talk

Price Cuts On Mac Vision Pro from Logitech

09/10/08 08:29 Filed in: Logitech QuickCam

Logitech's top-of-the-line Apple Macintosh compatible USB Video Class webcam - the UVC Compliant Quick Cam Vision experienced a price drop of $20 literally overnight at AMAZON.COM - bringing the Street-Price under $100. This is absolutely the best webcam I've ever tested: It's frame-rates, light-management and hardware-based autofocus is superb. Before you decide to buy a cheap UVC compatible webcam - consider the long-term value of the superb image quality Logtech delivers. Don’t be fooled by the branding or marketing. This “Mac” webcam performs great with DRIVERLESS simplicity on Vista and Linux too.

Tags: Apple, technology, gadgets, webcams, Logitech

Adult Webcams Are Big Business

15/09/08 11:31 Filed in: Adult Webcams

Let’s be honest: Sex sells. And it sells alot of webcams - and has since Adult video conferencing was even possible on personal computers. In the early days of online sex, Adult chat was barely doable over dial-up modem connections - and even then in small, postage-stamp size Black & White images. But with advances in video compression, faster computers and modems, and with the first color webcams - Adult XXX video chat went to the next level.

Fast forward to the current state of the art in online Adult whoring: High definition quality webcams, dual-core video crunching processors and fast broadband now allow much larger chat sessions to occur onscreen, with high frame-rates and stunning clarity.

And there’s the irony: For mature xxx sex chatting needs, you may actually find that lesser quality webcams can actually hide a few flaws and soften rough edges. So ADJUSTABLE FOCUS WEBCAMS may be the BEST web camera choice you can make. Explicit detail when you want it, soft hazy allure when you don’t - all with a simple twist of the webcam’s adjustable focus lens.

Lastly, during frenzied moments of sexual stimulation - you really want and need a web camera that can manage high frame-rates without blur. Many may find a FIREWIRE WEBCAM to be their best choice here - or a DV camcorder with 1394b (iLink as Sony likes to call it) interface. For those with USB 2.0 webcams - you may want to keep your webcamera on a separate USB bus for high frames per second - and not slow your images down with contention from other devices polling on a shared USB hub for example.

Tags: sex videos, sex chat, Adult webcams, video, xxx webcam

CamSpinner 2.0 For Mac Capture App

05/09/08 21:14 Filed in: webcam software

A new release - now at version 2.0 of CamSpinner lets Apple Macintosh webcam users capture web cam video for uploads - or to FTP to web servers. Added is the ability to save up to 20 custom presets for optimal video grabbing of still shots or audio and video clips at resolutions ranging from 128x96 up to 768x576 pixels (on web cameras that support greater than 640x480 resolution) - Any Mac compatible UVC webcam or iSight / FireWire input is supported as well as image adjustment and compression controls available in QuickTime. Nice little app for only $12.95, Free trial version of CamSpinner is available at http://www.optima-system.com/

Tags: Mac Webcam, macintosh video