Microsoft Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 (White) Personal Web Camera Reviews

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This was a good experience for me, of course, I have never had a bad experience ordering from Dell. I am limited in my ability to get out and saround so, having a vendor site that I can depend on is very important to me. Share this Review: Review?2?for?LifeCam VX-5500 Webcam Overall: 5 [RATINGOF] 5 Reviewed by: ladyowl Date:?May 7, 2009 Pros:?Connecting with Friends ReviewWith the web cam I can know see my granddaughter more often than every 3 months. Share this Review: Review?3?for?LifeCam VX-5500 Webcam Overall: 5 [RATINGOF] 5 Quality: 5 [RATINGOF] 5 Features: 5 [RATINGOF] 5 Value: 5 [RATINGOF] 5 Reviewed by: Vancillia Title: Web Cam Date:?March 19, 2009 ProsSince I order this camera for my daughter, I never see her to much. from Dell.com Even with USB 2.0 the hand waving latency is very low but the frames per second is way less than 30. Fast movement will blur your image which is something I did not expect. This doesn't happen on comparable Logitech or even the older Lifecams. Your computer does all of the processing so it will slow down your computer a little bit more than the prior generation of Lifecams did. from Amazon.com I have Windows XP (SP2) and I had the same issues as another reviewer with XP who said it 'stalled' their computer and they thought maybe it was their internet service. That's what I thought because my computer kept shutting down - just on its own. A local computer service company (took a different computer from my office for service, not the one I had the Lifecam hooked up to) advised me this is a common problem with Windows XP and MSN Live and Lifecam. I uninstalled MSN Live and still had the shutting down problem. from Amazon.com This is very easy to install and use. You can install the drivers included with the CD, but I recommend that you install the latest ones from the Microsoft website (currently at v2.04). Also, make sure you install the drivers before connecting the camera. from Amazon.com For some reason this camera keeps stalling my computer. It's gotten a little better since I quit using the wireless internet and just plug into the wall. from Amazon.com I have family that lives out of state and gave this to them as a gift/test. They've been dying to try a video chat so they can see their two year old twin grandchildren, but they never got the courage to buy a camera on their own. I sent the VX-5500 to them and they were able to set it up on their own. Later that night the kids were in awe how their grandparents were on the screen. from Amazon.com There are some additional features to distinguish it, including a 3-D video effect. I didn't mess around with it too much, but it is there if you like tinkering with distortion effects and the like. There's also a feature where you can share videos with other LifeCam users if you both have Vista on your computer. I don't, so it makes it hard for me to do backflips over this. from Amazon.com Microsoft VX-5500 from Amazon.com I'll preface this by saying I use a macbook with built in camera 95% of the time, however I still have a Dell running XP in my basement that my daughter uses for computer games and I use with a lifecam vx-3000 to video chat with my father who lives across the country (he can't seem to get skype to work so I can't use my mac). I dislike needing to adjust the focus with the 3000 and the coloring in my fairly dark basement is always terrible so I thought I'd give this a try. from Amazon.com I'm a casual user of Skype, not a regular user. A webcam is an occasional need, not part of a daily regimen. I installed the VX-5500 on an x64 Win Server 2008. (This is an improbable platform for a webcam, but this happens to be the machine I own that has a headset with noise-canceling mic). from Amazon.com