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Creative Labs Live! Cam Optia AF 2.0MP Webcam with Autofocus Lens

Creative Labs Live! Cam Optia AF 2.0MP Webcam with Autofocus LensBrand: Creative Labs
Category: CE

List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $51.50
as of 7/30/2010 22:14 CDT details
You Save: $38.49 (43%)


New (19) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $27.95

Seller: good_deal_for_sure
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 35 reviews
Sales Rank: 9581

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 3.3 x 8.9
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: VF0560
Model: VF0560
UPC: 054651160538
EAN: 0054651160538
ASIN: B001NEK0P2

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
  • Autofocus lens for clear, detailed video & images
  • Smooth, vibrant HD video with 2.0 megapixel sensor
  • Voice chat without the background noise
  • Cool video and voice effects plus avatars for more fun in your video chats
  • Excusive parental control software to keep your kids safe
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Product Description
Look and sound your very best with the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF. The advanced autofocus lens quality 2.0 megapixel sensor and built-in Live! view technology ensure youll look sharp in bright sunlight or even in a dimly lit room. The adaptive array microphones go beyond normal noise cancellation to give you the clearest voice chat without the background noise or the hassle of being tethered to your computer . Full featured software makes chatting more fun and safer for your kids . And installation is easy - the true Plug and Play install gets you up and running in popular IM programs like Windows Live Messenger Skype Yahoo! Messager and AOL Instant Messenger before you even install the CD.

Customer Reviews:
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3 out of 5 stars Beautiful but dumb on a Mac   July 13, 2010
DPW (British Columbia,)
This camera takes a beautiful picture, but there is ZERO control of the cam in a Mac environment ... no control over exposure (which means you're hooped if there's 'too much' light in the room) and no control over video frame rate (so you're stuck at 15 fps). Creative tech supports says, "Thank you for your kind understanding."

My point is that the product description and the vast majority of product reviews on Amazon (Creative's only online retail vendor, as far as I can see) are profoundly misleading, either by consciously or unconsciously employing a strategy of leaving out an essential piece of information, which is that the product is essentially crippled, or as Creative customer service puts it, 'restricted to plug an chat and that bundled software is not supported'.


5 out of 5 stars Works Great on Mac   June 24, 2010
J. Cox
Plug the USB into my Mac, worked just fine. Cam was recognized and set as the primary video device.


5 out of 5 stars Peek-A-Boo   April 22, 2010
Joseph D. Difiore (100 Mile Out Of NYC, USA)
I'll Put It Like This I Hooked It Up And With Minor Adjustments I Was Online Talking With Friends Not To Mention The Software Package Which Allows You To Make Yourself Split In Half....Send Photo's Or Documents....

Now Mind You There Are Other Big Named Corp.'s Out There ....Which Is What I Purchased First !
And The Way I See It It Works Fine With All Their Software...But What Happens When Your Using Other Operating Systems

And That Is That


5 out of 5 stars Parental Control!!   February 17, 2010
Jennifer (MN, USA)
In this day and age, I expect to have parental controls on any device that can connect to the internet. This is the only webcam I have found that offers this feature. It allows you to set a password so that ANY time the webcam is going to be connected to the internet, it requires the password. Awesome!

All the little fun features are strictly for kids and as an added plus, has helped me to get my 4-year-old to sit down for long distance video chats with his grandparents for more than just a few minutes. I'm not sure Grandma is so thankful, however! It is cute to watch him play with the considerable variety of voices and video effects but isn't something most people would use in their regular video calls.

This is the first real webcam we've had in a while. Others have died on us and we've been left with only the one in our little Asus netbook, which leaves much to be desired. It has been amazingly refreshing to upgrade to this great little cam. The autofocus seems to work well and in our test calls we could see the video was MUCH more smooth and clear. I used to joke that we should put up a still picture and see if they could tell the difference. As for the mic, the mic on our netbook webcam has always been a sore spot as I am generally a soft spoken person and always feel like I have to shout for the in-laws on the other line to hear me. The mic on this cam seems to have completely alleviated this issue and I don't get anymore "I didn't quite catch that!"

I've noticed a few reviewers had issues with mounting it on a flat screen monitor but we didn't have any issue. I also really like the look and size of the cam. We've had several that are just big and obvious and ugly and look like some kind of robotic creature. This one has a sleek look to it and I'm looking forward to many years of use.


5 out of 5 stars cam   January 21, 2010
canth
I bought this for my daughter, she installed it herself, the picture is a vast improvement over the older type she had.

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