Well my Coach emails me today and asks:

"I need a favor. I need you to investigate which web cam for PCs would be best for my wife and I to buy for our kids so that we'd be able to video chat using AIM or some other program. Which model and probably with a mic built into it? Where would be the best place to buy said product?

There is some time constraint as they would be Christmas gifts. Thanks"

Being that I have no clue about webcams since I have never used, or never cared to use one. I seek your advice guys. Thanks.

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anyone?

gimme a little time and I will post a link or two...

This is the one I have at home and it works pretty well. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...ONTENTID=10556

It is kind of pricey though...

Quote: Originally Posted by SPECIALBLEND218 Well my Coach emails me today and asks: "I need a favor. I need you to investigate which web cam for PCs would be best for my wife and I to buy for our kids so that we'd be able to video chat using AIM or some other program. Which model and probably with a mic built into it? Where would be the best place to buy said product? There is some time constraint as they would be Christmas gifts. Thanks" Being that I have no clue about webcams since I have never used, or never cared to use one. I seek your advice guys. Thanks.

Typically, you'll get a big cost-jump between the $20 range cams (which are all mostly of the same quality) and the $80+ cams, that can get exponentially better and costlier. So a question is, what will your boss' kids find to be acceptable quality. If all they're doing is video chat, they can probably get away with something relatively cheap, all of which are relatively the same in quality. Just find one with a mic.

However, I happened to notice today that TigerDirect is having a sale on a Logitech Quickcam that has a lot of features, costs about $90, but there's a $30 rebate. If your boss doesn't mind spending that much, the camera itself looks pretty good.

Personally, I'm looking for a cheap IP-cam, something that simply has a built-in NIC and can just plug into a CAT-5 outlet so I can set it up as a baby monitor, and my wife's friends can hit the IP to see live images of the kid from across the country. Of course, there's always the risk that I'll forget to turn off the cam while she's breast feeding ... that would be bad. Funny, but bad.

-godling

Thanks guys for the help my coach like the Logitech you pointed out Feral. He wanted somethign cheap but also something good. His kids are older then me but they live far away and wanted it for communication and to see his grandchildren.

It might be worthwhile for him to check out creativelabs webcams too.

I've used one in the past and never had a problem, and one of my friends still uses one and she loves it. I think it's the Webcam Live Pro! or something along those lines.

Thanks Ironserif. He just ordered the Logitech but I think he will like it. But I will keep your info for the future. Also a gave all three of you rep and noticed I gave godling his second bar

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