Creative Labs WebCam Instant

by Creative

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002P4VHG
• Item model number: 73VF004000000
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Add Video to Your Instant Messaging!

The stylish WebCam Instant is the basic webcam that not only looks great but delivers outstanding performance. The WebCam Instant captures video at a maximum resolution of 640x480. You can also take 640x480 resolution photos, perfect for web posting, e-mails, and digital postcards. The intuitive design of the built-in three-way base allows you to place it almost anywhere, such as any flat surface, flat panel and notebook displays. The WebCam Instant's sleek design and glossy white finish makes it an attractive PC companion that looks great on your home computer.

Product Description

Includes: Creative WebCam Center, ArcSoft PhotoImpression 4, ArcSoft MultiMedia E-mail, & 6 ft. USB 1.1 cable. Creative Labs WebCam Instant - This webcam makes it easy and affordable to add video to online chats and instant messaging. It features a CIF CMOS sensor that is capable of a 352x288 video resolution. And through software enhancement, it can take snapshots at VGA (640x480) resolution. Taking snapshots are easy, just click the handy snapshot button on the tip of the WebCam. Adjustable Focus Ring 24-Bit True Color Auto Exposure / White Balance / Color Control Aperture F2.6 +/-5% Connects to a PC via USB

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

74 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value. Performed as advertised., September 25, 2005

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T. Son (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs WebCam Instant (Personal Computers)

It's interesting that most folks base the performance of the web cam based on the device alone and discount other important factors like the lighting, bandwidth (connection speed) and the particular chat program in use. I also think that most folks expect too much with the current web cam technology which, in my opinion, have not seen a bleeding edge development and progress over the years.

Creative Webcam Instant does its job well and comes at a reasonable price. With Yahoo, I experienced 2-second delay. With MSN, it was about 1 second. Still good enough for home use. With T1 connection at work, it was almost real-time. Smooth movement and great quality. No jerky movements. Overhead lighting at my office helped, too. Again, for other buyers, this webcam may not have performed so well due to their PC performance, DSL/cable speed, etc. For you, Yahoo may work better than MSN. I have not tried this with other IM apps. I also noticed that this web cam sits (or grabs) better with the laptop and LCD monitor than CRT monitor, but again, some people are more or less tolerant about minor details.

If you have the extra cash, want the built-in microphone, extra imaging software and always want the very best, both Logitech and Creative offer good products. For video monitoring in real time, Labtec seems to offer some solid products. But in the end, you have to ask how well it will perform over the Internet or LAN with your existing PC/network setup. $30 web cam may do just as well as $100 web cam.

If your goal is to see someone you care while chatting, this is a good buy for your money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome resolution, September 16, 2006

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mukhi "mukhi" (Stockton, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Creative Labs WebCam Instant (Personal Computers)

i have a notebook webcam from creative. i love it because it's so small that it fits on top of the screen and the resolution is very good. but this new product is better in terms of resolution. awesome quality with respect to a webcam. it has got the advantage that it can be used both with desktop and laptop (mine only fits with a laptop). if you have both types of computer, buy this one. creative deserves credit. i paid amazon $25.54 (which included S&H).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera, January 31, 2006

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B. Ruffner (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs WebCam Instant (Personal Computers)

This camera works perfectly for windows xp as well as Windows XP x64 and has some nice software included. Also the image quality is great and setup is very simple.