Customer Reviews

Creative Labs CT6840 USB Video Blaster WebCam III

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4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
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Initially, when I bought my Creative Labs Webcam 3, the button was stuck. But after replacing it, I have had no physical problems since.

This package includes a manual, the webcam, webcam software and some image editing software. I never used the Image software so cannot say much about it. The Webcam software is excellent, it includes the regular Video and Image capture software but also has a motion detector program. This allows you to capture images any time someone or anything passes the camera, great for detecting if people are using the computer when your out.

The quality of the camera is great. 640 x 480 video capture is quite jerky, at about 12 fps average but at 320 x 480, the image is quite smooth sometimes exceeding 30 fps. The focus is a little dial on the lens, easy to adjust (Autofocus would be nice though)

This camera works well on Netmeetings and Cuseeme, I have had no problems since. By the way, installing was quite easy, all the programs installed from the installer, I had absolutely no problems.

All in all, this is a very decent package. I only once had to talk to tech support and their service was prompt and helpful.

I chose the WebCam III because of the software included. You can take snap shots or create .avi movies with sound. It will allow you to capture images at a preselected interval or capture video using motion detection. In either case, you can have it upload an .jpg image to a web site or e-mail you the image or both. Video-conferencing via NetMeeting is easy and cool.

I just got the webcam3. It was the hardest thing to hook up i have ever saw it took me 2 days to get it going. My problem was the drivers they are hard to find. After the cam is hooked up its wonderful. I really like the software it comes with. The picture is very clear. Its well worth the money. I did have a logtech webcam express i do not recommend that product. The picture on that is fuzzy. The webcam 3 is just hard to get going but is a wonderful product.

I must say that this was a breeze (under 5 min) to set up. I do not know why the others had problems. Pluged it in, Win98 picked up the new device, pointed it to the drivers on the CD, cranked up net meeting, and I was off!

If you want fast top notch quality video, then spend more on a better web cam, but if you just want a basic (with some cool features like zoom) camera for a very low price, then this is the camera for you. I do not regret buying it, as it was a great, cheap, way for me to get my feet wet with video conferencing, among other things.

Enjoy.

It's my second webcam. First was from Logitech and it was even higher class (according to the price) but this one is much better. It's easy. works fine, equiped with a nice software. I haven't had any troubles. And, by the way, it's very chip for true VGA.

It also works under Linux, but drivers are not included in webcam package. You should download it from Linux sites yourself.

I am on my second Creative Labs usb web cam, My first was the wab cam II, Now I have the web cam III. I only bought the cam III because I gave my cam II to my sister. I have had no Problems with either one. I would buy another one.

I build computers as a hobby, so I have a lot of experience getting things to work and tweaked. First of all, the manual is absolutely the worst! It tells you to install the drivers from the disk with the wrong instructions. By trial and error I finally figured out what folder on the CD the drivers were in. I am really surprised at Creative on this deal. What a cheap camera! Honestly, it should come as a prize in a cereal box. I have used Creative products, Sound Cards, CD-Rom drives, etc. and they have all been very good quality. It's really too bad that the WebCamIII doesn't live up to Creative's standards. Finally I got the the thing to intitialize. But, it kept flickering and was erratic. It would view fine one second and the next it was fluttering and flickering. I attempted to tweak the cam settings, but the software is quite complicated and hard to adjust. I even changed my graphics card acceleration to no avail. I was able to get the picture quality a little better with the cam software settings, but it never looked quite right (washed out, no real color). The erratic display never went away. It would record .avi but then give a message that the video was corrupt. I would play it back and the flickering and flashing made it impossible to watch. Stills would work (sometime) but picture quality was inferior. Then it would freeze up regularly. I would have to close down the program and reopen to get it to work again. Horrible experience with this thing. Save your money. Fortunately, I am able to return it and get my money back. I am still shopping for a WebCam that will perform as advertised. Do not waste your money or time on this one.

I bought this webcam primarily for video conferencing - but since then I have set it up as a permanent webcam at my home. It runs faultlessly on a AMD K6-300 Linux box, serving up to a web server. I have used the Linux drivers ov511, using vgrabbj to serve the pictures up to the web server.

If this is the sort of application you want this for, this camera is great.

I bought this cam because of the quality and I read that it worked well with fast moving objects. What I did not know was that my laptop dose not supplies adequate power to the camera. I found this out when I called the tech support and they told me that it might not work with the laptop because of the power supply.

This little camera has no life. XP is here & creative have made no attempt to get drivers for this beast. (was going to be available Nov, Mid Dec now TBA) I want a new camera! Sure, if you have LINUX there are drivers, maybe the LINUX users have enthusiasm, on creative as a whole, maybe they are to big to care about a product that is older than 6 months. Get this camera if you plan to stay on OS 98/95 or linux