Creative Labs WebCam Pro eX

by Creative

Product Details

Product Manual [2.02mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007IFKE
• Item model number: PD1050
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 19, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Give your video communications the quality they deserve with the Creative WebCam Pro eX. Its top-quality CCD sensor gives stunning 1024 x 768 resolution for video snapshots, filling your communications with the sharpest of detail and the most brilliant of colors. Got a fast internet connection? The WebCam Pro eX paired with your broadband or DSL connection will give a speedier refresh rate, making your video instant messaging better than ever.

Chat with relatives in another state or country, or take digital snapshots and send via e-mail to friends and family. Use the Pro eX with your desktop or laptop - an ingenious swivel base lets the Pro eX be as versatile as you are. Use the included headset microphone to ensure your communications come across loud and clear. For the best quality in a small package, the WebCam Pro eX is the only choice.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Double The Price and Worth It, February 18, 2003

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David Gurgel (Roseland, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs WebCam Pro eX (Personal Computers)

My company has purchased five Creative Webcam Pro webcams, which we sent to out-of-state candidates for engineering positions. We then do a videoconference for the first interview. We also purchased a Creative Pro eX webcam to use at our office for the interviewers.

We were delighted by the value of the Webcam Pro; but the Pro eX with a CCD sensor, the charge-coupled-device that senses the image, is far superior. The Pro model has a much less sensitive CMOS sensor. The Pro eX has much better color rendition; colors are more saturated. Skin tones are much improved. Low light performance on the Pro eX is also far better with an excellent image under normal office lighting whereas the CMOS-powered Pro had images that were quite dark unless special lighting or daylight was available.

Although the number of pixels is the same for the two cameras, the detail seemed better with the Pro eX. A printed page from a book held up to the Pro eX was easy to read, while with the Pro the characters on the printed page were blotchy while still readable.

Both packages included a microphone. The Pro eX microphone was on a headset with earpiece. The Pro microphone had a clip for mounting to a monitor and no earpiece, so your system must have a working speaker. Software was complete with both and had the same features although the Pro eX was a later version.

Inexpensive video conferencing for work or family pleasure has been possible for three or four years. We were surprised that the installation took only ten minutes and that everything worked the first time. With the camera working, we took another twenty minutes to set up Microsoft Net Meeting for the first time. Net Meeting is the videoconferencing software that is included with XP and Windows 2000 and works with Window 98 as well. (Downloading is free.) In the latest XP version, Net Meeting seems to be rolled into Microsoft Messenger.

The only problem for many will be finding someone else on the Internet ready to test an installation. No problem of course if you bought two and give one to a neighbor (perhaps one of the webcams for the gift). Various Internet chat directories show online parties with a video capability; but you may end up looking at unexpected anatomical details if an unknown person accepts an invitation to launch a videoconference.

If you have a DSL or cable modem Internet connection, you will wonder why you did not try this earlier. It is easy to leave a connection open to chat (sound not typing) with full video while you go about your work. Just don't forget that the camera is on.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Picture, December 7, 2003

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cd (Brookyn ,NY) - See all my reviews

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

This small baby is my fifth webcam.

Easy to install in Windows XP. I do not follow the instruction on the manual. Plugin the webcam first, XP reports there is a new device, insert CD-ROM. Do not follow the autoplay of CD-ROM, let XP search the driver, and it's done, 2 minutes is enough.
If u still want to install other software, insert cd-rom again, but unchecked the driver option, and u will install the left.

The picture is clear and sharp, color saturation is good, very stable to stay on my laptop LCDs. Creative has a good product.

It's far better than Logitech Quick Cam Express, and Intel cheapset one. For my point of view, picture quality is better than logitech Pro 4000, which is the comparable product of this one.

Here is some cons: no lens cover, the picture not as good as the Intel pccam Pro, which is the best one i ever use.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but could be better, May 1, 2003

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

This is my first webcam so perhaps some of my joy comes from the simple fact that I can see myself for the first time ever, so clearly, chatting and typing away. It's fun! And the images are crisp enough that I now keep a hairbrush and blotting powder next to my computer -- (yikes! Didn't realize I looked THAT bad in my home office). REally. The picture quality is superb.

I have XP and I have experienced no probs whatsoever.

But a few complaints: - the headpiece for the microphone is great in theory but sized for the head of a 6 year-old. Also, the hole for my mic is on the back of my laptop and the hole for my sound is on the front, and the CreativeWebcam mic cords don't reach that far; they just aren't long enough to plug into both. So I get sound, or I get to be heard by my friend on the other end: just not both at the same time.