Intel Deluxe USB Camera

by Intel

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000056SM2
• Item model number: IPCC4D
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Intel deluxe PC camera is a digital video camera for your desktop or notebook PC that lets you capture video and still images to use on Web pages, in e-mail, and for creating short multimedia movies. Using a USB connection with a 6.5-foot cable, the camera uses progressive-scan CCD image sensor technology to take pictures and video at 640 x 480 resolution. It features a tilt-swivel base, privacy shutter, manual-focus dial, and large snapshot button for taking stills or starting video capture. With a wide array of bundled software you can add video or snapshots to your real-time video phone calls; include video, audio, and snapshots in e-mail; use motion-triggered or time-interval pictures in your Web pages; create a catalog of images; and build Web pages that feature streaming video, snapshots, and text.

Compatible with TWAIN-compliant software such as image-editing applications, the camera and bundled software support TWAIN-compliant scanners, digital cameras, and other devices.

The camera comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intel PC Camera Deluxe, August 15, 2001

By 

Nick (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intel Deluxe USB Camera (Personal Computers)

I am extremley pleased with my intel deluxe pc camera, afew months ago, i had the option of the intel deluxe or a cheaper alternative, i ended up buying the logitech quickcam express ($30) and i was extremley dissapionted with this, as it only came with afew basic programs and the pictures on the box were nothing to do with the camera and the picture quality was so poor it was difficult to make out what the image was and the camera offered little support to low light situations. I thought that mabe it was just my camera but internet reviews show that other buyers were just as dissapointed with there identical cameras. After 5 months i decided to buy a more expensive camera (Intel Deluxe) for $59 (curcuit city) and i was extremley impressed with everything about it, the picture quality is like looking into a mirror and it came with more software than you could shake a stick at!, I set the camera up in under 3 minutes and i was having online video confrencing using 'Netmeeting'(included)in 10 minutes. This camera is deffinatley good value for money and an excellent camera. The only slight drawback is that it was not compatible with windows 2000, so to overcome this problem i downloaded the win2000 drivers from the intel site but currently there is no way to get the included software to work with win2000 but it is shortly expected but i used the camera on my win98 pc and it worked perfectly!

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent camera!, February 22, 2001

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kiran_reddy "kiran_reddy" (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intel Deluxe USB Camera (Personal Computers)

Worth its value!You can take neat pictures and email them to friends and familty.For net conferencing you will need a high speed modem and fairly good system (PIII and 128MB ram).It does not work with winNT only win95/98/Me.Computer hangs if you have any other camera software installed.Uninstall it before installing this camera.On a whole very simple to use and worth its price.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Win98 Camera, So Far, September 5, 2001

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K. G. Schneider "Librarian, Writer, and Booka... (Tallahassee, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intel Deluxe USB Camera (Personal Computers)

Earlier this year, I purchased this camera for a Win98 machine, and was very pleased. I had it up and running in five minutes, and for the price, the clarity and performance under less-than-optimal lighting conditions were remarkable. The bundled software was a good value, too. So then (the plot thickens) I bought it for a Win2K machine, not realizing the camera, in August of 2001, wasn't Win2K-ready. The website provided Win2K drivers which allowed the camera to work (I tested it with Netmeeting and a demo version of Webcam32), but the performance was greatly disappointing. The camera flickered like a dying monitor, and the focus was muddy. I reluctantly returned the camera (feeling at loose ends due to the negative reviews on Amazon of nearly every other webcam except the discontinued 3Com!).

The Intel website notes that the software package for Win2k will be available on Sept 17. I liked this camera so much on the Win98 machine that if the software really does become available, I might buy it again from a company with a respectable return policy (like Amazon), and hope that the flickering was truly a mechanical problem and not a permanent Win2K conflict. I may also look for an updated video-card driver, just in case an old driver compounded the performance issue.

Conclusion? If you have Windows 98, go for it. Excellent quality for the price, and a no-brainer to set up. If you have Windows 2000 and you're interested in this camera, wait til Intel delivers on producing its software bundle for the Win2k platform, then buy it from a place that has a consumer-friendly return policy.