Labtec WebCam - USB (961206-0403)

by Labtec

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000659BV
• Item model number: 961206-0403
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 16, 2002

Product Description

The Logitech 961206-0403 Labtec WebCam is a very affordable, high quality PC internet video camera designed to help you create e-mail videos and still images with ease as well as communicate live of over the internet. It requires connection to a Windows98 (or later) desktop or notebook PC to send pictures and video over the web. Still and Video capabilities Up to 30 frames per second video frame rate Can interface with microphone for video chats Includes software Compatible with WindowsXP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated Product, August 7, 2003

By 

TheMatrixFearsChoice (Worcester, Ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labtec WebCam - USB (961206-0403) (Personal Computers)

I usually don't reveiw products but I felt badly that the Labtec Webcam was getting such a bad rap. In fairness, the negative points first:
-yes, you do practically have to weight it down as it's so light that it doesnt seem to want to aim where you want it to without a fight (the manual focus is tedious at best).
-Labtec's technical support is absolutely dreadful, I had better luck trying everything on my own. (Took me about a half an hour to get it to run properly)
-The picture quality is average at best, I only use mine for netmeeting, I wouldnt recommend hoping to take any print quality photos with it.
That being said, it's a fifteen dollar webcam, and as long as you only plan on using it for visual communication online or meduim quality photo/video, it's an amazing bargin. If you want high quality and are willing to shell out over a hundred dollars, more power to you. I, however, am quite satisfied with the functional and economical version. I've been running mine for months and haven't had a problem yet, I'm completely satisfied.

57 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars We're just not compatible......, June 5, 2002

By 

Giancarlo Croce "Offer VOID where prohibited" (Bowlegs, OK) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Labtec WebCam - USB (961206-0403) (Personal Computers)

I never could get the thing to work properly, and I don't believe that a Hollywood lighting crew would have helped. The hardware is fairly simple, maybe too simple. Focus adjustment is manual and tedious. The camera sits on a tiny base, and it's so light that you'll need to weight down the power cord to get the thing to stay put. The software has a dozen options for color, brightness, gain, and if you can figure it out, you're smarter than the people who wrote the directions. The major deal breaker was that I couldn't get Windows 98 to load if the camera was plugged in. I don't know what caused that, but every time I shut down the computer, I had to remember to pull the USB cord out, and you know what a pain that can be. I bought this camera because of the price, and I guess I've proven to myself, once again, that you get what you pay for.....

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good deal, but could have been better, February 4, 2004

By 

M. Hamed (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labtec WebCam - USB (961206-0403) (Personal Computers)

This camera is very nice. Quality is not the best but keeps you working if you need only to have video chat with your friends or record low quality video. It was easy to install and run on XP almost without effort. The only annoying problem for me is its awkward positioning. In order to set it up in a certain place, you need a lot of effort. The camera is so light while the connecting USB cable is thick, heavy and inflexible, which means most of the time it will take the camera and fall or change direction to the direction of the cable. While still you can position it with some effort, or clamp it somehow you've got to be careful because the cable is so unmerciful. Also the movement in the vertical direction is not very flexible.
All in all. Very nice camera, easy to install, low cost, and average quality, if you can take the effort of positioning it. If you don't make a lot of movement, you can set it up once, and leave it there.