Labtec Webcam 1200

by Logitech

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000W5SEHY
• Item model number: 960-000151
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 18, 2007

Product Description

Labtec Webcam 1200

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably still the best sub-$10 webcam., March 12, 2009

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John Wolfe "foodie & techie" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labtec Webcam 1200 (Personal Computers)

Pros: This webcam is dirt cheap. If you intend on setting up a home surveillance system (or any other project that needs several low-quality webcams), The labtec 1200 makes a fairly decent webcam.

Cons: The Labtec 1200 captures at a very low resolution and framerate. While 640x480(VGA) photo capture is advertised, don't let this mislead you, it actually captures video at 352x288@5fps.

Other Thoughts: If you just need a webcam for the purpose of viewing a room, or allowing people to see you when you talk, then this is fine for your needs. However, if you intend on doing anything where more depth and quality is needed, you're probably going to want to shell out more money for something nicer.

Also, this webcam is fully supported under the linux kernel (I think since 2.6.27?). Cheese seems to handle it just fine, although occasionally I do get frame overflows from gspca, causing blue speckles to briefly appear in random frames (it's only two or three pixels, so it isn't particularly noticeable). The only thing I truely dislike about this webcam is the palette. It uses it's own encoding to send the frames, so programs like "motion" can't easily create mjpeg streams (which is what I wanted to use this for). I haven't quite figured out a way to get it working yet, apparently there is a wrapper library you can use (http://m560x-driver.wiki.sourceforge.net/libv4l) to convert the pac207 palette to YUV420/YU12 before it gets read by motion.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the price you can't complain., August 18, 2009

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Ralphie (Monterey, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labtec Webcam 1200 (Personal Computers)

My girlfriend and I have a long distance relationship and there is no greater invention for people like us then the webcam. We're both on a budget so the labtec 1200 seemed like a logical choice. Installing it was extremely easy and it has a very nice adjustable head. This adjustment option makes it easy for my girlfriend to always see me regardless of what weird position I may be sitting in with my labtop. Quality is actually fairly decent. Nothing amazing but it captures at a good enough speed that we can see each clearly. Of course not well at all in the dark but with sufficient lighting, it does the job. With a price like this you really can't complain and if you're on a budget and want an easy to use webcam to chat with your friends then I recommend this one a lot.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My nephew loves it., December 9, 2009

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K. Andrews - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labtec Webcam 1200 (Personal Computers)

This is a second-hand review. I bought this for my nephew who is spending a year in France after graduating from college. We use Skype to stay in touch, and although he could see me, his computer was not webcam equipped, so I could not see him. He is very happy with this webcam, he said it was very easy to start up and use. From the other end, I give it high marks for the picture it is sending me when we skype. The price is very reasonble, and it performs as advertised.