MICRO INNOVATIONS IC720DM Micro PC Video Cam ( Windows PC )

by Micro Innovations

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008GQJM
• Item model number: IC720DM
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,539 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 3, 2003

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad light sensitivity, works reliably., June 20, 2005

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M. M Magliaro "maxvideo" (Philipsburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MICRO INNOVATIONS IC720DM Micro PC Video Cam ( Windows PC ) (Personal Computers)

The camera installed easily on a Windows XP Pro machine.
It can capture live video using any standard application (i.e. AMCAP, VidCap32, or their own applications that come with the camera).
But: The live video only captures about 12 frames per second, which is terrible. If you want any semblance of "live video" in your captured movies, get another camera.

I did adjust all the exposure settings, and worked with the USB bandwidth and other features. But nothing gets the framerate better except turning off the automatic exposure ("AE" on one of the control panels).
If you do this, and then restart your capture program, the camera will achieve a solid 30 fps, but the picture is so dark that it's useless. You cannot push up the brightness enough to compensate, and you can't possibly get enough light into a normal room to solve the problem either.

Background: I'm a programmer. I've tested dozens of USB cams to see how well they work for videoconferencing. The problem of producing poor framerate, or having poor dark/light sensitivity is very common, especially with the cheap cameras like this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time, money. Tech support is outsourced to "Somewhere beyond the sea.", January 12, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: MICRO INNOVATIONS IC720DM Micro PC Video Cam ( Windows PC ) (Personal Computers)

What this camera lacks in size and looks, it makes up in malfunctions and errors, as well as hours of wasted time.
When I first tried the camera, I unsuspectingly followed all instructions to the letter, and used my camera as directed, not realizing that writing manuals that explain the product is not a big fad over in indo-china.
Not only does this camera have an even lower pixal rate than I had expected, it will not upload video, and the only way to capture video is to have the cord attached to the computer the whole time. (This is NOT how it's supposed to act.)

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I called tech support. Good thing that their support agents know anything at all about the camera. Oh wait.
They don't. The tech support agent after reading the three suggestions in the troubleshooting section of the manual, came up with the amazingly clever suggestion of restarting the computer. I told him it still didn't work, so he told me that my camera worked properly and hung up. Quickly.

Don't bother going to their website for help, because their trouble shooting archives contain about two suggestions,none of which seem to be even remotely connected with the ic720dm. As their website says:"This is another high quality & innovative product from Micro Innovations for the 21st Century & beyond!"