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Microsoft LifeCam Cinema 720p HD Webcam - Black

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  • 720p HD widescreen: 720p sensor captures true HD quality video at up to 30 fps.
  • Auto Focus: Images stay sharp and detailed even during close-ups.
  • High-precision glass element lens: High quality lens delivers more accurate colors and sharper video.
  • ClearFrame Technology: ClearFrame image-processing technology delivers smooth, detailed video, even in low light conditions.
  • Digital Microphone: Digital microphone with noise cancelling technology helps improve speech quality for crystal clear audio.
  • TrueColor Technology: Automatically controls exposure for bright and colorful video.
  • Windows Live Movie Maker: Start a movie project with one click, then upload widescreen video to social networking sites.
  • Windows Live Photo Gallery: Easily upload a photo that you can edit, tag, and share with friends and family.
  • LifeCam Dashboard: Add special effects and control your webcam-all from the Windows Live Messenger window.
  • Windows Live Call Button: It's simple to start video calls. One touch of the Windows Live Call Button lets you see who's online, and you're on your way to making a video call.
  • Aluminum Body: Aluminum body reduces weight and improves the durability of the webcam body.
  • Flexible Stand: Bend, fold and shape the flexible base for the best angle on laptop screens, flat panels and traditional monitors.
  • Video Effects: Discover a fun way to express yourself with these entertaining video effects built into the LifeCam dashboard.
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 2.5 x 8 inches ; 11.2 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B002MCZJ78
  • Item model number: H5D-00001
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (502 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: August 20, 2009

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From the Manufacturer

Do more things together when you're apart with Skype video calling

Share every detail with friends and family with the Microsoft LifeCam Cinema. This full-featured webcam, with ClearFrame image-processing technology, delivers smooth, detailed 16:9 video in full 720p HD quality and crystal-clear audio. Optimized for Windows Live and Windows 7, the LifeCam Cinema also works with Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger and Skype for video calls and messaging.

Product Features:

720p HD Widescreen Video
720p sensor captures true HD quality video at up to 30 frames per second.		 World-class Optics
With Auto Focus and high-precision glass element lens.		 Clear, High-quality Video
ClearFrame Technology provides smooth, detailed video.
Crystal-clear Audio
Digital, noise-cancelling microphone helps improve speech quality.		 Aluminum Body Flexible Stand
Fits any notebook and desktop PCs.

HD Done Right:

An HD webcam can mean the difference between a good experience and a great one. With cinematic 16:9 widescreen 720p video, crystal-clear images with Auto Focus and smooth and clear video with ClearFrame Technology, you won't find another High Definition video experience like LifeCam Cinema.

720p HD Widescreen Video

With virtually all new computer displays shipping in widescreen and social networking sites now accepting uploaded widescreen video, LifeCam Cinema offers true 720p widescreen video capture at up to 30 frames per second. Which means you'll be able to create higher quality widescreen webcam videos without having to worry about jerky frame speeds.
Sharp Close-ups

The auto-focus feature on the LifeCam Cinema works just like the auto-focus feature on your digital camera to keep your video sharp no matter how close an object is to the LifeCam. Perfect for showing small objects—such as a ring or a business card—up close. And Auto Focus is built right into the camera, so there's never a need to adjust the focus by hand.
Smooth Video

ClearFrame is an innovative technology that provides smooth, detailed video at any resolution— even in low-light conditions. ClearFrame improves video quality in two ways:

  • ClearFrame features an image processing technology that helps to efficiently send the information from the webcam to your computer, reducing the "ghosting" effect.
  • Video noise reduction software reduces image graininess—especially in low light—to keep your video sharp and clear.

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LifeCam Cinema System Requirements:

  • Windows® 7/Windows Vista®/Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher, excluding Windows XP Pro 64-bit;
  • VGA video calling: Intel Dual-Core 1.6 GHz or higher, 1 GB of RAM; 720p HD recording: Intel Dual-Core 3.0 GHz or higher, 2GB of RAM
  • 1.5 GB free space
  • USB 2.0
  • Windows-compatible speakers or headphones
  • You must accept License Terms for software download.
  • Internet functions and Software Installation also require: Internet Explorer® 7/8/9; 25 MB hard-drive space typically required. Internet access may be required for certain features. Local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply.
  • Software download required for full functionality of all features.

Product Description

Connect with clients and coworkers in HD720p HD widescreen sensorAuto focusTrueColor technology for bright and colorful videoClearFrame technology for smooth detailed video

Customer Reviews

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764 of 802 people found the following review helpful
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Summary: It's a great product, but the software is lacking. It does require a lot of processing power to produce decent videos, so do everything you can to let the capture software have all of the processing power.

For reference, I was using an AMD Athlon 64 XP Dual Core 6400+ CPU with 4GB of RAM when recording this video. I am running the software on a Windows XP 32-bit machine.

This video was recorded with minimal software interference, but I'm also happy with the quality of the processing for low-light conditions. In this case, I was looking to get the best motion performance, so I turned off all of the auto features in order to get the best picture with the light I was using.

As you will hear in the video, the built-in microphone isn't terrible, but it does have a pretty high noise floor. That is fine if you're using Skype, but lousy if you are trying to record higher quality videos. In this video, I used the Audio-Technica AT2020 USB Condenser USB Microphone (except for the built-in mic demo).

All in all, it's a great webcam for producing online videos. If you don't have external software, or don't have a top of the line computer, there may be a webcam that does what you need without so much hassle. For high quality stuff, this may well be the best hardware on the market.
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216 of 223 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a big Skype user and have used the QuickCam Pro 9000 for quite some time. While Skype doesn't recognize this Microsoft cam as an "HQ" cam (or at least not yet, if ever), I have found that this cam excels as compared to the QuickCam Pro 9000 in three ways:

1. This cam produces much richer colors. Some may say it borderlines oversaturated or "technicolor" but I really enjoy the brilliance of the colors
2. Low light conditions keep rich and bright color. I find with the QuickCam it loses contrast to brighten up the picture.
3. Launch time. I find with the Quickcam Pro 9000 the "ramp up/turn on" time is undesirably long when receiving an auto answer Skype call. This cam is ready to go immediately.

As far as focusing goes, both the QickCam Pro 9000 and this cam aren't great at it in dark lighting conditions.

The widescreen view is a really nice change from the normal 4:3 perspective. It really helps show your surroundings more and give a better feel to where you are.

Installation was easy, and the cam itself seems far smaller than I was expecting.

Under some conditions Skype callers on the receiving end prefer this video over the HQ Skype capable Quickcam Pro 9000. In some cases they prefer the Quickcam.

I saw that some people mentioned the high hardware requirements so I wanted to let you know what I'm using it on:

Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
Core i7 2.66
3 GB memory

I'm not going to outright say that this is a better webcam than the QuickCam Pro 9000 but it definitely gives it a run for it's money, and offers a few unique features that the QuickCam Pro 9000 does not, all in a smaller more attractive cam size & style.

---update--

After several months of use, I have found that I'm using this cam more than the Logitech Quick Cam 9000. They're both equal in stature in my mind, but this one is better at low light use. I often Skype at night when the room is comfortably dim, so this has become my preferred camera. Even though it's not listed as an HQ cam for Skype, it still provides better overall performance for the way I use it.
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116 of 119 people found the following review helpful
Good in very low light September 30, 2009
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I like the Lifecam Cinema webcam because it is the best webcam in very low light. With only the computer and TV on at night, the Lifecam Cinema webcam produces a viewable video for chat. In this same light settings, the Quickcam Pro9000s video is all black.

In better light conditions, the Lifecam cinema will produce a good video with good color.

This camera will focus as close as 1 inch. Good to play around with as a microscope, but a hassle everytime it does an autofocus. I turn off autofocus most of the time.

People mentioned that this camera takes a powerful CPU. It only uses a lot of CPU power when you turn on the video effects, such as modifing the eyes, nose, face, and others.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good camera, Very bad audio.
I would not recommend purchasing this camera. The camera should be considered good for its picture quality and low light ability (5 stars). Read more
Published 11 days ago by MadisonKobalt
Ordered second
This is a good camera. It is good in low light. Good with Skype and other purposes. But Skype usually uses 640x480 resolution even on very fast PC and connection. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Maxim P.G.
Would work better for desktops
So I have a 2004 laptop. The camera works but on the lower settings. Its decent and it makes you say wow if I get a better laptop this thing would work bananaz! Read more
Published 15 days ago by Mr. Baby
what a difference from logitech
this camara works great. it came in ungodly complicated packaging, but the camara itself works great. plug and play, no blue screens or driver failures. win 7 - 64 bit. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Julie Miller
Nice!
Hooked it up with no problems with some funny graphics. I turned on Skype and all a go! Fast shipping, actually received it earlier. Read more
Published 29 days ago by LA
Great bang for your buck
I bought this web cam because the built-in one for my windows laptop was extremely bad. I just wanted a quality camera for video chatting or the occasional recorded video. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ezio Auditore
Great camera but a real performance pig
This camera offers great quality, but it demands a lot from your system. I have a 3.2GHZ Quad Core processor, 6GB of low latency DDR3 RAM, and a Radeon HD 6850 2GB video card and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by T. J. Burghardt
win 7 64 bit a no go
I tried every driver i could find and none of them would work with my Win7 pro 64 bit system-----plugged the camera into my XP machine and worked like a charm--from Google search... Read more
Published 1 month ago by W. Kelly Mcnutt
Clear picture, has some funs with effect filters
Clear picture, had some funs with effect filters.
Auto focus (continuously) feature is nice.
Download Lifecam Studio software, it's good.
Published 1 month ago by Duc Nguyen
Good product
I purchased this webcam. This is very good. Unfortunately it eats all resources on my Pentium 4 comp. But it was described before I purchased the product. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Solomon Slomka
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