Veo Advanced Connect PC Camera (USB)

by Veo

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 1.2 x 1.2 inches ; 0.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006AG1J
• Item model number: VEO400000CCS
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 20, 2002

Product Description

VEO V400000 ADVANCED CONNECT WEB CAMERA

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 Star is Too Much, November 9, 2003

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Mark Steel (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veo Advanced Connect PC Camera (USB) (Personal Computers)

I've been using WebCams since 95, and have gone through tons of Cams since the Connectix QuickCam 1.0. That was a great little cam, and even the Color 2.0 rocked. After the USB hit the market and Logitech bought Connectix, they released the QuickCam VC. This was by far the worst camera I'd ever used.

Tonight, I picked up a Veo Advanced Connect at a steal (clearance at a local store). It looks nice. But after plugging it in, I fail to understand how anyone could make a camera in this class which is actually WORSE than the QuickCam VC!!

Even those pathetic little $8 Pen cams work better than this! Plenty of light, and like everyone else... RED. Having some experience with WebCams (CCD and CMOS cameras in general), I'm used to tweaking settings. The more I tweak with this, the worse it works. At a "resonable" level, the camera is too slow to pick up changes in expression, and if they actually turn their head, you won't see anything for several seconds.

Now ... A lot of people might say that's what they expect, as they're used to lots of cams looking like this over a modem ... But I'm running this by USB 2.0 at 320x200, connecting over a LAN to another computer in the living room! I should have PERFECT clarity!

I cannot stress enough how bad this thing is. In 60 watt lamp light, the best quality I can get is 1 second exposure at 1 frame per 3 seconds. This is so bad, I'm actually looking forward to the sorry 10 frames per second on the five-year-old QuickCam VC.

You can find HUNDREDS of cams better than this Veo trash, all in the same price range.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, good picture, December 19, 2002

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Jeremy B. Carter (Asheville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veo Advanced Connect PC Camera (USB) (Personal Computers)

I bought this webcam last night and installed it on a HP Pavilion notebook running Windows ME. The software was easy to install and use, and the camera worked instantly with Yahoo Messenger, Microsoft Netmeeting and icuii. The picture quality was good, even in low light. Overall, I'd highly recommend the Veo Advanced Connect for someone looking for an inexpensive camera for basic video chatting.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You've Been Cheated, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Veo Advanced Connect PC Camera (USB) (Personal Computers)

This webcam doesn't work with NetMeeting. You can see the video but you cannot get audio. Their marketing materials approach [is bad] since they package NetMeeting on the installation CD to give the impression that the camera works with NetMeeting. The Advance Connect has a built in microphone, but Veo's own technical support pages have the following sentence: "A microphone (not included) and the Veo Advanced Connect Web Camera must be connected to the computer in order to make use of all of the program's functions."They state you need a microhphone connected and side step the microphone tuning part of the installation. Why do the technical support documents for a webcam with with a built-in microphone start with "A microphone (not included)..."? The answer is that the built-in microphone doesn't work with NetMeeting. It also doesn't work with the built-in Sound Recorder that every version of Windows has had since version 3.0 in 1990. If you are considering purchasing this webcam for the video and microphone combination to use with NetMeeting, Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and many others, then you will lose your money and have to purchase a microphone. THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND PRESENTED TO GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION. IT DOESN'T WORK AND YOU WON'T LIKE IT.