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Logitech Webcam C500 with 1.3MP Video and Built-in Microphone | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy Used: $19.99
You Save: $30.00 (60%)
(as of 9/6/10 10:17 PDT - Details)
New (17) Used (9) Refurbished (2) from $19.99
Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 482
Format: CD
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: N/A
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 3.3 x 8.9
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: 960-000371
Model: 960-000371
UPC: 097855060167
EAN: 0097855060167
ASIN: B002DUCMQU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes new Logitech Vid software - dramatically simplifies video calling | | • | Glass lens and 1.3-megapixel sensor for fluid video and vibrant 5-megapixel photos | | • | RightLight technology enhances image quality - even in dim light | | • | Built-in microphone with Logitech RightSound technology for crystal-clear audio | | • | Logitech Video Effects like animated avatars add fun to video chats |
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Product Description
Moving away doesn't have to mean your most important relationships fade away. With high-performance hardware and video calling that's free, fast, and easy—you can now keep close to friends and family.Say hello to beautiful images.
- Glass lens: Upgraded image quality for sharper images and maximum clarity.
- True 1.3-megapixel sensor: Delivers rich, vibrant images and fluid video, and lets you take up to 5-megapixel snapshots (software enhanced).
- Logitech RightLight technology: Automatically adjusts the image, so you look your best, even in dim light.
Show off your spontaneous side.
- Logitech Video Effects: Let you personalize your conversations with hundreds of avatars, face accessories, and masks that mirror expressions and motion.
Get started right away.
- Includes Logitech Vid: Now video calling is free, fast, and easy for you and anyone you want to talk to. It's built into your webcam setup, so you're ready to call right away. And your friends get set up simply by clicking a link in an e-mail. No screen names. No hassles. Just smiling faces waiting to say "hi."
- Built-in microphone with Logitech RightSound technology: Offers clear, headset-free conversations without annoying background noise.
- Universal clip: Attaches securely to LCD or CRT monitors and notebooks, or sits on a shelf or desk.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 5 Stars By A Hair August 31, 2009
A. D. Lum (Honolulu, Hawaii)
67 out of 71 found this review helpful
Actually, if I had nothing else in the product line to compare this with, I would give it four stars for less than satisfactory video quality. But that would not be fair. You get what you pay for. There are other models in the Logitech line that have better video quality for a higher price. If video quality is really important to you, shell out more bucks for a better model. Otherwise, you'll be very happy with this one. For communication purposes, this is fine for me. If I were making stuff to post on YouTube, I would go for a model with the highest quality video.
I like the automatic face tracking. When it is on, the camera tracks your face. If your face moves, it pans to follow. It also zooms to keep your face at a good proportion to the field of view. In other words, whether you move closer or farther from the camera, it compensates by zooming in or out.
The physical shade is nice, but I also like the software's "privacy shade" feature. Basically, you can select a photo to be displayed when you don't want to be seen. There are other things that you can use to toy with your image - avatars and distortions. You can select automatic "fine tuning" (white balance, brightness, contrast, color intensity aka saturation, etc.). You can also adjust exposure and gain, or have the software set it automatically. I find the automatic settings to be quite fine - exactly what I would select myself or close to it.
There are other settings to tinker with and third party software tie-ins (YouTube, Skype, etc.).
Before this, I used webcams from the computing stone age, so the built in microphone is nice to have.
As I said, if you want to communicate with your friends and family, save yourself some bucks and get this one. If you want to post video, get the highest quality model. Online video is going to HD so you want to publish the best quality video that you can.
Easy to have my sister install remotely November 13, 2009
David A. Merriweather (Minnetrista, MN United States)
37 out of 39 found this review helpful
I had this sent to my sister, 800 miles away, to install on my mother's computer so we could set her up with Skype. I wanted something very easy to install and operate and it was a piece of cake. Everyone is impressed with the picture quality.
All You Need September 17, 2009
Nathan M. Rose (Delray Beach, FL United States)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Logitech Webcam C500 SI is not flashy and does not sport any bells and whistles; but lets face it, what do you honestly need in a web camera? You basically need the ability to have someone see and talk to you on line. On that note, the Logitech Webcam C500 does this perfectly. This inexpensive solution provides a great interface, allowing you to connect to those that are far away, as well as provides them with a crisp picture to see what you are doing. Don't be fooled into thinking you need HD quality videos for on line; the Logitech Webcam C500 is all you need.
GREAT WEBCAM October 3, 2009
Grimreaper49 (Alabama)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this webcam to keep in visual contact with my daughter who goes to college in Scotland. The picture quality is fantastic and so is the sound. I am going to buy a 2nd one to install on the 2nd PC we have in our house.
Worth Every Penny November 3, 2009
I. Crane
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The last cam I had was a Logitech Quickcam Communicate STX which I had bought a couple years ago for fifty dollars. I was never all that impressed with it but it did what I needed it to do so I decided to stick with it. Unfortunately the mic had recently gotten really distorted with static so I figured it was time for a new one. After reading a number of reviews for different cams, I decided to stick with Logitech and so I went to their website and was pleasantly surprised that they had a compare option right there so that I could more easily find the webcam that is best for me. They even had my previous model there (which was at that time my current model) so I quickly got busy comparing all the models in my price range to the one I had. It was no contest. The C500 had a long list of checked boxes where my (then) current webcam had very few. Something bothered me, though. My then current model was still fifty bucks, the exact same price as the C500. Why is that? Wouldn't the old model have gone down in price? Or wouldn't a good new model be more? I decided to hold off until the price dropped and, convenient enough, it did just two days later. It was on sale at Best Buy for 39.99 and that was my calling. Well to get to the review, the picture quality is far superior to that of my old cam, this one with higher resolutions, widescreen support and dozens of cool video effects. The mic is wonderful and has with it a background noise suppressor so the person you're talking to can only hear the sounds you want them to. I can't say this cam is better than Logitech's more expensive counterparts (I'm sure not) but what I can say is that for what it cost me, it's totally worth it. Even the fifty would have been a fair price.
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