Pros: Easy to use and set up, USB connection, software CD has a lot of stuff
Cons: Only functions well as a videoconferencing device

For Christmas of 2000, my mother gave me the IBM PC Camera. My stepfather, who is a techie like myself, had recommended it. It wasn't totally an altruistic gift. It was intended so that we could use videoconferencing so that she would be able to...

Pros: Nice Program Software Included
Cons: it doesnt like AMD motherboard & Windows Second Edition

Initially, I purchased this Product because of the Name Recognition and the Price Point....along with a $10 rebate at the time I purchased it. This was to be my FIRST USB connection on my upgraded computer, and even though I followed the Installation...

Pros: Inexpensive, fair focus capabilities
Cons: mainly a toy, not much practical use

I bought the IBM PC camera when I bought my computer just to complete the "package". I thought I would use it to some extent, but not a huge amount. I would recommend this camera to anyone who has a consistent, non-professional use for...

Pros: Does its functions
Cons: Low graphic quality, need sufficient light to work!

IBM PC Camera is performance for your money. A price tag of $29 will give all you bargain hunters a rest, however, for those hard, ardent webcam users; this is not enough.

Hard-rock users should consider the Intel PC Camera for its better...

Pros: Cheap, Easy to install
Cons: Poor framerate, Poor Quality

Let me start out straight out: this camera was an impulse buy on my part, and I will never do that again! I thought, $30 for a webcam!? How can you go wrong? Well, I did. It really is true, "you get what you pay for."

This camera is meant for...

Pros: Decent software and drivers, captures decent still images during the daytime at close range.
Cons: Doesn't function as well at distances or at night time, the camera is only plugged by USB at one end, it is basically a waste of money.

Review: IBM PC Camera

I had always wanted to do teleconferencing, or set up a camera on my computer so that I could create a webpage and have the page update itself with pictures of me taken every so often so that my friends could see....

Pros: cheap
Cons: cheap

I first bought this camera off of ebay for around $20, thinking that I couldn't be that bad, but I was wrong. Looks bad at 320x240 and over, frame rate not up to par, and drivers conflict with my motherboard (Asus KV7 w/sound. My sound stopped working)!...

Pros: software doesn't take much space, ease of installation
Cons: picture quality, video quality, video editing, video format (see review)

Requirements (from the box): Windows 98 or Windows 2000, a USB-ready PC, a 166MHz Pentium processor or greater, 16MB of RAM and 8MB of hard drive space. For some reason it also says that this camera requires an "Internet ready PC". I don't...

Pros: cheap, easy set up
Cons: poor quality, not a good value

While this product does what its advertising indicates, it is not really that useful because there are many superior cameras available now. I think the image quality is OK, but often times there are a lot of little dots that make the image look like it...

Pros: Decent Price
Cons: Poor images compared to competing webcams!

I actually bought two webcams the day I picked up the IBM PC Camera Pro. The store had a good return policy so the IBM and a Philips Vesta Pro went home with me. After some testing it looks like the IBM is going back to the store!

The...

Pros: USB, cheap
Cons: functions, controls, program

Yippie! I got a camera! It was only $60! Friends, I was young and stupid. I had saved my money all my life. I was now in college and this product had just come out and boy was it cheap! (Xirlink/IBM PC Cameras have been out for quite sometime.) I...

Pros: Easy to setup. Made for the beginner.
Cons: Grainy and constantly out of focus.

I work in an office supply store which allowed me to ponder for several weeks the PC Camera I wished to purchase. After consulting other employees and comparing the other cameras in my target price range I finally decided on an IBM PC Camera.

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Pros: Low price - suitable for basic "show me what you look like" application
Cons: Many software bugs - quick to shut a computer down

This cam was an impulse purchase for me, thought it might be a nice toy to have. I was wrong.

The instructions which accompanied the cam were vague (at best) and very brief. On many issues the user is left to "figure it out for himself,"...

Pros: Price
Cons: Picture quality, software

There's no excuse for this bad a PC camera to so successful in the market except maybe that it's so cheap. In my case it was free, but...

The Hidden Cost
The software it comes with is wicked and must be installed in a precise...

Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: Difficult installation if you ever change operating systems. Not very good software.

I've had my IBM PC Camera for almost 2 years now. It's a pretty durable piece of equipment. I have moved several times, and have dropped it even more times (I don't like putting sticky stuff on my monitor, so it falls) and it keeps on ticking.
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