Great webcam, Great price!

Learn what's a WebCam and how to set up one easily!

The answer is quite simple: a Web page which hosts images or even live video streams served by a digital Camera attached to a computer. Thus, a WebCam.

The WebCam technology has now become quite popular since first WebCams hit the World Wide Web. Back in the past only a few had the technology and the resources to keep a camera refreshing an image 24 hours a day and face up bandwidth consumption problems.

Now, for less than $50 and an Internet dial-up connection, you can set up your own camera on the Internet.

If you surf the Web, you'll discover thousands of different places and people that have a thing in common: a WebCam in their lives. You'll find cameras pointing to beaches, gardens, offices, parking lots, bedrooms; some of them will be live, some others won't; some of them will be user-controllable, some of them won't; some of them will be black and white, some others will be colorful... but the truth is that the spirit of having a Cam in all this people's lifes is the most important thing.

Leaving fun aside, you can also use this (relative) new technology for remote surveillance systems, monitoring events/places and so on.

As said, setting up your own WebCam is quite easy: it just requires some basic technical knowledge on how the Internet works, a digital camera (the hardware) and a WebCam software.

Creative Labs Webcam 3:

Available with a parallel port connector (model CT6920) or with a USB connector (model CT6840)

USB model connects to your PC's USB port or a USB Hub (Video Blaster WebCam 3 is a high power USB device)

Parallel port model attaches to your PC's parallel port and keyboard connector 640x480 pixel true-color CMOS sensor

Capable of 16.7 million color, live video capture up to 30 frames per second at resolutions of 352x288 and up to 15 frame per second at 640x480

Supports still image capture in 16.7 million colors at up to 640x480

Focusable lens with a range of 75mm to infinity

High-quality charcoal finish
Package includes (for USB version) :

Video Blaster™ WebCam 3 with USB connector
Drivers for Windows® 98
Installation guide
Complete software bundle
An external microphone for video conferencing
This product is available for Asia version only.


Specifications/Product WebCam 3
Hardware Specifications (Used as a Desktop Camera)
Lens Focusable lens (75 mm to infinity)
Still image capture Up to 640x480
Live video capture Up to 30 frames per sec at 352x288 resolution. Up to 15 frames per sec at 640x480 resolution
Connection USB version requires Windows 98
Hardware Specifications (Used on the Go)
Lens Not applicable
Still image capture Not applicable
Battery Life Not applicable
Batteries Not applicable
MAC OS Support Not applicable


Minimum System Requirements :
IBM®PC or 100% compatible
USB Model requires Windows 98. Parallel port model requires Windows 95 or 98 Genuine Intel® Pentium®, Pentium II, Pentium III, AMD-K6®, or AMD-K6-2 processor running at 133 MHz or higher (for best performance, 200 MHz or above is recommended) 16 MB of RAM
USB model requires an available USB port or powered USB hub
Parallel port model requires an available bi-directional parallel printer port A CD-ROM drive is required for software installation
A display adapter capable of 16-bit color at 640x480
70 MB of available hard drive space when installing all the included software titles concurrently A Sound Blaster® or other Windows-compatible sound card and a microphone (both sold separately) are required for video conferencing Modem or LAN access to the Internet at 28.8Kbps or faster required for video conferencing

** Technical info taken from creative labs website **



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