Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000 USB Webcam

MS LifeCam VX-7000 USB webcam performs very well as a video conferencing and podcasting tool, and the tight integration between MS multimedia products is an excellent bonus. However, the blurry video capture at higher res makes an empty promise of high-definition video, making the VX-7000 a good camera, but not a great one.

About 15 years ago, AT&T had a commercial where they talked about exciting future consumer technologies; things like movies on demand, digital video recording, and my favorite, video phone calls, Star Trek style. The premise of the commercial was that AT&T was going to bring you this exciting future, so you should give the company lots of money now. As it turns out, the commercial was wrong, but the ideas were correct; we have on demand, we have DVR, and - thanks to instant messaging, VoIP, and webcams, we have video phone calls. This concept is something Microsoft understands very well - they've integrated a group of programs around a few different webcams, including the subject of today's review, the VX-7000 USB webcam. Today we'll be seeing whether or not this video package makes the video phone dream an easy-to-use reality. Continue reading full review @ Everything USB