Microsoft LifeCam Show Expert Reviews

A webcam for your travels?

Good quality video and audio, lots of mounting options

Expensive, heavy install

At £79.95, this is an expensive option, but as a result, there is little to complain about in terms of performance

The first thing you notice about Microsoft's latest webcam is that you hardly notice it. Just 62mm long, it fits into the palm of a hand and is compact enough to carry around in a shirt pocket. To take advantage of this, it comes with a variety of ...

Tiny and shiny. Ultra-thin mobile webcam that's light on your laptop but not on your pocket.

Webcam design moves on

Although it's expensive and was fiddly to install, this good-looking camera offers quality video

Excellent image quality, versatile mounting options, nifty 3-D features, glass element wide-angle lens

Prohibitive asking price, incompatible with Macs, glass element wide-angle lens

The Microsoft Lifecam Show is a solid webcam offering let down by its exorbitant price tag. With the exception of its inferior stand, the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 will do everything just as well for a more reasonable price.

Webcam design moves on

Although it's expensive and was fiddly to install, this good-looking camera offers quality video

Its diminutive size makes the Microsoft LifeCam Show a natural choice for laptop users

- Small form factor, - Great image quality, - Easy to install

- Short USB cable, - Struggles in dark rooms, - Slightly dated software

Microsoft's LifeCam Show is a great laptop webcam. As long as you're under good light, it gives excellent quality video and audio is as rich and clear as on other models from the manufacturer.

microsoft lifecam show review: The Microsoft LifeCam Show offers improvement over Microsoft's previous laptop webcam, but Logitech still has the laptop webcam to beat.

Decent image quality, Magnetised connection options are flexible and sturdy, 2-megapixel sensor provides higher resolution than your typical webcam, 3D video effects improve on past efforts

LifeCam application remains lacklustre and quirky, Not compatible with Macs

The Microsoft LifeCam Show offers improvement over Microsoft's previous laptop webcam, but Logitech still has the laptop webcam to beat.

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The small size, constructible stand, clever carry case and clip make the Microsoft LifeCam Show perfect for laptops. The 800×600 video quality is a great improvement on previous LifeCam models, and is smooth for the most part, plus a button on the ...

Microsoft has made it quite clear that the LifeCam Show is for laptops only by supplying the shortest USB cable possible with it. If you want to use this with a desktop, you'll need to either have your beige box right next to the monitor, or put your ...