Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000

213 reviews

May, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 5 expert reviews and 208 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 70/100 and users rate it 93/100. The average review date is Apr 10, 2012. We have compared these reviews to 49974 reviews from other Webcams. The alaScore™ for this product is 93/100 = Excellent. Last update: May 21, 2013.

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(Based on 213 reviews)

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Consumer review by: Cwhy65, (tigerdirect.com)

Works great

My son loves how easy it was to connect, and great picture quality

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review by: Anonymous (tigerdirect.com)

My first camera.

Works fine, produces an excellent picture, with very good color rendition. Installation a breeze, just plug in and turn on computer, driver(s) load from unit itself, or from site directions given by unit. Extensive digital control menu, which I have...

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review by: gnu (newegg.com)

Works with linux

I got this to skype with people at my work computer. I saw a previous review that said it runs on linux so i bought it. The only bug I had was that when chrome was open it would stop working and it would also produce a bunch of "cannot get freq at ep...

A high quality webcam w/ mic that runs on linux made by microsoft, can't ask for more than that

One bug with chrome's flash that was easily fixed

Dec, 2012

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Consumer review by: Robert A. Bruner "longtime electronic tech" (amazon.com)

Just works-no worries

The product arrived in one of those oh-so-much-fun clamshells. You know the kind, the type that takes 15 minutes and two fingers as well to properly open for all the parts. After paying my dues, the camera was attached to my cousin's monitor via the...

Nov, 2012

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Consumer review by: N/A (newegg.com)

Excellent

no CD with the camera. you go to WWW.Microsoft.com/hardware/downloads and download the driver and any other material you want with your cam. the link is included with the cam, so its not a problem not having CD. Also visit cam-frog and many-cam that...

low price, excellent video, takes snapshots, different sizes ; Have not done anything but installed it and turned it on just to look at the image on the screen. Updated from a cam from xp that w764 wont accept.........So far from what Ives seen, just...

so far nothing, just plugged it in today ; Does not have auto focus but don't think i will need it ; Using on a i5-2320 Intel CPU, 16gb Kingston hyper-x blue dual ram,2slots bought kit of 8gb each, ddr3 1333 620wps corsair module

Oct, 2012

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Consumer review by: Kastr45 (newegg.com)

Very high quality

Very high quality ; Skype/ooVoo works wonders ; The stand is VERY adjustable with multiple joints to bend

None

Jul, 2012

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Consumer review by: papajackd (newegg.com)

Good price, but.....

I will try another brand.

Good price, camera does what it is supposed to do, good image for web and Skype. Easy setup in Win 7. Software downloaded and installed automatically

Bad microphone. Sound was muffled, distorted and unintelligible. Would have been 5 stars if the mic was good

Jul, 2012

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Consumer review by: Mr_Torch (newegg.com)

Update

I went ahead and unplugged it then installed the software, it DOES give you a choice whether or not you want to install Live Essentials, I didn't want that software on my machine so I unchecked the box ; The software features were all there ; I...

none right now

May, 2012

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Consumer review by: Mr_Torch (newegg.com)

Works Great

Man I'm ugly lol

Plugged it in, Windows 7 found the driver right away, I opened Skype, video looked great ; Didn't have to install any software to get it to work for Skype ; I will try it with Linux Mint 13 64bit and see how it works on that OS

none so far

May, 2012

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Consumer review by: Jesse (newegg.com)

Just as described!

Would be nice if the drivers would allow you to vertically flip the image so you can mount this upside down. I won't take an egg for this since it's a fairly odd request.

Video clarity is outstanding, even in low-light situations. When making skype calls, or talking on TeamSpeak, nobody has any issues hearing me. This may not be 1080p, but you will never get that level of quality over skype anyway

None

May, 2012

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