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Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks

Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks

133 reviews

Nov, 2024

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usability (342)
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price (174)
size (53)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 133 reviews of Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks. The average rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the size and price are generally positive. The design and usability are also appreciated, but views are divided on the reliability.

usability, design, price, size

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks

alaTest has collected and analyzed 9 user reviews of Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Views about the size and price are overall positive. The design and usability are also appreciated. Comments are divided on the reliability.

usability, design, price, size

78% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks

alaTest has collected and analyzed 44 user reviews of Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the size and price. The design and usability are also appreciated. Opinions are divided on the reliability.

usability, design, price, size

59% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Consumer Guide (howstuffworks.com)

Creative WebCam Live! Ultra Review and Prices

The WebCam Live! Ultra is a respectable (although not inexpensive) choice for individuals buying their first webcam. Image quality is only average, but it's as good as the quality you will get from most budget-price webcams.

Easy to set up and use, impressive software bundle

no pan or tilt features, base works better on LCD and notebook displays than CRTs or other flat surfaces

Jun, 2006

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Expert review by : Consumer Guide (howstuffworks.com)

Creative WebCam Live! Ultra for Notebooks Review and Prices

Creative's WebCam Live! Ultra for Notebooks has a price tag that's high enough to move it out of the fun gadget category and into more serious territory. If you have a true need (rather than a simple desire) for a webcam, the Ultra's features and...

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by : Stephen Cohen (goodgearguide.com.au)

Creative Live! Ultra for Notebooks

The Creative Live! Ultra for Notebooks holds a lot of potential, boasting excellent construction, portable design, adequate 'extras', and two unique f...

76º camera angle; Compact yet highly durable construction

Inaccuracy of “Face tracking” feature, Software needs a few refinements

The Creative Ultra! Live for Notebooks is a well-built, durable webcam aimed at style-conscious laptop users. However, we look forward to future, more refined releases of the Creative software.

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by : Stephen Cohen (goodgearguide.com.au)

Creative Labs Live! Ultra for Notebooks

76º camera angle ; Compact yet highly durable construction

Inaccuracy of "Face tracking" feature, Software needs a few refinements

The Creative Ultra! Live for Notebooks is a well-built, durable webcam aimed at style-conscious laptop users. However, we look forward to future, more refined releases of the Creative software.

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by : Ankur Badhwar (goodgearguide.com.au)

Creative Labs Live! Ultra

CCD Sensor, wide view angle, simple setup and use, can operate at 640 x 480 @ 30fps

Expensive, resource intensive software, limited features in included software

An easy to use and capable webcam, although slightly expensive.

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by : Matthew Elliott (cnet.com.au)

Creative Live Cam Notebook Ultra

The Creative Live Cam Notebook Ultra is about the closest alternative to an integrated laptop Webcam; unfortunately its image quality is no better than average.

Compact size ; Clips securely to laptops ; Included headphone/microphone set improves audio

Poor image quality, particularly in low light ; Wide-angle lens has unintended fisheye effect

Other extras in the box include a travel pouch and a headphone and microphone set. Audio quality improved by using the tethered mic instead of the Webcam's integrated one, but you'll be appearing in your Webcam video wearing earbuds with a mic clipped...

Oct, 2007

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Expert review by : Lara Luepke (cnet.com.au)

Creative WebCam Live Ultra

This Webcam boasts good-quality video, photo, and sound, but its performance with video instant messengers could be better.

Rotates 360 degrees; useful software bundle.

Pixelated and dark images with video instant messaging; stand isn't compatible with CRT monitors.

This Webcam provides great software and good video and picture quality for amateurs, but more-advanced users may crave additional settings and editing options.

Apr, 2005

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

works just fine

I'm using this with yawcam for a poor man's motion activated security camera. it gives me a bigger view of the room which is what I was looking for. Much nicer than my ancient first gen webcam from 4 years ago.

nice wide angle lens and reasonably sharp images. Decent amount of correction controls and the face detection is a potentially nice feature that I turned off

short cable, limited mounting options and no vertical adjustment

Jan, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Not good

I bought this camera to record the suspicious activities when I'm not home. The software allows you to record every time it detects motion. Unfortunately it crashes all the time. I tried to reinstall the drivers but the problem persists. No...

Wide viewing angle. Decent picture quality

Terrible drivers.! Terrible software! Crashes all the time.No live support. Very poor documentation

Mar, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Creative Live! Cam Notebook Ultra 1.3 MP Effective Pixels 1280 x 960 USB WebCam - Retail

Wish I had gone with another brand. Not making the mistake of going with Creative again.

Cheap if you can get it on sale. Neat effects can be overlayed the picture if you turn them on

Drivers are terrible. Creative's drivers keep getting hijacked by Windows drivers, leading to a BSOD. The drivers on Creative's website are from a year earlier than the drivers that came with the web cam. Technical support was non-existent. I have to...

Nov, 2009

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