Philips SPC900

71 reviews

Nov, 2024

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size (2)
design (2)

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reliability (10)
price (5)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 71 reviews of Philips SPC900. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the size and design are on the whole positive, whereas some have doubts about the price and reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Philips SPC900 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Philips SPC900

alaTest has collected and analyzed 32 user reviews of Philips SPC900 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the size. The design is also mentioned favorably, but many are negative about the reliability. There are some mixed reviews about the price.

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

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Matt Elliott (cnet.com)

Philips SPC-900NC review: Philips SPC-900NC

Philips SPC-900NC

Smooth face tracking; useful lighting presets; smooth video at 30 and 60fps; tripod screw mount.

Buggy software; dead pixels on sensors; cheap and lightweight; poorly designed stand; no autofocus; low max resolutions for video and photos.

Aside from its ability to follow a face, the Philips SPC 900NC Webcam disappoints.

Nov, 2007

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Expert review by : tech.co.uk staff (techradar.com)

Philips SPC 900NC review

Messaging and you

Versatile ; Personalises messages

Not very useful or necessary

A nifty and easy-to-use way to personalise your online messaging

Feb, 2008

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Expert review by : Stuart Miles (pocket-lint.com)

Philips SPC 900NC webcam

Philips might not seem to be the obvious choice for a webcam manufacturer, however with a huge imaging department care of its TV division you can quickly see the link. The Philip SPC 900NC is the company's flagship webcam a part of its ToUcam III...

Pixel Plus technology found in its TVs, easy to use, 90 frames per second capture rate in video mode

Automatic lighting adjustment gets confused at times, very narrow angle of view, stand fits uncomfortably on laptop screens.

If you are after good picture quality without the need for a wide angle of catchment then the Philips does a good job. Likewise the mic worked well to pick up our voice, if not a little too well. With no mic direction software background noise was...

Aug, 2006

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

Philips SPC-900NC review: Philips SPC-900NC

Philips SPC-900NC

Smooth face tracking; useful lighting presets; smooth video at 30 and 60fps; tripod screw mount.

Buggy software; dead pixels on sensors; cheap and lightweight; poorly designed stand; no autofocus; low max resolutions for video and photos.

Aside from its ability to follow a face, the Philips SPC 900NC Webcam disappoints.

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice Pictures, Easy Setup

The camera installs easily by just plugging it into the USB port after running the setup software.

It made my computer freeze up the first time I used it (running XP Pro), but after I rebooted and defragged- it worked fine.

Jun, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Amazing color!

The color rendering of this webcam is outstanding! Lots of manual control, including: red/gblue adjustment, fps, contrast, gamma, brightness, flicker free mode for fluorescent lighting, saturation, white balance, gain, shutter speed.

Not USB 2.

May, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best Webcam I've Seen Yet!

Great picture clarity, can make good quality videos that I email to my sisters, microphone works well too.

mounting is very lame, had to do quite a balancing act on my Dell lcd monitor.

Apr, 2007

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Great picture quality

Great image quality.

If you install all the driver software, it uses a lot of CPU (30%) just to work (Athlon 2600+) with any application.

Feb, 2007

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Great Picture!

this Cam has a very good picture, I have owned 5 different Webcams since they have had webcams, and this one is the best so far.

NO WINDOWS VISTA DRIVERS!!!!!! when I contacted Philips about that, they said that at this time there wasn't any plans for Vista drivers for this Cam.

Feb, 2007

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