unibrain Fire-i

27 reviews

Nov, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 27 reviews of unibrain Fire-i. 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.

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the unibrain Fire-i is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 76/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for unibrain Fire-i

alaTest has collected and analyzed 18 user reviews of unibrain Fire-i from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

72% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Jay Munro (cnet.com)

Unibrain Fire-i (PC) review: Unibrain Fire-i (PC)

Unibrain Fire-i (PC)

Smooth video; easy-to-use focus; in-use light.

Clunky design; lacks tripod mount; no external power supply included.

The Fire-i offers camcorder-quality video at a Webcam price, but it's not for beginners.

Jan, 2003

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Expert review by : Jay Munro (cnet.com.au)

Unibrain Fire-i (PC) review: Unibrain Fire-i (PC)

Unibrain Fire-i (PC)

Smooth video; easy-to-use focus; in-use light.

Clunky design; lacks tripod mount; no external power supply included.

The Fire-i offers camcorder-quality video at a Webcam price, but it's not for beginners.

Jan, 2003

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

DOA

The cardboard box was nice. Even brown all the way around

DOA out of the box. No Spin. Had to pay return shipping. The price dropped 30 bucks 3 days after order

Apr, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Reliable webcam

Some apps don't seem to take advantage of the cam's full bandwith (Skype, GTalk) and seem a little laggy. For other apps (Photobooth on Mac) that can - the cam has quite excellent response.

I bought this cam because I needed something that would reliably work with Mac, Linux and Windows and this does easily (though this is mostly thanks to Firewire IIDC). I telecommute cross-country and occasionally need to do video chat ; Manual focus...

No mic - this is the only reason I knock a star/egg ; I keep the cam and tripod on a slick desk and the (somewhat stiff) firewire cable can skew the tripod ; No monitor clip ( I could maybe tape/rig the tripod to the back - but it certainly wouldn't be...

Nov, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Firei webcam

Good quality of video that the other party is receiving

expensive and the software that came with the unit does not work have to download another software to make it work and not stall

Aug, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Cool Web Cam

What a neat web cam! Can use that for video chat with ASL Sign Langange

Working well and dont need a software for that. Windows XP got it by auto.. Did tested with that on Skype.com. It did pretty good. The video was very clear

not yet

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

good with max/msp/jitter

bought the item, because it was recommanded many times on the max/msp/jitter-list for a low cost/ high efficiency solution for interactive work.my tests so far confirmed that. can output uncompressed video, so takes some load off the processor.

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)