My girlfriend and I live in the same hometown, but we go to college about an hour and a half away from each other, so we don't get to see each other much during the school year. Obviously, this is a problem. So the other day she was like,"Can we get video cameras for our computers and talk that way!?"

 

So I thought it was a splendid idea, so now its time to shop for webcams

 

So does anyone have any suggestions for a good one? I dont want to spend too much on these things but I don't want to get something that is gonna be cheap and blurry or pixely ya know?

a logitech one should do just fine, she probably will get the worse one tho lol

Yeah, just pick up an HP one or something. I have one that actually has a surprisingly clear picture, and was pretty cheap.

I got mine from creative for around 50 USD and it works just fine. Sometimes it has difficulties adjusting the brightness based on certain odd background lightings, but it generally works ok.

ok thanks so far, and Underspy I'm buying two of whatever I get so she can have one.

 

anything specific?

I bought a cheap logitech, I think it was a quickcam messenger, for about $30. Picture quality is not too bad.

i bought a cheap creative brand camera

ended up having to rewire the cable on to the circuit board lol was worth it for 30 bucks tho, got it at best buy in a bargin bin :3

Get one that has good low-light resolution. It will be less pixelated. At least an VGA 800x600 quality one. the 320x240 is for the birds.

I have a pretty good 20 dollar Logitech one, and it hasn't failed me yet

Look for Philips they got 60 fps,usually normal webcam got 30 fps.cheers

I wish Newegg sold phillips I will buy from somewhere else, but I just feel so comfortable with newegg

I wish Newegg sold phillips I will buy from somewhere else, but I just feel so comfortable with newegg

Sorry to hear that but Phillips looks twice better than any normal one,anyway is faster and quality of image rulz,i use one of them.http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_categoryid_WEBCAMS_CA_US_CONSUMER/and they just got 90 fps.Don't forget to update the software.cheers:thumbsup: