Microsoft LifeCam VX-800

a cheep web cam that works great :) 1.3 meg fast fram rate does well in low light!

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[Sagiy21]

I have it, and I like it for it is a cheap product for my camera need.

BUT I hate it's night quality - which is baaad... normally it's on 8 FPS, but at night it drops down to 3 FPS and it starts to get a lot of noise on the picture.

I now need to buy a night cam... :/

[MrTechPotato]

@Sagiy21 the camera is under 20 usd's you get what you pay for ........... and i dont understand how your calculating the fps

[denidude1]

i am getting mine tomorow do ypu recomend it ?

[MrTechPotato]

@denidude1 i might go with something a little nicer its smart for the long run.

[oniasdaalice]

i think you're cute.

[MrTechPotato]

@oniasdaalice thanks subscribe :)

[Watchdawg]

@Zanik8 What did you say to make them send it to you?

[MrSlayerOX]

i have a problem my laptop dont read the cam the cam is working but the skype is dont read it and i dont now how to fix it

[BrokenHorn90]

@MrTechPotato Actually, you get less than what you pay for. I'm not all too sure when this camera was manufactured, but checking online, it goes somewhere around (as you stated) 20 USD. I recently purchased a generic 3MP camera for 7.99 USD on the free market, and it's the best quality I've gotten in a webcam in years, and I've bought two LifeCams before. I guess if you're willing to let go of brand-consciousness, it's worth a shot to take a risk on those obscure brands.

[Zanik8]

@Illyriansounds I contactedd Microsoft since they do not make those anymore they sent me an HD-3000 instead . Works for me

[1234mattyman]

this is the worst webacm ever the frame rate is 3fps and not use able I have one of these the video quality is great for 640x480 just the fps sucks

[Sagiy21]

@MrTechPotato I have a recording software that shows the FPS, also, you can simply record a video footage and then see how many FPS it has on it.

[Illyriansounds]

@Zanik8 If someone could just paste down the *.inf files of the VX-800 needed to load the driver, so we can install it manually via the device manager it would be very helpful.. but yeah...

[Zanik8]

@Illyriansounds Same problem here. Worked fine for 1 year started acting up two days back as it is being detected as Vimicro usb camera instead of the Lifecam one which it normally used to be . And the online troubleshoot is utterly useless. Anyone have an idea of the steps to follow or a decent webcam which will not start acting up again?