I would have to go with Philips also. I love the Philips, as it is FAST, CRISP, and works under many different lighting conditions. AND, its cheaper that most webcams that are crap compared to it. The only thing is the USB sound subsystem it comes with. IT gives me so much headache since I also have a SB Live Plat. 5.1 installed. However, I probably can fix this if I spend a little time clearing up what is going on there. I also have a ZoomCam that works great but not half the image quality as Philips. On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Mihnea-Costin Grigore wrote: > On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, George F. Saxby wrote: > > > Hi, > > what would members of the list choose as a web cam for linux that is readily > > available? > > In my opinion, the best choice would be a Philips camera. The old > ones (PCVC680/690) are ok - but they come with CMOS sensors, so the image > quality isn't extraordinary. The new ones though, from the ToUCam series > (especialy the Pro version) are great, they have a CCD sensor and support > 640x480 for capturing. There is very good support for these in Linux, > check out http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ for more details. > They also come with good prices - about 80$ for the ToUCam Pro > (although it may vary, depending on country) and only 60$ for the ToUCam > Fun. Beware of the ToUCam XS though, it is not made by Philips and it is > _not_ supported in Linux, although it is pretty cheap and offers a good > image quality. > > As a side-note, I have two Philips cams at the moment, one of them > working non-stop for motion-detection, and I am very happy with them. > > With best regards, > > -- > Mihnea-Costin Grigore [ "Tenebus Ipsilo Ibinem Catehens" ] > E-mail: mgc8@xxxxxxxxxxx Home Page: http://mgc8.virtualave.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >
