The installation CD comes with the Logitech QuickCapture software to enhance the functionality of the webcam. Making it a wireless device would make it much more convenient to use, but I do not know the technical feasibility of this. Being designed specifically for notebooks, I would have expected a cord of 12 or 15 inches instead. Although this is a flaw with all external webcams, it is the one problem that would keep me from using a separate webcam altogether, even if my notebook did not have a built-in webcam.Īlso irritating was the length of the USB cable at over 36 inches, it is longer than the cable on the Apple Mighty Mouse (which is annoyingly short for a mouse). The other major annoyance I had with the design is the fact that you could not close the notebook with the webcam installed.
Anything thicker and it will likely not stay on properly. The thickest screen I got it to fit onto was the 0.5” thick lid of my older Toshiba laptop even that was quite a struggle to get it to fit. And although the clip is large, it cannot accommodate thicker screens like desktop LCDs. This is quite disappointing for a device advertised as being sleek and stylish. When the unwieldy adjustable clip is factored in, the depth comes to a total of 1.5”, with an unsightly gap between the webcam and the laptop’s lid. The back of the device is where the design starts to go downhill.
It is also a pretty slim device, with the webcam itself being less than half an inch thick. At just over 2-inches long and an inch wide, the QuickCam is rather large, but the design is sleek enough to mask the size. The QuickCam Deluxe features an integrated microphone, adjustable focus, glass lens, a hard-to-press snapshot button at the top, and an adjustable clip on the back, which I will get to in just a moment.
Installation and setup are pretty quick and painless, taking about 10 minutes plus a restart. Inside the box, we find the actual webcam, a mesh carrying pouch, and the installation CD. The QuickCam came in the standard Logitech box, with green and red accents. Packaging, Setup, and General Impressions and Europe from April for a suggested retail price of $59.99 (U.S.).Logitech QuickCam Deluxe ( view large image) The Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks is expected to be available in the U.S.
The LogitechQuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks work effortlessly with the most popular video messaging applications, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AIM. And because the QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks is certified for the Windows Vista operating system, people running Windows Vista on their PCs can simply plug in their webcam and start using it. To accommodate people using larger laptop computers, the adjustable, spring-tension clip works on panels up to 20 mm thick. A snapshot button located on the top of the webcam enables people to quickly take a photo. With its glass lens, the QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks provides better image clarity and color sharpness. The QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks surpasses other webcams in image quality by combining a glass lens with a 1.3 megapixel sensor. The Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks is a sophisticated, compact webcam that offers best-of-class image and audio quality. The LogitechQuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks webcam offers Logitech´s enhanced Right Sound Technology with new noise suppression, which helps improve sound quality and Right Light Technology for crisp, clear image quality even in dim lighting.