Video Reviews

This webcam is very easy to set up in my winXP. The colors are pretty good if there is a proper light in the room. One thing that I don't like is that Creative claimed that it can track your face whenever your face moves. However, I didn't find this function to be true, nor was it mentioned anywhere in the manual. Am I too dumb to use this function or Creative lied to me?

This camera is decent quality for using it through the chat programs. When it's evening, you will need a separate lamp that is close to you (preferably in front of you) to make the colors right; however, this is much better at low light than the cheap Logitech camera I have (which just displays black instead of distorted colors).

I plugged it (and the microphone headset that came with it - nice touch!) into an IBM laptop running XP, and had zero problems getting them to run with the chat programs. You do have to install the software to get it to take pictures, however.

The clamp takes a little getting used to, but it will sit flat, hang on to your LCD (it involves balancing, so don't think you can move your laptop with it hanging on), or put it to your regular CRT monitor. This kind of versatility is useful.

The face tracking is interesting. The camera itself is panoramic, so it's realistic to think that it can follow your head as you move left and right (without physically moving the camera).

One last specialness to note about this camera. Because it is not the Logitech brand, you can set it up to output to your website (although this eats your bandwidth up) instead of paying for the monthly fee to put it on Logitech's site.

This is a great addition to the EVO-6500. Quality of video shot by camera is very good. Very good for the paranoid person, can watch more than one place at a time. :-)

This camera rocks! We use it to monitor my wifes daycare room as well as our own baby while he sleeps! We ended up ordering 2! :)

This item is very convenient and very accessible. I had to order it to entertain my 3 young ones while we travel and it works very well. I use it all the time in our car and utilize it as well in the kids room to put my daughter to bed.
I just hope that I could get another battery power that comes with it. It was dropped one time and one of the little connectors got broken. Please let me know if anyone out there has any info. Otherwise, excellent toy! Thanks.

I have had the gvp7811 since Christmas and love it. It plays all discs that I have put in it and the sound quality with headphones is amazing. The price is a steal as they were over $300.00 last year. You can purchase a universal battery for the Go video unit at Compusa for only $79.00

it works fine. but, does not have a flash and grains start to appear if enough lighting is not there.

Great quality camera and it's price has been dropped incredibly! Go for the buy while it is cheap now or you may never get the chance.

If you are looking for a PERFECT family camera though, I would suggest getting a 2 or 3 MegaPixel camera to take more, and better shots.

The Hitachi VM7500LA VHS Camcorder is extremely impressive. It's easy to use, not very expensive, has lots of cool features & gives a clear, crisp picture. My only complaint is that the battery doesn't last very long, so you have to plug it into the wall. Overall though, I love it!!

This is one of the most versatile cams I ever owned. Eventhough
it is big and probably this is the problem with most people
whoe like small and easily carried cams, it is better than any cam I have ever worked with and I won more than 4. It is stable,
it has plenty of goodies to go along, a very nice zoom for its
age and costs much less than similar handy cams. I bouight in
USA when I studied there and my only problem is that I need
now to change NTSC formats to PAL (I am in Europe now) but the
quality of sound and image is superb.

I bought this projector largely on the basis of cost (about $NZ1000 cheaper than anything equivalent)and am generally pleased with it. The lightness of construction is a bit of a worry: I am used to Sanyo projectors with magnesium alloy bodies but this has a plastic case and parts such as the plastic height adjustment leg don't look too robust to me. The remote control is tiny, and provides minimal functionality. My old Thinkpad, used for running the machine, lacks a USB port, so I can't work the computer mouse through the projector remote, but the remote is so tiny and fiddly I wouldn't want to anyway. But although at first sight it all looks a little flimsy, closer examination shows it is well put together and so far, it seems quite hardy enough. It is certainly very light. There is a basic but useable soft case.

Set up is easy and the documentation is excellent. Focus and zoom are only manual but in practice this doesn't matter and in fact I find it faster and easier than electronic control. There is limited connectivity: enough for one PC and 1 video but that is all I (and I think 95% of users )need and I won't be rushing out to buy the optional enhanced connectivity module.

The image quality is very acceptable. For powerpoint presentations the image is clear and bright, and can be used in a very well lit room. Text in 20 point Georgia(gold on blue) could be read from more than 50 feet away. Although it is only SVGA I have projected Word and Excel documents quite readably to small audiences. Video is adequate.The video image lacks some of the colour depth and contrast of other projectors, even ones with a lower ANSI-Lumen rating but it is smooth and quite sharp.

Overall, a very adequate, easy to use, basic projector that does the job and at the price, is very good value for money.

Our office needed a second InFocus machine and I lobbied for this unit. We currently use an LP280 but that was purchased for road use-which is why we need a second unit, the other's always out of the office.

I wanted this unit as this is the only product I have found in this price range that uses DCDi by Faroudja. Considering this technology used "to cost alot of money" this is an incredible bargain. Basically, it smoothes the jiggles of still AND moving images. We do a lot of process control work and use a lot of animation. This solves a common problem in many LCD and DLP projectors, and seems to make non-native resolution use much better (the LP500 is SVGA native resolution). It appears this model was a carryover from Boxlight before they were bought out by InFocus, and used an exclusive contract with Faroudja, who has also been bought out twice, but the model retains this critical technology that still leads the industry. The "money" more we spent on this vs. the LP280 was worth it for this feature alone.

This unit has a dual voltage/lumen feature that increases bulb life and reduces heat. (A big plus as changing bulbs on these puppies is a royal-and time consuming-pain.) This lower setting also increases contrast for blacks, which is helpful for theater use.

The unit comes with GOOD MANUALS! A lot of the time you have to sort of read the manual and intuit what the heck they are trying to say. That's not the case here. The manuals are clear, concise and complete!

This is a far superior unit stylistically-very modern and attractive, unlike the LP280 which, though a modern device, nevertheless always seems to project a 1950's feel sitting there in the middle of a meeting.

On the downside, the input are basic but adequate. The remote is just OK-it's small and clumsy to use in dark room situations, but once you get acclimated to it it's passable. The bulb's difficult to replace and-as usual with these things-relatively expensive. However, the aforementioned dual voltage/lumen feature should reduce the frequency changes overall.

I can't attest to this unit's traveling characteristics since it hasn't moved from the center of our conference table since it was unpacked. However, the case and accessories seems sturdy and well designed. Our LP280 does well and I'd imagine this one would as well.

The accessory package is fairly complete. There are some adaptors for more varied inputs available as well as other accessories, but we see no real need for them. My experience has been these things cost more than the value they add.

An excellent unit, especially if your presentation requirement border on "theatre" type conditions. A lot of value for the money with this puppy!

... make sure that you don't purchase this with the Sony vx2000 camcorder. Although Amazon lists this video bag as an accessory for the 2000, it just doesn't fit comfortably. You have to really jam the eyepiece into the bag, and because it's packed in so tight, it just doesn't feel protected.

The bag is rugged, and handsome. Most consumer mini-dv camcorders should fit in the bag. Probably not the Canon GL1 and definitely not the XL-1. Other than that, go for it.

As a general rule, picking a camera bag is the kind of thing you should do in a store... bring your camera or camcorder with you and try it in different bags. It's hard to guage the size and fit of a bag simply from its picture and dimensions. Plus, at camera stores you can often find nice padded bags that don't *look* like camera bags. This is a plus if you travel a lot and are a weakling (and prone to muggings), like I am.

Seriously.

Great video bag. Interior has a nice divder for storing cam on one side and supplies, tapes, power packs on the other. Has a cool front pocket for those of us that always need a *little* more room for storing something.

The whole bag seems to absorb shocks with the foam-like padding. I also like the lid which hangs over a little so things dont fall out and dirt doesn't get in.

You can see it on the photo, but I want to reiterate that the pods use staggered cable ends. These are designed for situations where the cable turns as it leaves the connection.

That is a nice feature when that happens (typically, where your cables turn either up or down at the connection, and the connections are in a vertical row).

However, there are some situations where this is a problem. For example, the 3 connectors are not in a row. Or you are making the turn in such a way that the colors do not match.

This design would be improved by interchangeable colors where the shortest radius turn matches your component scheme. One other improvement (in case you're reading, Monster) would be to imprint the cable number on the pod to make it easier to reorder. (Fortunately, Amazon lets you easily view all of your past product orders.)

Other than that, typically good Monster Cable fit and finish.

There are two reasons to buy this cable - high quality and convenience. Monster cables are extraordinary. I'm usually incapable of telling the difference between minor variations in sound and video quality, but after replacing cheap component cables with this, the picture seemed so much better.

This design for the cable (where all conductors pass through the same sheath, instead of glued-together parallel wires) makes cable organization very easy. When you've got a home-theater system, there are so many players that need their own cables; the compactness of the cable helps keep the clutter down.

This cable will work great for Digital Cable Users. And Also using this on a DVD TURNS IT INTO SUPER QUALITY SUPERIOR! But its a little overpriced for itself but works clean and eficiantly. I give this 4 stars for tiny bit overpriced. These cables make the DVD Gladiator EXTREMELY BETTER!

This cable gave me huge improvement in picture quality, espcially from DVD. The connectors are of a good quality and I think that this cable is worth every cent