Buying a Webcam need advice.

hAppy

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Just a very weird background story
The other day a man called my house, it was my uncle, some "guy" we don't talk to. Well he asked my dad if he could use our computer, scheduled for today! Although it's been like 2-3 years since we've had a real conversation with him, my dad said okay. Well this guy is weird, he's about 40 years old (I'm guessing) and he doesn't have a wife, and I guess he's "stupid", my dad said he's "crazy". Well my dad figured since it's his little brother, he is obligated to do him a favor now and then. So he said okay, the uncle asks if we have a webcam, well we don't, so he asks that we set one up for him, my dad agreed. I guess that wifeless man needs to take pics for myspace or something :confused:

Well now I'm in search of a webcam. And well I gotta go buy one in about 2 hours, I don't know what a good brand would be, and so forth. COuld you guys just give me tips on what to look for, I have to go to Fry's Electronics or MicroCenter to buy one. So chances are I won't be able to find specific models, I just need some pointers. I figured out that higher resolution is probably higher quality? And the higher the FPS, the less lag there is. But how bout the megapixels, will that matter when it comes to clarity? Thanks!
 
Anything with 1600x1200 resolution with 5.4 megapixels should be fine...

Haha, Creative and Logitech have good web cams. Look for at least 1.3 megapixels and 640x480 at 30FPS.
 
WHat will the MP do? I heard that it doesn't really matter for digital cameras, does this apply to webcams too?
 
Thanks, I bought a Logitech STX or something like that for $50 at Frys. It's "fine", fits the purpose. Thanks for your help guys.
 
hAppy said:
Thanks, I bought a Logitech STX or something like that for $50 at Frys. It's "fine", fits the purpose. Thanks for your help guys.
Umm, I'm the only one who posted... :p
 
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