[H-GEN] Webcam recommendation sought

[Stuart Longland]

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David Seikel wrote:

> Robert Kearey <mammal at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> >If it's for work (has a business case, budget et al), then it's worth
> >spending Real Money on something that isn't Complete Shit. All USB
> >webcams fall into that category.
>
> Er, which category?  "Worth spending Real Money" or "Complete Shit"?
> Enquiring minds wish to know.

I think Robert means the latter: "Complete Shit" because USB was
afterall mainly developed for the home user.  Mind you, a lot still do
quite a nice job for all the basics.

If resolution isn't important, you could get a standard analogue
camcorder and use a video-in card to capture it.  Most video cameras do
audio & video along with having RCA sockets on the back for hooking to
an external VCR or monitor.
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