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Unread 06-10-2002, 21:29
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X-10's are not really web-cames, but are more or less wirless cameras that could have a varity of purposes, (most common being spying).
I have a Kensington Webcam (which they don't even support even more), and the image quality is not really that great. It has only about 6 frams per second, and is really bad in low lighting conditions. USB 1.1 Cameras are so cruddy, I wouldn't even consider any of them. USB 1.1 just doens't have the badwidth to get video that great.
The best options are either a firewire or USB 2.0. They are in the hundred dollar range, but it will something usable. Another really usable feature, is if the camera has its own encoding chip ride inside the camera, which will realive a heavy burden from the main CPU.