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Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 Reviews

CNet

09/2010

Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000

The Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 is the desktop version of the LifeCam HD-6000 laptop Web cam, with minor differences that account for the lower price tag. At $50, the true 720p high-def video and 16:9 wide-screen formatting are a guaranteed upgrade from most of the stock Web cams built into today's systems, and the LifeCam software boosts the entertainment value with clever 3D video overlays and effects. Its shortcomings include an auto-focus that struggles to maintain a solid picture and the video encoding is hungry for CPU processing. Minor issues aside, the LifeCam HD-5000 is a worthwhile aftermarket Web cam that deserves your attention. The LifeCam HD-5000 and the HD-6000 share a similar shape and size, featuring a glossy black housing and an integrated Windows Messenger button on top, but several minor differences are easily distinguishable. First, the laptop version is supposed to travel with your laptop so it's slightly smaller than its desktop cousin. In addition, the USB cable attached to the HD-5000 is 2 feet longer than the HD-6000 to accommodate the longer travel from a tower on the ground to the top of a monitor or desktop.

DigitalVersus

08/2010

Webcam Reviews

The LifeCam HD-5000 is one of Microsoft's latest webcams. It has a sensor that can film in 720p resolution as well as a handy autofocus. It's also good value for money. The stand is a truly great feature of this webcam. It allows you to stand the camera on a computer monitor (LCD or CRT), as well as on a desk or a laptop. It's very stable too. Image quality is very similar to that of the LifeCam Cinema. Images are smooth and fluid and colours are handled very well. The webcam also reproduces facial features correctly. Unfortunately, quality drops markedly in low light, as is the case with almost all other webcams. The HD-5000 has an annoying tendency to overexpose the picture when there's not enough light, which tends to erase detail from facial features in lighter skin tones. Your best bet is to keep a small lamp to hand. The high-quality microphone makes all the difference in the HD-5000. Sound is recorded with great accuracy, with no metallic overtone or fuzz. There's nothing else to say really, the built-in microphone is quite simply excellent. Our webcam face-off contains stills taken from the webcam in action.

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Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 720p HD Webcam - Black	$21.99	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 720p HD Webcam	$26	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 Webcam - USB 2.0 - 1280 x 720 Video - CMOS Sensor - Auto-focus - Widescreen - Microphone	$26.99	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 720p HD Webcam	$31.63	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD 5000	$34.88	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 720p HD Webcam - Black	$34.95	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 Webcam - USB 2.0 - 1280 x 720 Video - CMOS Sensor - Auto-focus - Widescreen - Microphone	$38.99	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 Webcam	$39.49	See it
LifeCam HD-5000 Webcam - USB	$43.99	See it
LifeCam HD-5000 Webcam - USB	$43.99	See it
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000	$49.95	See it