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• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 5 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 Web camera offers excellent high-def video and sound quality at an affordable price. Despite using a good deal of system resources at higher resolutions, it's certainly an improvement over stock Webcams. We recommend it to anyone looking for a smoother video chat experience. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Microsoft LifeCam HD-6000 for notebooks offers impressive HD video output quality and excellent sound definition over previous models for an overall smooth video-chatting experience, but the continual autofocus feature can be distracting to your chat partner. Nevertheless, we recommend the Microsoft LifeCam HD-6000, if you have the proper system requirements. Read review

Specs: Notebook web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 9 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite its uninspired software, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 proves its worth with outstanding image quality, a funky and useful design, and low price. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, Fire red

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: Microsoft's answer to Sony's EyeToy camera, the affordable Xbox Live Vision Camera for Xbox 360 may not yet be a must-have Xbox 360 accessory, but we suspect that as Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live to include more Vision features, it will be. Read review

Specs: Web camera

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 15 reviews

Specs: Web camera, 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 6 reviews

Specs: Web camera, 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: Despite its uninspired software, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 proves its worth with outstanding image quality, a funky and useful design, and low price. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, Cool blue

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.0 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: There are better Webcams that you can buy with your $100 than the Microsoft LifeCam VX-7000. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 2,000,000 pixels, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  2.5 stars Average

  Overall score: 5.5 (2.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: It's cheap and compact and delivers acceptable video quality, but the bundled software plagues Microsoft's LifeCam NX-3000 Webcam. Creative has a model for nearly the same price that we like better. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 300,000 pixels, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Microsoft LifeCam VX-5500 is a well designed, affordable Webcam with excellent image quality. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, Silver

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.5 stars Very good

  Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 39 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 offers unique features such as the ability to post photos directly to a blog, but its video effects and image quality don't stand up to that of competing Webcams from veteran manufacturers. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A

• CNET Editor rating:
  4.0 stars Excellent

  Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

The Bottom Line: Despite its uninspired software, the Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 proves its worth with outstanding image quality, a funky and useful design, and low price. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, Cool blue

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 5 reviews

Specs: Web camera, 30 frames per second, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  3.0 stars Good

  Overall score: 6.6 (3.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 3 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Microsoft LifeCam Show offers improvement over Microsoft's previous laptop Webcam, but Logitech still has the laptop Webcam to beat. Read review

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 4 reviews

Specs: Notebook web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1,300,000 pixels, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 2,000,000 pixels, 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, Black

• CNET Editor rating:
  0.0 stars

  Overall score: 0.0 (0.0 stars)
• Average user rating: 0 stars No reviews, write one!

Specs: Web camera, 1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A, Drivers & Utilities, 1 x USB cable - 6 ft