Webcams should i start with a cheapy or go for the latest thing?

tesco are selling one with a microphone on clearance for a tenner
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Answer:
The cheap ones dont tend to be very good, the image is grainy, dark and often the software doesnt run too well, I have tried many types and makes. The one I use now is excellent, a Trust WB3500T, it has good software, manual focus, the picture is very sharp and it has its own mini light on the cam which helps with lighting. I bought it at Asda for about £18 which was a good deal, so I would suggest shopping around and paying a bit more as the product may be better, I use a lot of Trust parts and find them to be an excellent company, website below is for trust.
Hope this helps
Andy
Dont spend too much, they will always be better and cheaper next year.
Go for it. My €12 supermarket own brand cam is every bit as good as my Logitech.
I spent about a tenner on my webcam, it's fine. Unless you want to do really spectacular thigs with it!
Also the webcam is only as good as the connection speed anyway.

I would go with the tesco one :)
go for a cheaper and see how you get on. then you can buy a better one when your ready.
do you have a playstaion2 with eyetoy? if so, i wouldnt bother buying a webcam, just download a driver for the eyetoy and use that instead, you can use it as a webcam or a videocamera and the quality is a lot better than most webcams

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