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What camera do I use for desktop videoconferencing?
John Reekie, 26 Oct 1999
If you do not already have a camera installed
in your PC, we recommend that you purchase the
Winnov Videum Conference Pro in the PCI bus version.
These run about $400 retail. We use this successfully
and without problems on Windows NT 4.0. (In fact, the
Winnov card is what we use for recording presentations
at the GSRC workshops.)
For laptops, the only camera/card that we have
used is the Winnov Videum Traveler. This is a
PCMCIA card with a small camera. It works under
Windows NT 4.0, with the following caveats:
- It does not work correctly
with CardWizard.
- The video quality is quite poor.
As it costs about $350, we cannot recommend
the Videum Traveler unless you absolutely
positively must have video-conferencing on
your laptop. If you find a camera with PCMCIA
card that has good picture quality and
works under Windows NT 4.0, please let us know.
For more information about cameras, see
the GSRC Video group cameras page
For more information about PCMCIA Video cards, see the
GSRC Video group PCMCIA page
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