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Finding High Quality Video Cam Streaming

August 4, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of faceVsion Technology USA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Socialspark_productimage When I took my business trip to New York City, I used my netbook’s little webcam to talk to the kids. The kids, unfortunately, did not have a webcam, so I could not see them. I used my instant messenger software to connect… and UGH what a stuttering, slow connection it was! Not very pleasant. It was too bad. Next time I want to be prepared for a better experience.

There’s this new gadget called faceVsion out. It’s incredibly innovative–it’s High Definition (HD), and it’s the first HD video cam certified by Skype for making HD video calls. faceVision uses embedded hardware H.264 encoding. This chip helps to create a 720-pixel, high-quality image suitable for video-to-video communications. It’s great for businesses (such as video conferencing) but it’s also a wonderful tool for the commuting family. The camera is very high-quality, with a quickly focusing super wide angle lens. It certainly looks very high tech! The official name is the FV touchcam N1. It’s on sale at retailers (such as Amazon, Staples, and NewEgg) for a little over $100. I think that’s very affordable for such a high-quality webcam. It leaves the other webcams (like Logitech’s and Microsoft’s) in the dust.

Read more about it, see an informative video about the cam, and learn more about the FV ExpressCombo at the faceVision on line store.

Additionally, you can save some money right now! www.shop.facevsion.com is now running a back-to-school promotion with $10 off any purchase, using the promo code of FVTBTS2 at the checkout. The promotion ends September 30th, 2010, so don’t delay.

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Webcam and Video Messaging Comes of Age

July 2, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of faceVsion Technology USA. All opinions are 100% mine.

This is pretty cool. It’s the
FV touchcam N1. I’ve never been very fond of webcams, generally speaking, until I traveled without the kids and husband recently. The webcam became a very important tool– everyone missed the mom while I was away! The webcam helped ease the homesickness. And it also gave the kids the opportunity to look into my “travel” world and see everything around me. I’ve also utilized Skype for a few business and educational exploits, too. So I guess I am slowly making more use of the webcam and “video conferencing” more frequently as my career develops.

Unfortunately, the webcam and the software with it has been horribly slow. Most webcams that are labeled as “high definition” (HD) are pitifully inadequate. The images are blurry, the sounds jerky. The cam I used while traveling stuttered a lot, and the connection was very slow. So when I heard about faceVsion, I was interested.

Basically,the faceVsion TouchCam N1 is a superior, high-quality webcam with touch capabilities and extremely high-definition quality, allowing your webcam video to stream up to 720p. There’s a very good video on the website that showcases the webcam– nice!

The faceVsion webcam has an H.264 hardware encoder built in Touchcam N1, which enables true HD quality. So it’s great for travel and business use. There’s also something called the FV ExpressCombo that offers an express card so you can use the HD webcam even if you have a slower, less-powered CPU computer. Looks nice!

Webcams are not that expensive. If you use them a lot, or need one for business, spend a couple of extra bucks and get something NICE. There’s a faceVision on line store that has more information and products. The faceVsion TouchCam N1 is certified for Skype. It’s an easy, plug-and-play cam small enough for any laptop or desktop or monitor, and big enough in quality to really make you go wow. Cool!

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Login to Your Computer With Face-Scanning Software

February 11, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

This blows my mind: what was once high-tech security measures comes to a computer near you. C|Net.com wrote a riveting article about the latest program to come down the pike: KeyLemon. It uses the webcam to detect your face and upper-body shape. There’s even a Firefox plugin for logging in to social networking sites.

KeyLemon adds an extra layer of security to your computer log-in process by making your Webcam do all the heavy lifting. Instead of typing your password, KeyLemon 2.2 associates your face with your profile, and then regularly checks to make sure that the person sitting in front of the computer matches the image attached to that profile. If it doesn’t think they match, the computer takes a photo via the Webcam and then automatically goes to hibernate.

The latest version of KeyLemon introduces a Firefox plug-in called LemonFox that lets users log in to three social-networking services using their Webcam.

C|Net said that the software was pretty good, working correctly about 90% of the time.

I don’t know about you… this stuff may be convenient, but if it doesn’t work, I’d probably wind up throwing my computer across the room!

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DIY Motion Detector Security

January 18, 2010 — Mrs. Mecomber

I just love the site Lifehacker. Some of the best ideas are here! This latest one, Motion Detection Is an Effective, Dead Simple Security Camera App is a great tip for making some quick and easy (and of course, like any DIY project, limited) security camera action. I’ve looked into security cameras before, but dismissed them after seeing the sky-high prices of the equipment.

There’s a small software program, called Motion Detection, that you install on your computer. (You need a webcam in order to use Motion Detection). It will turn the webcam on when it detects motion. You can set the sensitivity with a slider. Very neat! I will HAVE to try this!