Comments on: Where Are The High-Definition (HD) Webcams? http://onlyjames.com/2008/04/where-are-the-high-definition-hd-webcams/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:36:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Mowery http://onlyjames.com/2008/04/where-are-the-high-definition-hd-webcams/comment-page-1/#comment-48 James Mowery Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:39:42 +0000 http://jmowery.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/where-are-the-high-definition-hd-webcams/#comment-48 @DocMacPS Great insight. Compatibility is indeed extremly important. @DocMacPS

Great insight. Compatibility is indeed extremly important.

]]> By: DocMacPS http://onlyjames.com/2008/04/where-are-the-high-definition-hd-webcams/comment-page-1/#comment-47 DocMacPS Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:27:03 +0000 http://jmowery.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/where-are-the-high-definition-hd-webcams/#comment-47 Could USB 2.0 even keep up with that sort of HD bandwidth? NO. So we're back to needing a decent choice of consumer FIREWIRE / 1394 webcams - a market Apple foolishly abandoned even tho demand had not. Unibrain's Fire-I line would need a HD sensor update and could remain a contender in this webcam space. Logitech, Microsoft, Creative et al haven't fully embraced <a href="http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com" rel="nofollow">UVC compliant USB webcams</a> YET <i>(Wake up people!!!)</i> - but at least seem to be doing so begrudgingly in their latest highest resolution high-end models. There's hope: the UVC standard bodes well for Linux, Mac and Vista compatibility near-term. Maybe that milestone needs to be reached first... and then a HD web cam market can follow??? Could USB 2.0 even keep up with that sort of HD bandwidth? NO. So we’re back to needing a decent choice of consumer FIREWIRE / 1394 webcams – a market Apple foolishly abandoned even tho demand had not. Unibrain’s Fire-I line would need a HD sensor update and could remain a contender in this webcam space. Logitech, Microsoft, Creative et al haven’t fully embraced UVC compliant USB webcams YET (Wake up people!!!) – but at least seem to be doing so begrudgingly in their latest highest resolution high-end models. There’s hope: the UVC standard bodes well for Linux, Mac and Vista compatibility near-term. Maybe that milestone needs to be reached first… and then a HD web cam market can follow???

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