As you can see from these screen grabs of a Skype test, the video quality is far superior to that of our Dell's built in 1.3Mp, fixed focus webcam. That said, the SPC1330's performance is not actually half bad. Yet the spiel on the box still rather suggests – at least to the technically naïve – that it can do better. When we asked Philips about this, it confirmed that the results we achieved were about right, which is fair enough. The bottom line? A lot of users won't be able to record 2Mp video at 90f/s or even 1.3mp video at 30f/s. 90f/s – or even 30/s for that matter – only became an option at VGA resolution and below. For our test we hooked the webcam up to a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop with a 2.1Ghz Core2 Duo chip and 3GB of RAM and the best we got was 6fps at 2Mp and 1.3mp and 20f/s at 800 x 600. Next under the microscope is the 90f/s video claim.
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But what about that 8Mp photo claim? The CMOS sensor in the camera has a native resolution of 2Mp, so that 8Mp figure is for a software interpolated image, rather than a genuine 8 million pixels. Along with the camera, all you get is a software CD and a USB cable. We are less sure about the aesthetics though – the shiny silver plastic decoration around the camera and microphone grill make it look cheaper than the £70 it’ll cost you. In the frame: the specs require closer scrutiny The camera housing will also rotate through 360 degrees and has a big blue LED on the top to tell you when it's in use. Put a weight on the lower part of the base hinge and you can have the camera point up at 90 degrees should you so wish. The camera itself sits on a hinge that moves back and forward by around 30 degrees from the vertical, though the “up” angle can be further increased by opening the jaws of the stand. The lower side of the stand hinges down by up to 90 degrees, so the unit can be hooked over the lip of a laptop screen as well as sat on a desk. Standing 95mm tall on a base 86mm deep and 40mm wide, the camera is a compact design and a very flexible design too.
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It’s not often we start reviews with the box, but in this case we are going to because it makes some bold claims including that the SPC1330NC delivers HD quality, 90f/s, 2Mp video and 8Mp resolution still images.Ī glance at the spec sheet reveals that the SPC1330NC also comes with an 8x digital zoom autofocus f-2.0 wide angle lens with a 70 degree viewing angle, twin stereo microphones and a couple of trick bits of software, namely, Pixel Plus 2 – for “natural-looking, razor sharp pictures” – and Digital Natural Motion, that removes picture judder.