I bought this as it looked a very good value webcam. But unfortunately it looks like I got what I paid for.
As another reviewer has noted, installation was painful. I just dumped the CD in the bin, as it just couldn't be read by the computer, and grabbed the installation files from the Logitech website. However, this wasn't straightforward, as it wasn't clear which model I had, and had to download a couple of install packages before I got the right one.
When I did get it working, I was very disappointed in the quality. Under optimal light conditions, the picture is pretty grainy, and quite choppy.
And if the room isn't completely bright, then you can barely see the camera image. I'm not being picky here ... Read More:
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Wanted to buy 4 of these. Obviously 1p each seemed a bargain. However, the delivery charge (standard) was going to be £18!! What a rip off.
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So this little device is most useful, a normal ethernet cable has 8 wires within it but only 4 are used commonly for ethernet traffic. This device lets you connect to 2 ethernet devices on the end of 1 cable (you do need to buy 2 of these units tho for it to work and you will also need 2 ethernet female to female coupling blocks (Belkin Cat 5 RJ45 Inline Coupler (White) R6G050) as the economiser weirdly has a male RJ-45 plug!)
Apart from that strange quirk, great little item!
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The other reviews are based on how good the mouse is when it's new.
The life expentacy of this particular mouse is less than 1 year. Look on amazon.com and you will see the reviews after a year.
Also has a very short range and makes some funny noise when moving it about. Buy a logitech mouse, I only brought this mouse because it was cheap.
I guess I got what I paid for :-(
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This started brilliantly, outperforming all previous adaptors for range by far - however, when the first one went faulty Big Box were superb with their service and replaced very quickly - six months later second unit has failed. Big Box offering refund as they don't have a suggested replacement - this is a shame as they have been superb but it would be foolhardy to try a third BT Voyager 1055 with this reliability record.
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This started brilliantly, outperforming all previous adaptors for range by far - however, when the first one went faulty Big Box were superb with their service and replaced very quickly - six months later second unit has failed. Big Box offering refund as they don't have a suggested replacement - this is a shame as they have been superb but it would be foolhardy to try a third BT Voyager 1055 with this reliability record.
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This started brilliantly, outperforming all previous adaptors for range by far - however, when the first one went faulty Big Box were superb with their service and replaced very quickly - six months later second unit has failed. Big Box offering refund as they don't have a suggested replacement - this is a shame as they have been superb but it would be foolhardy to try a third BT Voyager 1055 with this reliability record.
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When I recieved this product it was kind of bigger than I expected it to be - the sockets are quite large and heavy and the wire is very floppy so this does cause it to droop a bit as other reviezwers have mentioned. However, you could hardly call this a major problem, and it really doesn't bother me, although if you like me are buying it for your iPod nano or similarly tiny mp3 player,you might not like the fact that it's almost as big.
It is very useful because two people can listen to the same mp3 player each having THEIR OWN headphones, instead of having just one earphone each.
This is a useful invention, and it doesn't cost very much, so all in all i recommend it.
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I have had a couple of Belkin units, including this one, fail to protect my equipment. Once a PC just died one day, and I found burn marks on the motherboard PSU connector. The other time with this exact unit there was a lightning strike nearby, and the computer PSU was fried along with my monitor and HiFi amplifier.
Both times I tried to claim from Belkin on their warranty. They make it very hard, and you have to send them the damaged equipment. In both cases they at first refused to pay up, but eventually I got some compensation out of them. Nothing like the value of the items though, only their "second hand" value which for Belkin means car boot sale prices.
I now have a Tripp-Lite and touch wood have no had any problems.
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