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BEST LOOPHOLE EVER.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/oh well... did it survive???]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/
Everything is about liability.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/

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http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61

It is a pretty easy fix, and it makes a world of difference. HP tried to tell me it was a problem with the webcam drivers.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/Feb 26th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihrVTGlGYJk&eurl=http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/hp-to-offer-solution-to-hp-mini-1000-webcam-problem-20090226/&feature=player_embedded]]>Feb 26th 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/a) Are they lying those users removed it and did youtube/google remove them themselves?
b) Who are those users who can be pushed around if they did actually pull the video themselves? Give us names so we can call them names, by name.


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as SW Quote bait.]]>Feb 26th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/a-bit-of-surgery-gives-the-hp-mini-1000-new-sight/
One support reply said "the webcam was designed to be used outdoors." I had to laugh. Seems to me like the kind of rationalization public relations would write. I'd like to see them using the high-glass screen outside on a bright day! Never mind that most people I know do the majority of computing indoors.

And the other reply blamed the issue on the .3 meg cam and gave instructions for pumping up the brightness and gamma to an extreme degree. Which also seemed kinda lame... I've seen that size webcam do much better without such heroic efforts. And their suggested adjustments only resulted in a very bad quality slightly-brighter image.

Having looked extensively into the issue on the web, the only quality solution I've seen is the descriptions I've seen akin to this article in Engadget. Pull the filter with a tricky bit of warranty-voiding surgery. The before and after pictures sure make it clear this is a design flaw.

Shame on HP for pretending otherwise, giving lame PR-oriented solutions, and not admitting their mistake.

But hey, I'm just a Northern Guy.]]>Feb 26th 2009 4:48PM