http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/ Engadget Comments for First Skype HD webcams from In Store Solutions detailed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/05/has-skype-skipped-its-missing-from-the-app-store/]]>Jan 5th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/
Skype barely works as it is now, I stopped using it after having to deal with my buddy-list constantly not updating.

They need to fix the Skype protocol, before adding new features to it, that it will undoubtedly only end up half-supporting, if they keep their status-quo. ]]>Jan 5th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/skype with video worked fine for me. it is by far superior to the crappy vid n voice on yahoo messenger. cant compare to aol nor msn cause i dont use those.]]>Jan 5th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/
For me, While the video in ichat and AIM isn't as good as Skype, the connection is far stabler, especially when talking to friends for overseas. MSN has the best video quality out of the 3 (as it keeps it's I-frame count consistent, but will goto low frame rates (around 5-10) when the connection gets bad. Skype usually looks great when you first connect, but shortly after the image gets more and more muddy, as if it was only sending P or B frames, and often drops calls entirely.

Skype might be OK, if there was as way to force send I-frames, but for me, it really just doesn't work well in comparison to MSN.]]>Jan 5th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/I have 2Mbit up and can get 20Mbit if need be and most like for less than you pay for your shitty 500kbit upload :D]]>Jan 5th 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/meh.. 35 down 30 up right in the enslaved US of A http://www.speedtest.net/result/672980692.png]]>Jan 5th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/
2mbit up and I'm here in the middle on Wisconsin on a cheap Time Warner line.

Also you have to realize that 800k is actually plenty for a 720p stream in this case. With a webcam, the camera will not be moving and very little besides the person or subject in the frame will be moving with a stationary background. It's not like trying to encode a 720p movie at 800kbit/s. There's just a lot more going on in a movie setting compared to a web cam chat.]]>Jan 5th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/ here is the lifecam
http://www.guysfromqueens.com/?p=419]]>Jan 5th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/But is it worth spending $120 on a webcam?]]>Jan 5th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 12th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 5th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 6th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/
you didn't pay attention to details, they say "high quality" which is NOT "high definition". ]]>Jan 9th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/Jan 6th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/I think I found it: http://freetalk.me/
Looks to be just a press release, not available to buy yet]]>Jan 6th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/first-skype-hd-webcams-from-in-store-solutions-detailed/I found this report from the CES:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10431260-269.html
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