The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    DV2000t Webcam is really dark?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by joms, Nov 24, 2006.

  1. joms

    joms Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    101
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I tried my webcam by click MyComputer then clicking HP Pavillion Webcam afterwhich, it shows me a screen with myself on it. The thing is, the screen is relatively dark. Does this integrated webcam only work on very sunny days? Im indoor rightnow and the picture is really bad.

    Would it help if i used a webcam software? Would it make the picture brighter? Is there any link you can give me showing a picture taken by your webcam during outdoor or indoors?

    I would show you my webcam shot but i dont know how to upload a picture...

    Thanks
     
    joms, Nov 24, 2006
    #1
  2. wobble987

    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    543
    Messages:
    2,871
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    yes... the camera is just like the one found on mobile phone... most camera is like that though... digital or analogue, they just need light to capture images... that is what flash light are for.
     
    wobble987, Nov 24, 2006
    #2
  3. joms

    joms Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    101
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    is there any software i can install to make it look better? even a little?
     
    joms, Nov 24, 2006
    #3
  4. gridtalker

    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    18
    Messages:
    2,976
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0


    It is very dark you need lots of lighting
     
    gridtalker, Nov 24, 2006
    #4
  5. joms

    joms Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    101
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    does anyone here know of a url/website that shows a sample pic of a webcam shot taken from the dv2000? =)
     
    joms, Nov 24, 2006
    #5
  6. spaceman2004

    spaceman2004 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    171
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well I've got a dv6000 series, but it's the same webcam/mics that are inside as the dv2000 / dv9000 series.

    What ever program you're using, just set the webcam settings, to what you need.

    I find, turning up the brightness and turning off backlight makes a great difference. (Even if it says 0 for backlight click it again for 0) It's still not gonna be as good as a good logitech webcam, but the built in webcam is still very usable.

    Plus you might want to make sure you've got the latest driver for the webcam.

    I hope that helps?!
     
    spaceman2004, Nov 24, 2006
    #6
  7. JellyGeo

    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    57
    Messages:
    603
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Greetings - I re-installed XP Pro on my dv2000t and cannot find the webcam application on the SwSetup folder. I installed the Webcam demo, and the webcam works during the demo, but I don't have an application to start the webcam to test it. Any ideas or do you have the SP number or folder name in SwSetup? TIA
     
    JellyGeo, Dec 2, 2006
    #7