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    VGA webcam on dv2000/dv6000 falsely advertised as 1.3MP?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by abe1509, Sep 19, 2006.

  1. abe1509

    abe1509 Newbie

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    I got my dv6000t a couple of days back, and i cant seem to use the integrated "1.3MP" webcam to take pictures at 1.3MP (1152*864). The best resolution i can get is 640*480, which is 0.3MP.

    Has anyone been able to get real 1.3MP pictures (not software interpolated)?

    Thanks!
     
    abe1509, Sep 19, 2006
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  2. jblock

    jblock Notebook Consultant

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    yah, its actually a .35 MP camera, no fun.
     
    jblock, Sep 19, 2006
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  3. joms

    joms Notebook Consultant

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    err... so why did they say that its 1.3MP? there must be a way...
     
    joms, Sep 20, 2006
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  4. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

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    The screenshots taht I have seen look too good for 0.3MP (dv6000 review here). By the way, isn't 640*480 equal to 0.7 MP?
     
    vassil_98, Sep 20, 2006
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  5. sav

    sav Notebook Consultant

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    640*480=307200, i.e 0.307 MP.
     
    sav, Sep 20, 2006
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  6. JM

    JM Mr. Misanthrope NBR Reviewer

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    Indeed.

    The photos mine takes seem to be better than my cell phone's camera, and it's a 1.3MP as well.

    Anywho, I don't really care what MP the camera is... Not like it's being using for photography or anything... Just video chats and the like, which looked fine to me when I had some...
     
    JM, Sep 20, 2006
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  7. JadedRaverLA

    JadedRaverLA Notebook Deity

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    I recently purchased a dv2000t. After installing Vista, I found I needed a program record from my webcam. I found a program called Active Webcam from www.pysoft.com . When you setup the webcam in this program, you can choose from a list of supported resolutions. Though the default is 640x480 (0.3 MP), 1280x960 (1.3 MP) is an available option as well. I would assume this would be true of most webcam programs, though knowing HP they may not have included a program capable of viewing the 1.3 MP images live.

    Hope this helps.
     
    JadedRaverLA, Sep 20, 2006
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