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    Acer Webcams...Whats happened?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jagrobson, Feb 17, 2011.

  1. jagrobson

    jagrobson Newbie

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    Hi All,

    I have had Acer laptops for the last few years (5738G,5920G,6920G and 6930G) and bought a number of them for friends and family.

    I recently decided I wanted a new Icore cpu laptop and bought a 5742G (I5) and took it back because the webcam was appalling and the 'mono' speaker.

    I decided to treat myself and get an Acer Ethos 5943G believing it would be better. Sound wise, build, look etc I am pleased to say 'yes' but again the webcam is utterly rubbish.

    Anyone know why the newer models are using inferior webcams?

    Cheers
     
    jagrobson, Feb 17, 2011
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  2. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    Like a lot of Acer Laptops Screens, WebCam quality are like lottery, sometimes you get good ones like SuYin High Mega Pixels, sometimes you get low grade chicony.
    I have a Old Acer Timeline with high quality SuYin and my Acer 4740G on low quality Chicony.
     
    weinter, Feb 17, 2011
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  3. PeterDLai

    PeterDLai Notebook Consultant

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    Is this video representative of the quality of your Suyin webcam? I almost thought the uploader was lying because I couldn't believe how much clearer it was than my webcam (Chicony). :p
     
    PeterDLai, Feb 18, 2011
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    Yep exactly that was the SuYin WebCam on the older Timeline but unfortunately the Timeline is NOT MINE.
    My Aspire has the lousy Chicony. :(
    If I remember the Timeline could do up to 1080p (when you install Certain Version of the WebCam Driver) but the CULV SU2700 Processor would lagging and start frame dropping.
     
    weinter, Feb 18, 2011
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