How much does a good webcam cost ?
 

How much will the hardware cost me? Any suggestions?

What would be the use for it?

Well, if it's to see and be seen on the Yahoo "Hairy little cock men" chat, you'll just need a $19 USB Webcam :thumbsup

I want a camera good enough where I might be able to save a little on bandwidth.

Well, that does not tell us much....
What's the use?
It can cost anywhere from $9.99 for a shitty USB cam up to multi thousands for an excellent Digital Cam :2 cents:

For a noob to broadcast some girls. I can't get the kind of line I need for upload here. Can I upload to my host and they host for all my users with jsut a 3 second delay or something like that?


I'm looking to spend $350 ish if that is possible.

Best would be a vidum (can be had for $100 or less on ebay) capture card and a $250 digital 8 camcorder with a good zoom.
All of our girls use that, $400 total cost.
Problem is that some companies like Streamate are now using flash apps and those do not work well with capture card.
Also, a good Logitech cam, like the newer one they have for $99 is more than sufficient for your girls top perform their community service :2 cents:

sony trv 140+osprey 150+ s video cable = good

logitech 3000 = ok

yeah your definately looking ove a few hundred..if for pay, a bit more

Thats awesome. Thanks. Can I replace the hhi 8 cam with a mini-dv one ? I have a Panasonic pv-dv203

EDIT: Also, should i use any sound?

price for a decent webcam should be around $50

osprey 150 isnt for windows. Can I use the 100 ?

I think that would be fine. And the more options you have, the better. So sound would be good:)

Im sorry, I was sleepy. I ment this one


100




Make sure you dont get this one if you are running XP.

I am using XP. Thanks for the link. I really appreciate it.

About $100.

I forgot to mention I have a Radeon 9800 All In Wonder. Can it stream? If its better than the Osprey-100 I'll just use it.

50 bux on ebay

i would honestly suggest getting a minidv camera and feeding your stream with that rather than using a webcam, that way u can have the remote zoom and its much sharper from further away... i have used everything from intel pro III webcams to logitech 4000's but nothing compairs to a minidv camcorder :)

Cool, I have a mini-dv already. I was going to buy an Osprey-100 but not if my radeon 9800 all in wonder can ctream it jsut as well. Do you know if it can ?

bump ?

Try it out. Find out if you can stream to multiple site at once, some capture card will allow that, some won't.

I conccur.
We could open a webcam museum, we have so many of them laying around :)

$100-$150

something like this..

around 45