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Hercules Dualpix HD Webcam

  • A powerful, unique software interface and high quality images
 

Description

Hercules’ top of the range webcam delivers on quality, versatility and offers all or more of the features found on the most expensive web cams on the market - at an unbelievable price.


Webcam Station Evolution Software

  • Unique and exclusive Hercules in house developed software delivers everything you need to get the most from your web cam
  • Photo and Video:
    • Photo capture up to 5 Mega pixels in interpolated mode
    • Video capture up to 1.3 Mega pixels
    • Burst Mode: Take up to 20 photos with 1 to 5 second intervals between each shot
    • Time Delay Mode : Set up time delays of up to 10 seconds between shots
  • Easy Transfer & Conversion : Just one click for automatic optimum file conversion to destination files: iPod® vidéo, PSPTM, Vlogs, Blogs, E-mails, specific PC folders. No need to reformat! Now it’s easy to share data, movies and pictures with multiple users.
Zoom :
  • 3 x digital zoom (automatic or manual)
  • Travelling-ZoomTM function : Always be in the frame with this unique feature which tracks your face and even enlarges the field of view if there is more than one person in the frame. All completely automatic, just look at the web cam!
Instant Messenger functions
  • USB 2.0 = fluid images at 30FPS
  • Headset with integrated microphone for a complete audio and video solution
  • Compatible with all Instant Messenger applications: (Skype, Yahoo, AOL, AIM, Windows MSN). Windows LiveTM Messenger included
High Performance Mechanics
  • Elegant Design selected by consumers as a result of international research
  • 360° horizontal rotation and 60° vertical rotation, for a larger viewing field
  • Universal screen clamping system to fit all monitor sizes
  • USB cable of 1.8m

 

 

Box contents

Hercules® DualpixHD Webcam
Micro Headset
Installation driver CD & Software
Manual

 

Minimum configuration


  • PC Pentium® IV or higher
  • USB 2.0 for optimized use or USB 1.1
  • Windows® XP service pack 2
  • Hardware Windows® Vista Ready

 

Software


Webcam Station Evolution

Webcam Station Evolution

Webcam Station Evolution : Travelling-Zoom
 

Technology

Webcam
Digital camera which connects to a computer via a USB port. Its main use is for video conversation over the Internet with other people connected to the Internet and also equipped with a webcam.
MegaPixel (MP)
Unit of measurement of the number of pixels displayed in a still image or one taken from a video sequence. 1 MP = 1 million pixels.
Burst mode
Mode allowing the user to take several photos in succession via a single touch of the shutter button.
Self-timer mode
Mode allowing the user to delay, for a defined period, the taking of a photo after having pressed the shutter button.
Blog
Contraction of "Web Log". A Blog is a website on which one or more persons can write articles or leave comments freely. It can be enhanced with photos.
Vlog
Contraction of "Video Blog". A Vlog is a Blog composed essentially of videos.
Digital zoom
Zoom carried out via software thanks to a mathematical algorithm allowing for the "enlargement" of pixels.
Travelling-Zoom
Innovative technology allowing for zooming onto the face or faces of people facing the camera and following them around. This allows the user to always stay in the camera’s frame during video conversations.
Fps (Frames per second)
Unit of measurement of the number of frames displayed per second in a video sequence. The higher this value, the more fluid the video will appear.
Chat
Real-time text conversation over the Internet.
Interpolated mode
Mode allowing the user to attain, via software, larger image resolutions by creating new pixels, the characteristics of which are based on those of neighboring pixels.
Animated GIF
Animated image file format, commonly used on many websites, created via a succession of images in GIF format.
VGA resolution
Resolution of 640 pixels horizontally and 480 pixels vertically (640x480).
CMOS sensor
Electronic component allowing for the measurement of light intensity at a large number of points to generate a digital image of the scene. Moreover, CMOS technology carries out this task with low energy consumption.
Integrated microphone
Microphone directly integrated into the webcam. Therefore no other microphone is required to converse over the Internet.
 

Press

04/02/08 - NL - PC Consument - Hercules Dualpix HD

7 webcams vergeleken = Award: Beste koop

Prestatiescore: 7,5 /10
Prijs / Prestatiescore: 8,5 /10

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