Is Mikomi a good/reasonable brand ??

Moonpie2 · 31 Mar 2007 at 11:43

I'm looking into getting a cheap and cheerful webcam and I have seen a Mikomi one for £13 that seems to do a lot and a Creative Live one for £15 that seems to do less :confused:

Anyway, I know at those prices you get what you pay for but I've never heard of Mikomi before and I wondered if their products tend to break after 10 minutes of use ??

Cheers

mishima · 31 Mar 2007 at 11:48

Never heard of it myself, give it a go could be decent value. If it breaks you can always send it back.

RobH · 31 Mar 2007 at 11:50

Never heard of them either. That said, my sister had a Creative NX Pro webcam which the stand broke off pretty quickly. All webcams around that price tend to be similar quality, you may have better luck with the drivers though for the creative, especially if you move to vista.

I use the Sony EyeToy as my webcam, a lot better quality than most cheap webcams. Was only £15 with a free PS2 game too.

mishima · 31 Mar 2007 at 11:51

I have the NX Pro

had it for years now has been a good camera.

Moonpie2 · 31 Mar 2007 at 11:58

Hmmmmmm......... I think I might just bottle it and go for the Creative Labs one.
At least that has a lapel mic where the Mikomi's mic is built in and will probably be a bit nobbins

Cheers

mcc49 · 31 Mar 2007 at 12:00

Mikomi is just a generic brand, nothing special and nothing wrong with it either. Its just cheap and cheerful

Cupra · 31 Mar 2007 at 12:10

i got a good webcam from the bay it has 6 white led's but the quality of the image is brilliant

PhillyDee · 31 Mar 2007 at 16:19

"the high street catalogue shop" sell Mikomi Brand stuff.

EDIT:

Greenlizard0 · 31 Mar 2007 at 22:01

paul_64l said:
i got a good webcam from the bay it has 6 white led's but the quality of the image is brilliant

Ebay can sometimes result in blindingly cheap stuff. I got a Logitech branded webcam for £20 where it usually sells for about £40+. Though sometimes it has let me down *stares at usb hub in bin*

Moonpie2 · 31 Mar 2007 at 22:04

Look at people name dropping stores.
Aren't we supposed to say "the high street catalogue shop" and "the bay"

Anyway, I went for the Creative Live one.
It seems to have excellent low light capabilities.
Not bad for £15