What is it? I'm experimenting with skype, which is okay, but not awesome... no video support for google talk yet, and I havent messed with msn or yahoo yet...

Any good fast ad-less free ones out there?

5/24/2006 12:14:55 AM

im going to say

iSight for Mac

-ZiP!-

5/24/2006 12:17:55 AM

GREAT i'll just turn my pc into a mac and use that, then

5/24/2006 12:19:29 AM

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"I havent messed with msn or yahoo yet..."

You haven't used the two chat mediums that actually advertise video as a main feature? This is like asking what the best processor is, but you haven't tried AMD or Intel yet...

5/24/2006 9:30:28 AM

netmeeting works and is probably already on your comp.

microsoft portrait isn't bad.

5/24/2006 9:52:47 AM

Eyeball chat is ok

5/24/2006 10:16:04 AM

^^netmeeting has been integrated into MSN Messenger no?

5/24/2006 10:20:12 AM

AIM has supported video chat for a little while, but the newest version will not work if you want to talk to somebody using iChat. In fact, a lot of people have had problems with video chat between iChat and AIM due to firewall settings along with a few other factors. To remedy these, check out http://www.mvldesign.com/video_conference_tutorial.html

If you're absolutely refusing to switch to Mac, I've personally had the best luck with MSN just using either a firewire or usb connection from a cheap digital camcorder. Note that some camcorders don't include the drivers you need to use their webcam function even if it's advertised on the box (I had this problem with a Panasonic). In most cases the logitech cameras just don't seem to cut it, particularly without sunlight.

Yahoo! lets you broadcast to several users simultaneously, hiding your IP all the while, unless you choose to go into super mode.

ICQ recently added video chat but I haven't played with that yet.

5/25/2006 1:36:22 AM