CES: Facevision releases budget Skype-certified HD Webcam
Thursday, January 6th, 2011
A year ago, Facevision introduced the first Skype-certified HD Webcam, the FV TouchCam N1, that was capable of streaming high-definition video over the Internet, turning video chat into a much better experience. It was one of a few HD Webcams at the time.
For this reason, the FV TouchCam N1 was rather expensive, costing around $120 when first released and now has a street price of about $100.
Today, the company announced and demonstrated at CES 2011 a new version of the Webcam that offers the same capability but at a significantly lower cost, the TouchCam V1 720p HD VideoCam.
According to Facevision, like its predecessor, the new V1 is a Skype-certified HD camera with a wide-angle lens and built-in hardware H.264 video encoding that can deliver 720p video over an Internet connection that has the bandwidth of 1.2Mbps or more.
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