Xlr8yourMac notes that the new iMac's iSight carries the same higher resolution (1280x1024) as the newest MacBook Pros.
Apple's iChat still only supports 640x480 resolution, but the hardware is capable of 1280x1024.
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Yeah I hope so too. But they should give you a choice cos it will be a bandwitch killer for some people on slower networks
So does the Macbook (not pro) still have the old cam, or does it have the new one?
Maybe it is my imagination, but photo booth does look better on the new iMacs. It's probably photo booth downscaling causing the image to look sharper.
Maybe Leopard will enable higher resolution in iChat?
Maybe Leopard will enable higher resolution in iChat?
Maybe Leopard will enable higher resolution in iChat?
what would the bandwidth requirements be on a 1.3 mega pixel streaming video?
Anyone know if Photobooth supports the full resolution?
4 meg up? No problem. Hooray for college internet!!! 10MB down/6MB up (yes, those are sustained transfer speeds).Wouldn't that be... 1.3Mpixel x 20 frames/s x 24 bits = 624 Mbit/s?
But on the other hand: 640 x 480 x 20 frames/s x 24 bits = 147 Mbit/s
So there is some major compression going on anyway. Let's say you need a 1Mbit/s upload for the standard iSight, then you would need at least a 4Mbit/s upload for the high resolution iSight. That's not available to the public here in the Netherlands I think. Maybe in some places like university backbones. All theory though, I don't even own an iSight!