HD webcam not possible on Macs?

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  1. piatti, Jan 15, 2012
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  2. davegoody, Jan 15, 2012

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    Errrr..... Not true !

    All the current crop of Macs have a FaceTimeHD camera (excluding the MacMini and MacPro which have no cameras built-in) that does support HD resolutions. Any app that supports video should support this camera.
     
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  3. maril1111, Jan 15, 2012

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    what he said + i have the logitech camera c525 and take pictures in hd so either way macs support hd resolutions.
     
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  4. odinsride, Jan 17, 2012

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    I use a Logitech C910 webcam with Skype under OSX and HD video calls work great
     
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  5. piatti, Jan 30, 2012

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    I bought an HD webcam but it's definitely not showing at 720 quality. what could be wrong?
     
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  6. Consultant, Jan 30, 2012

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    List your model.
    Contact manufacturer.
     
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  7. chaos86, Jan 30, 2012

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    The market term "HD" means it's ≥ 720p which is 1280px x 720px, which is actually quite a low resolution. Add to that the fact that a webcam is usually tiny, and cheap, and you've got some really bad looking video that is technically HD.
     
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  8. Anonymous Freak, Jan 30, 2012

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    What are you using to compare? If you're using Skype or similar, do you have the internet bandwidth for it? Maybe the person at the other end doesn't have an HD camera?
     
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  9. piatti, Jan 31, 2012
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    The person on the other end is using the HD camera. This one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ETQHDM/ref=oh_o03_s00_i02_details

    How do you figure out the Internet bandwidth for it? At any rate, we are using a standard cable internet. Should be fast.

    I noticed that this camera doesn't do HD chat:

     
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