Based on 102 owner reviews the average owner rating of this Microsoft webcam is 87%. 66 reviewers (83% of all reviewers) gave this webcam either 4 or 5 stars.

A few customers said in their reviews that this webcams was good value for money. Amazon Customer rated this webcams 80 out of 100 and wrote in their review on Amazon “Anyway it's a great cam for the price”. Amazon Customer also mentioned “For such a good price I cannot complain”. Amazon Customer also said “Good value for money”.

A few customers considered that it was good quality. Amazon Customer wrote “Good quality image and sound”. Two years ago Anais said on Amazon “The picture quality is really good”. Andras Hermann said on Amazon “Good quality for the price” in their review and gave it a rating of 99 out of 100.

Several customers who reviewed the product considered that it was neat. Curmudgeon wrote on Amazon “It has a neat appearance, integral microphone”. Lifegoeson mentioned on Amazon “Neat & Cheap” and gave the product a score of 4 stars. Three years ago S Duckworth wrote on Amazon “Is very a very neat design” and gave it a score of 5 stars.

Several Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 owners concluded that this webcams was well made. Audrey said “This is not a shoddy product although very well priced”. Mr L Winokur and he said three years ago “The built in mike was handy as it meant fewer bits”. Mr L Winokur also wrote “I tested both sound and video quality using Skype's built in testing facility”.

A number of Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 reviewers who purchased the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 agreed that it was easy to use. Gc47 wrote “Play for Skype, Easy to use, great results, great service”. Mr L Winokur said in his Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 review on Amazon three years ago “The built in mike was handy as it meant fewer bits”. Mrs Elias wrote in her Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 review “Bought this for my children to use easy to set up”.

Thirteen people wrote in their reviews that the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 had a good microphone. Amazon Customer wrote three years ago “Good quality image and sound”. Barbara Toone mentioned on Amazon five years ago “Picture and sound are fine” and gave it a rating of 4 stars. Three years ago Crush said in their review of the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 on Amazon “Clear picture, clear sound, need to download / install software such as Webcamax to use the webcam to take videos”.

We checked 792 owner and expert reviews (including 256 verified purchases) for Microsoft webcams and found that on average Microsoft has very good reviews compared to other brands. 97% of those that bought a Microsoft webcam would recommend the product that they bought to other buyers.

A number of Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 reviewers who reviewed it reckoned that it was compact. Three years ago Mr L Winokur mentioned “The webcam is very light and compact too” in his review of the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 and gave it a rating of 99 out of 100. Tracy mentioned on Amazon “Cheap compact vey good little web cam does what it says on the tin”.

Two Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 reviewers who reviewed it considered that it had good technical guidance. Nigel wrote in his review of the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 “Easy operating instructions, simple to install”. Three years ago Stevo wrote on Amazon “Everything is automatic (I kind of preferred the manual focus on my old one) it doesn't get any easier” in their review of the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800.

One Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 reviewer reckoned that this webcams was able to connect to the internet. C J J wrote in their review “Seems ok in low light too only down side is that it doesn't cope with with movement too well and needs a good internet connection”.

Several Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 reviewers said in their reviews that the product produced a sharp image. Mr L Winokur mentioned “Sharpness settings within windows (fairly straightforward”. Wayne said on Amazon “A good sharp image” in his review of this webcams.

The product has excellent reviews but mediocre features and is over 6 months old. However at £8.99 it is in the cheapest 2% of webcams.

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We checked 22 other countries for prices for the Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 and the United Kingdom price of £8.99 was the cheapest.

The cheapest price that we could find overseas was in the United States where the price is $17.95 (£23.89).

This Microsoft webcam has been on the market since February 2014.

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The LifeCam VX-800 has a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. That's 67% less resolution than a 1280 x 720 pixels webcam, which is the most common resolution.

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 is not full HD. 80% of webcams are also not full HD.

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-800's megapixel of only 0.3MP is in the lowest 1% of all webcams when ranked by this feature. Across all the webcams the megapixels range from 0.1MP to 20MP, and the average megapixel is 2.7MP.

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 has a built-in microphone, as do 84% of webcams.

The LifeCam VX-800 does not have a zoom capability. 83% of webcams also do not have a zoom capability.

Like most other webcams, the LifeCam VX-800 does not have an auto focus. 83% of webcams do not have an auto focus.

The Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 has a laptop clamp. 91% of webcams do not have a laptop clamp.