Microsoft T4H-00002 LifeCam HD-3000 for Business USB 2.0 WebCam

Pros: It does what it is supposed to do it is a nice value HD webcam, it automatically installs drivers, all you have to do is plug in and enjoy

Cons: Z E R O

Pros: Pretty small, good adjustability and build quality. Reasonable picture quality for the price.

Cons: Automatically installs cr@pware. Absolutely refuses to run more than 4 at once. Running more than 2 at once is difficult

Other Thoughts: I purchased 15 of these from Newegg for a client. We were setting up an installation and needed many small, easily positioned webcams at a reasonable price that could do pretty good 720p video. These seemed like they would do very nicely. Their picture quality is fine, and their form factor and build quality is very good. They do, however automatically attempt to install a bloated and useless software suite whenever you plug them in to a computer with automatic driver updates enabled. It doesn't even give you a choice, despite the fact that Windows 7 comes with a driver included.

The software makes it very difficult to run multiple instances of this webcam on the same computer, an issue shared by many other Microsoft cams it seems from my testing.

I realize this is hardly a common application, and shouldn't dissuade most buyers, but if you do have such an application, the contemporary Logitech devices of the same price don't suffer this issue. These are more ergonomic though.