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Hi there,<br />
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I need to get a webcam that is suitable for conference calls in board rooms. I plan to mount it at one end of the board room table, so a 90-degree field-of-view should be more than adequate. Since it's in a conference room which echoes a little bit, I'd like to get a decent camera with at least 2.0megapixel resolution, a good microphone, etc.<br />
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We plan to do most conferences via skype, nothing too fancy, but if anyone can recommend any free (as in beer) video conferencing software I'd be open to that. I'd really like to keep the hardware to under $300.<br />
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Thank you all in advance!
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Hi there,

I need to get a webcam that is suitable for conference calls in board rooms. I plan to mount it at one end of the board room table, so a 90-degree field-of-view should be more than adequate. Since it's in a conference room which echoes a little bit, I'd like to get a decent camera with at least 2.0megapixel resolution, a good microphone, etc.

We plan to do most conferences via skype, nothing too fancy, but if anyone can recommend any free (as in beer) video conferencing software I'd be open to that. I'd really like to keep the hardware to under $300.

Thank you all in advance!

Good webcam for video conferencing?

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