Logitech TV Cam HD makes sharing everyday moments a snap

Staying connected to family and friends across vast distances (except over time, of course) had never been easier nor more affordable, and the Internet certainly played a big role in this. The Logitech TV Cam HD is yet another piece of technology that will help you socialize with long distance friends and family members as though you were in a full room setting. Just how is this made possible? Well, the Logitech TV Cam HD will be able to play nice with Skype on any HDTV as long as said HDTV has an HDMI input. Not only that, you are able to move around freely through the room to remain connected to our close and loved ones.

There is no need for you to perform a pesky set up routine on another computer, as the integrated Skype application will let you login using your current Skype account in order to make calls to existing Skype contacts – and it does not matter that on their end, they are connected to Skype on a smartphone, notebook, TV or tablet, as the entire process will be transparent to you. In order to make sure your eyes get the best, Logitech Fluid Crystal Technology will work hand in hand with Carl Zeiss optics to deliver sharp, rich colors in HD 720p resolution video. The Logitech TV Cam HD will set you back by $199.99 if you want one. [Press Release]

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Logitech launches TV Cam HD for living room video chats: built-in Skype, 720p, $200

Logitech launches TV Cam HD for living room video chats builtin Skype, 720p, $200 video

If Cisco’s ill-fated Umi video conferencing system had been more like this, would it have survived? Logitech is about to find out, one way or the other, once its TV Cam HD — recently spotted at the FCC — arrives in the US this month. The $199.99 device hooks up to your TV and contains all the processing power needed to run Skype and transmit wide-angle, 720p footage of your couch over WiFi or Ethernet. Unlike the previous TV Cam, there’s no need for a Viera Connect HDTV — anything with HDMI-in will do. The company is banking on the notion that families will forgo the use of their existing mobile devices and laptops in favour of an always-on dedicated system with incoming call alerts, four noise-cancelling mics and a Carl Zeiss lens that “gets the whole family in the video call, so everyone from grandparents to grandchildren can move around naturally.” If you’re tempted, the publicity video after the break gives a decent overview of the product in action.

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Logitech’s Skype TV Cam HD passes through FCC

Logitech's Skype TV Cam HD passes through FCC

Logitech isn’t giving up on living room video chats just yet. Sure, the Revue and the Viera-friendly TV Cam failed to set the world on fire, but a new TV Cam HD just hit the FCC and appears poised to bring Skype to your couch. There was a promo video on Vimeo, but it’s since been pulled. Fortunately there’s still a Best Buy listing (at the more coverage link) for the device which has it priced at $200. When will it hit shelves? That’s anyone’s guess… but we imagine it wont be much longer.

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Logitech’s Skype TV Cam HD passes through FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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