Free Video Chat Programs - Comments Page 1

I like Skype. Though it might be wise to make sure readers know that calling regular phone numbers on Skype isn't free, and that it's only free user-to-user.

I'm a satisfied Skype user and use it to communicate with my daughter who is attending college on the opposite coast.

I believe that Skype only allows you to connect to other Skype users. Do any of these other products allow you to connect to people using a different video chat client? If not, this could dictate which program you decide to use.

Vzo chat is a virus according to my antivirus

I like SKYPE VERY much but version 4 .......... ouch! BAD, imho. I deleted it and found that they still have an older version which I got and installed that again.

Skype. Phone and video calls between here and my brother in Australia just keep getting better in quality.

I use Windows Live Messenger for my video chats with my father cross-country. It was already installed on our computers, and we each use it for IMs with others as well. It seems to work very well for our purposes. I have not tried any other programs, but Live seems to work well enough for us.

I've found that SightSpeed (http://www.sightspeed.com/) has far better video quality than Skype. Motion is much smoother, not jerky like Skype. In all the PC software reviews I've read, SightSpeed is rated best.

Skype is more than simply a video chat program. It's functionality and add-ons grow all the time. You can make Skype to regular phone calls at a very low rate (i.e. $3/month unlimited calling in North America). In addition, you can purchase a phone number in another country. My wife's family lives in Brazil and we have a phone number there which costs us about $30 a year. They can then phone us for the cost of local call for them and nothing extra for us.

At work Skype's add-on can be really useful. Especially free file/screen sharing applications like Inner Pass. Why pay for expensive video conferencing solutions when you can do it for free on skype. It is definitely worth checking out.

I am having a problem in the program opens Camfrog

iChat works best on my Mac, great video quality compared to Skype, and more functions such as direct sharing presentations and photos without file transfer... love it! Too bad it's Mac only though..

Are video frames being saved on a pc when using a webcam? About 10-15 yrs ago I had a webcame and it always saved a frame in a hidden file. Does the new webcams do the same? I like skype.

What do you think about Microsoft purchasing Skype? Do you think that Microsoft might turn it into another one of their money-grubbing, over-bloated, pieces of software, and offer an online IT course, for a bloated fee, about how to operate it?

When you sign up for Skype, you grant them permission for "the Skype software to utilize the processor and bandwith of Your computer". Now Microsoft has purchased Skype. All the big kids on the block want all your info so they can sell you something, all the bullies on the block want to steal that info for their own agendas. On a trust scale of 1 to 10, I give the big kids a .05. I am not a tech, but I love my privacy so I hunt for those user friendly third parties to help me defend myselp against both. The hunt goes on and on and on. I rely heavily on your site and the comments post, thank you Bob

All above apps are good for social and casual interactions. But for business video calls, I would recommend using apps like webex, gomeetnow, gotomeeting, R-HUB HD video conferencing servers etc. They work well.