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LG smart TV webcam

  • 29-04-2014 10:30am
    #1
    lojeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    hi all,
    just bought an LG smart tv, 42LN575V, still getting used to it but one of the first things i tried to do was use skype. i assumed (incorrectly) that i could hook up any old webcam via the USB port however the telly told me that i could only attach an LG approved camera, the AN-VC500. the cheapest i can find this camera is on amazon at STG£70.
    my question is this, is there a setting i can bypass this so i can hook up any camera? it seems to me that there is no great reason that i can only use an LG approved camera other that profit-mongering. the web-cam i have is a microsoft lifecam.
    thanks


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  • #2
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    lojeno wrote: »
    hi all,
    just bought an LG smart tv, 42LN575V, still getting used to it but one of the first things i tried to do was use skype. i assumed (incorrectly) that i could hook up any old webcam via the USB port however the telly told me that i could only attach an LG approved camera, the AN-VC500. the cheapest i can find this camera is on amazon at STG£70.
    my question is this, is there a setting i can bypass this so i can hook up any camera? it seems to me that there is no great reason that i can only use an LG approved camera other that profit-mongering. the web-cam i have is a microsoft lifecam.
    thanks

    Same issue here only with a Samsung. Think it's just a gouge the crap out of the customer item so no work around to be had.


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