Camera and headset for home schooling

[Greenmantle]

After a cheap but decent camera and headset. I understand that they might be short supply but make, model and supplier would be useful. The kids have old centrino based laptops so nothing fancy (4K etc) required. Don't know if 720p would be sufficient otherwise 1080p.
Thanks

[sgrimshaw]

No camera built in?

[Greenmantle]

sgrimshaw said:

No camera built in?

nope centrino laptop so at least 10 years old and at the cheap end of those being sold then base lenovo model T400

[ArsE82]

I think you might struggle to find anywhere with stock. Maybe try a few of the larger supermarkets as some of them tend to stock the Logitech consumer-grade gear which should be sufficient.

[sgrimshaw]

As above, you'll probably struggle to find any webcams in stock.

This might be of interest, depending on what kit you have lying around:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/you-dont-need-to-buy-a...

Same applies to headsets, but again check the kit you have lying around. The wired headphones which used to come with mobile phones were often "handsfree" headphone/mics.

May get you going until the stores get stock back in

[ZesPak]

ArsE82 said:

I think you might struggle to find anywhere with stock. Maybe try a few of the larger supermarkets as some of them tend to stock the Logitech consumer-grade gear which should be sufficient.

My camera is 11 years old and I almost never used it. Now it gets used daily, wanted to look at a better one... nothing in stock, anywhere.