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USB Microscope Review

31 Responses (Add) | Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 3:16am

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So can you tell what it is I’m looking at? Yes, it really is a hair from my nose. I wanted to show you what it looks like using this USB Microscope. I’m not doing a live screen capture because it doesn’t work on Vista, and keeps giving me a BSOD on Windows. I can’t run it on a Mac, because the maker wants you to pay for Mac software! That is just ludicrous.

The QX5 USB Microscope is pretty much designed for kids. The software leaves a lot to be desired, but the hardware is great. The image quality is actually excellent.

This computer microscope allows you to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary for hours of fun and learning. View specimens collected around the house, backyard, your desk, or the fridge. Look at the micro-printing on a dollar bill or examine the traces on your motherboard. This microscope provides you an easy way to zoom in on a wide variety of objects to satisfy your curiosity of the world around you. Ever wondered what lint looks like or the mold growing on your week-old bagels? Now you can find out.

Simple plug and play operation with included software that allows you to magnify objects and view them on your PC up to 200X and take snapshots and time-lapse movies. You can also manipulate images with drawing and painting tools. The QX5 microscope is detachable from the stand to allow you to get closer to large objects.

The USB Microscope QX5 has these great features:

  • Take snapshots, video, and time-lapse movies
  • 3 magnification levels – 10X, 60X, and 200X
  • Super-brite LED lighting for bright top and bottom illumination
  • Video playback at 15 frames/sec
  • Resolution of 640×480
  • Software works with Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
  • Handheld mode allows for expanded viewing possibilities
  • Comes with: Microscope, USB cable, Stand, Specimen Jars, Sample Slide, Tweezers, Eye Dropper, Slide Clip, and Software CD-ROM

Thanks to the guys over at ThinkGeek for sending me this to review!

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IT Professionals

December 29th, 2007
at 7:53pm

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Windows Vista Torrent

December 27th, 2007
at 12:36pm

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HertsCast

December 27th, 2007
at 2:02am

Chris I got BSOD with my screen capturing software today.

sensfan23

December 27th, 2007
at 4:35am

Ouch, I wouldn’t want to pull that out…haha

kevnca

December 27th, 2007
at 7:10am

$100 is not worth it.

DarthMung

December 27th, 2007
at 7:12am

Chris, You are possibly the most annoying, contrived, egotistic person on YouTube and you gained most of your subscribers by subscribing to thousands of people in the hope of a return subscription. Dare to take me on with this comment personally? DarthMung.

BRADHblackdragon

December 27th, 2007
at 7:13am

u actually think chris reads this?!

BRADHblackdragon

December 27th, 2007
at 7:14am

i find chris’es hysteria monotone

DarthMung

December 27th, 2007
at 7:16am

Possibly not, but do you not think that he is really over the top in self promotion to the point of nausea?

buckamoona

December 27th, 2007
at 7:26am

meh..WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

VikesFaN74

December 27th, 2007
at 7:45am

um ya its for kids and most of your subscribers are … any guesses yes adults!…yawn to this video.i need more from you

airborne373

December 27th, 2007
at 7:48am

Your disgusting. No one wants to see your fucking nose hair.

wallball5

December 27th, 2007
at 9:50am

He pronounced zealot wrong!

ownageclan

December 27th, 2007
at 10:48am

oh chris reads this, and loves them

chrisworld2

December 27th, 2007
at 11:20am

chris should disable comments because people are stupid and all they do is insult…

DarkStar5736

December 27th, 2007
at 3:40pm

its probably because your using the emulator. that would obviously be the thing posing the problem for newly detected hardware. if you could manage service pack 3, i have never had explorer crash once. same as internet explorer. if you dont know where to get a service pack 3 i could email you a reg file.

KY_Wildcat

December 27th, 2007
at 1:22pm

Chris… if I had something that gave me this many problems, it would have been kicked out of the door a long time ago. What I don’t understand is why in the heck they don’t include Mac software. It makes NO sense what so ever. More and more people are switching to mac, so that should be even more of a reason to include the software. I think they lost quite a few people because of that. :( Oh well… their problem!

Griff

December 27th, 2007
at 2:06pm

For $100 thats a pretty good deal. The software would definitely need an over haul though if anyone but kids would want to use it. And i know plenty of adults, including to me, who would like to screw around with this.

skyler814

December 27th, 2007
at 2:29pm

that thing is cool did u get it at think geek.com im going to have to get one for my 5 year old brother

David

December 29th, 2007
at 1:47pm

It looks just like my old Intel microscope! It handles just like it and sells for the same price that it previously sold for years ago.

metesem

January 1st, 2008
at 6:36am

Try a Proscope. It works better.

gmcd71

January 7th, 2008
at 8:40pm

you remind me of the professor out of the simpsons, ha ha

Musashia1

March 1st, 2008
at 3:36am

LOL It works brilliantly after you get the software working of course it will take you an hour or two.

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