Re: old faithful
there are TWO reasons 'why would anyone want'. No, make it three reasons...
- because it costs (most probably) nothing extra over 720p
- because once in a blue moon that 1080p might be a difference between a job and no job (other borderline decisions too)
- I forgot the third reason, probably something to do with No 1: lighter's better than heavier, prettier better than uglier, tougher better than breakier, etc. The only downside might be higher power consumption. Yeah, right, like it would make a serious difference.
I have a gut feeling about those 720pi webcams on (almost) all laptops, all brands: 15 years ago, an unknown Chinese manufacturer, produced 200 billion of them, and all the brands bought at least 10 billion each and they won't let go until they've put every single last (...) one of them into their latest-greatest machines, probably well into 2130...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
