is "CHILLcam" an active company?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam. I'm
nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web site to
register, but I wonder if the company is really still functional.

Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.

Many elements of the web site are non-functional.

Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.

Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which upgrades
its products and responds to tech questions?
TIA -- WC
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these things. If it
is real it is certainley not a mainstream company....David


"WCH" <whexeterDELETEthisPART@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vNred.517785$8_6.358873@attbi_s04...
>I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam. I'm
> nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web site to
> register, but I wonder if the company is really still functional.
>
> Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.
>
> Many elements of the web site are non-functional.
>
> Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.
>
> Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which upgrades
> its products and responds to tech questions?
> TIA -- WC
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

WCH <whexeterDELETEthisPART@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I went in search of the right webcam software and settled on CHILLcam.
> I'm nearing the end of the 150 hour trial and have been to the web
> site to register, but I wonder if the company is really still
> functional.

You're right. I checked it out myself and the site is in a pretty poor
state of repair. I think the last copyright date I saw was 2002.

> Two email messages requesting very simple information got no response.

How long ago did you email them? It is the weekend, afterall. Maybe nobody
mans the ship on Sats and Suns.

> Many elements of the web site are non-functional.

True. Broken images, broken links etc.

> Even the on-line how-to guide has broken links.

Sure does.

> Does anybody know if CHILLcam is still an "active" company which
> upgrades its products and responds to tech questions?
> TIA -- WC

I have no knowledge either way, but it appears as though you *may* have
answered your own question regarding support. In any case? I'm not sure
I'd purchase anything from a company with a website in shambles like
Chillcam's. Makes me think that if they don't care about the presentation
of the product for sale .... They probably don't care much about the
product.

YMMV

Regards,
Thom
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will work...

if not then soak up the loss..

or try to find a crack for the software..

regards slayer
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

See, that's just it. I don't mind paying for good software, and for my
purposes CHILLcam is good software (the download gives 150 hours of
unrestricted use). But if the company isn't active, that means no tech
support, no improvements or patches, kind of a dead end. I'm just trying to
find out the status before committing the money and time.
WC

"ThE SlAyEr" <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cleet4$l8k$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....
>
> if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
work...
>
> if not then soak up the loss..
>
> or try to find a crack for the software..
>
> regards slayer
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

David Gerard <nospamdavid@comcast.net> spewed:
> FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these
> things. If it is real it is certainley not a mainstream
> company....David

I've known LOTS of people that use ChillCam. As for it's current state, I
can't tell ya - but it is certainly one of the "players" when it comes to
popular webcam apps, imho. 😉

--
The Toe Pages:
http://www.rubbertoe.com
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

Pardon me, may I humbly beg your "liberal" pardon.... David


"Robert J Batina" <rbatina@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:HPCed.28695$5v2.16857@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
>
> David Gerard <nospamdavid@comcast.net> spewed:
>> FWIW... never heard of them in two years of playing with these
>> things. If it is real it is certainley not a mainstream
>> company....David
>
> I've known LOTS of people that use ChillCam. As for it's current state, I
> can't tell ya - but it is certainly one of the "players" when it comes to
> popular webcam apps, imho. 😉
>
> --
> The Toe Pages:
> http://www.rubbertoe.com
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

ThE SlAyEr <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote:

> from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....

Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to *know*
about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?

> if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
> work...

He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.

> if not then soak up the loss..

So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
avoid.

<snip>

Regards,
Thom
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

hey thom....

i would just purchase the software and find out....

but there are many other apps he could try...

from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...

i purchased it a few months ago and it works well

regards slayer




"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:ldOdnSZWw5OOBebcRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> ThE SlAyEr <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....
>
> Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to *know*
> about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?
>
> > if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
> > work...
>
> He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.
>
> > if not then soak up the loss..
>
> So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
> avoid.
>
> <snip>
>
> Regards,
> Thom
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

Well, if some of you are users of CHILLcam software, let me ask you two of
the questions I asked them.

#1 -- Is the downloadable version a "single cam" or "multi cam" version?
They offer both for sale ($25 vs. $50), they never list which versions have
what features, and they don't say which the downloadable version is. I only
have one webcam but I worry that, if I purchase the single cam license and
I'm using the multi cam version as a download, I'll lose features I'm using.
And yeah, the $25 means something to me.

#2 -- Some of the webcam software packages that will archive still photos to
a web site will rename the photos in sequence on the fly. That way it's
easy to maintain a stack of photos displayed on a site with the most recent
first, next most recent next, and so on. Can CHILLcam do that?


"ThE SlAyEr" <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:clh0f7$nl2$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> hey thom....
>
> i would just purchase the software and find out....
>
> but there are many other apps he could try...
>
> from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...
>
> i purchased it a few months ago and it works well
>
> regards slayer
>
>
>
>
> "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ldOdnSZWw5OOBebcRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> > ThE SlAyEr <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running company....
> >
> > Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to
*know*
> > about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending purchase?
> >
> > > if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it will
> > > work...
> >
> > He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.
> >
> > > if not then soak up the loss..
> >
> > So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's trying to
> > avoid.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thom
> >
> >
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

WCH <whexeterDELETEthisPART@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, if some of you are users of CHILLcam software, let me ask you
> two of the questions I asked them.

Let me ask *you* a few, first. 🙂

Did you *EVER* get a reply from them?

If not? Like I said in a previous post. I'd be very wary of sending them
any money. I mean, if they haven't responded to your questions, what makes
you think they'd respond to your payment with an activation code (or
whatever you might need) to rid you of the "trial version"?

The website's a broken-link, broken image, mess. The webmaster's cam is
never on. His cam page tells you to use the "conference mode" when there's
no "conference mode" to click on...... etc., etc.

Caveat Emptor. 🙂

Regards,
Thom

> #1 -- Is the downloadable version a "single cam" or "multi cam"
> version? They offer both for sale ($25 vs. $50), they never list
> which versions have what features, and they don't say which the
> downloadable version is. I only have one webcam but I worry that, if
> I purchase the single cam license and I'm using the multi cam version
> as a download, I'll lose features I'm using. And yeah, the $25 means
> something to me.
>
> #2 -- Some of the webcam software packages that will archive still
> photos to a web site will rename the photos in sequence on the fly.
> That way it's easy to maintain a stack of photos displayed on a site
> with the most recent first, next most recent next, and so on. Can
> CHILLcam do that?
>
>
> "ThE SlAyEr" <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:clh0f7$nl2$1@titan.btinternet.com...
>> hey thom....
>>
>> i would just purchase the software and find out....
>>
>> but there are many other apps he could try...
>>
>> from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...
>>
>> i purchased it a few months ago and it works well
>>
>> regards slayer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ldOdnSZWw5OOBebcRVn-vw@comcast.com...
>> > ThE SlAyEr <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running
>> > > company....
>> >
>> > Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to
>> > *know* about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending
>> > purchase?
>> >
>> > > if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it
>> > > will work...
>> >
>> > He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.
>> >
>> > > if not then soak up the loss..
>> >
>> > So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's
>> > trying to avoid.
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Thom
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

Well, I went ahead and bought a single cam license for CHILLcam, since I
like the software (all the questions/problems with the web site and company
notwithstanding). I immediately received an activation code, which worked
fine, so I'm registered and able to use the software, anyway. As for a
response to my emails, nothing. And the site is a mess. So I can't
recommend the company, but the product is amazingly flexible and, for my
purposes, the best I've found. I guess there's no perfect software
experience.
WC

"Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
news:ifKdnQsM7NlSvuDcRVn-ig@comcast.com...
> WCH <whexeterDELETEthisPART@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, if some of you are users of CHILLcam software, let me ask you
> > two of the questions I asked them.
>
> Let me ask *you* a few, first. 🙂
>
> Did you *EVER* get a reply from them?
>
> If not? Like I said in a previous post. I'd be very wary of sending them
> any money. I mean, if they haven't responded to your questions, what
makes
> you think they'd respond to your payment with an activation code (or
> whatever you might need) to rid you of the "trial version"?
>
> The website's a broken-link, broken image, mess. The webmaster's cam is
> never on. His cam page tells you to use the "conference mode" when
there's
> no "conference mode" to click on...... etc., etc.
>
> Caveat Emptor. 🙂
>
> Regards,
> Thom
>
> > #1 -- Is the downloadable version a "single cam" or "multi cam"
> > version? They offer both for sale ($25 vs. $50), they never list
> > which versions have what features, and they don't say which the
> > downloadable version is. I only have one webcam but I worry that, if
> > I purchase the single cam license and I'm using the multi cam version
> > as a download, I'll lose features I'm using. And yeah, the $25 means
> > something to me.
> >
> > #2 -- Some of the webcam software packages that will archive still
> > photos to a web site will rename the photos in sequence on the fly.
> > That way it's easy to maintain a stack of photos displayed on a site
> > with the most recent first, next most recent next, and so on. Can
> > CHILLcam do that?
> >
> >
> > "ThE SlAyEr" <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:clh0f7$nl2$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> >> hey thom....
> >>
> >> i would just purchase the software and find out....
> >>
> >> but there are many other apps he could try...
> >>
> >> from what i can tell the chillcam is still running ...
> >>
> >> i purchased it a few months ago and it works well
> >>
> >> regards slayer
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Thom" <Thom@no.invalid> wrote in message
> >> news:ldOdnSZWw5OOBebcRVn-vw@comcast.com...
> >> > ThE SlAyEr <phlem1@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > from what i see and know chillcam is an up and running
> >> > > company....
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps if you could enlighten "WCH" as to what it is you claim to
> >> > *know* about Chillcam, he would feel better about his impending
> >> > purchase?
> >> >
> >> > > if you want to use their software try paying them......maybe it
> >> > > will work...
> >> >
> >> > He said he's on a 150 hour "free trial", which is about to expire.
> >> >
> >> > > if not then soak up the loss..
> >> >
> >> > So far, he hasn't "lost" anything. I believe that's what he's
> >> > trying to avoid.
> >> >
> >> > <snip>
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Thom
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

WCH <whexeterDELETEthisPART@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, I went ahead and bought a single cam license for CHILLcam,
> since I like the software (all the questions/problems with the web
> site and company notwithstanding). I immediately received an
> activation code, which worked fine, so I'm registered and able to use
> the software, anyway. As for a response to my emails, nothing. And
> the site is a mess. So I can't recommend the company, but the
> product is amazingly flexible and, for my purposes, the best I've
> found. I guess there's no perfect software experience.
> WC

All's well that ends well. 🙂

Glad it worked out for you.

Regards,
Thom
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom