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Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope | 
 enlarge | Brand: Veho
Category: CE
Buy New: £42.19
New (4) from £38.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 404
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 3.5 x 3.5
MPN: VMS-001
Model: VMS-001
UPC: 094922970381
EAN: 0094922166784
ASIN: B001ACKIUO
Release Date: August 14, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 200X Magnification USB Microscope | | • | 1.3 Mega Pixel resolution lens | | • | Snapshot and cideo recording function | | • | Software supplied | | • | Handy pen shaped design with optional cradle supplied |
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Product Description
Explore the undiscovered miniture world with this amazing USB Microscope from Veho. Complete with optional cradle
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Great buy for that price. November 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just bought the Veho VMS-001 and for the money it is a very handy tool. I look on it not as a microscope but more of a very high power magnifier which is able to explode the view onto a monitor (larger monitor the better). Great tool for the watch/clock man or anyone working with small items where a detail view is required. Of course there is also the added bonus of it's ability to capure each view either in still or video format.
All in all a great and extremely useful buy
If Carlsberg made gadgets! October 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am really impressed with the Veho VMS-001. It is very easy and quick to set-up and is just as easy to use. The stand which is included is anodised metal so looks good as wellas being very sturdy. It holds the microscope firmly once locked making for a clear and steady picture and it employs two ball joints making it very flexible. The microscope itself appears well made and the clarity of the subject is excellent. Focusing is easy though when zoomed in fully you get a bit of handshake when its not in the stand but thats not the microscopes fault. The software is easy to use and there are a good amount of settings you can play with to suit your needs. Overall for under 50 you can have weeks of entertainment before you even consider letting the kids having a go. This could be my greatest ever gadget purchase and if you like gadgets, get it on your Christmas list......see what's really in that Turkey!!
 Compatability issues with Vista September 16, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although the hardware itself is quite well made, I could not get the device drivers to install in Vista 64 Ultimate due to Vista's requirement to have drivers digitally signed. It's the same issue even after disabling driver signing. There are no updated drivers on the Veho or Sonix(camera maker) web sites.
 Great once you get everything installed... the manual is appalling September 11, 2008
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I shall prefix what I am about to say by detailing my system: it is an Acer TravelMate 243LC laptop running WinXP SP2 & has USB 1.0 ports.
I bought the little VeHo VMS-001 microscope as a `grown-up' replacement for the perfectly adequate IntelPlay QX3 microscope (bought in 2002); the reason for the purchase being that the VeHo `scope would look a little neater on my desk & take up much less space than the bulky, `plasticy' QX3. I must add that the QX3 was a child's play to install & use - real `plug `n' play.
I had high hopes that the little VeHo `scope would be just as simple to install, but unfortunately it wasn't. First of all the `scope driver would not install as it did not pass the Windows Logo test (signature test), contrary to what is stated in the VeHo `scope's manual there was no option to `continue anyway'. I tried downloading & installing the drivers from the veho-uk.com website, but this did not help nor did a perusal of the FAQs section of the website. A couple of internet searches later & I found out how to get around this problem & this is what to do: click START & then right click on MY COMPUTER, select HARDWARE & look for & click on the `Driver Signing' button then select the option that allows installation of unsigned drivers, but gives you a warning you about, click on APPLY & OK. Now reinstall the `scope driver (say YES to installing the unsigned driver) & then install the microcapture driver & allow the PC to re-start. I plugged in the `scope, but nothing happened - you are supposed to be prompted to install the software. By clicking on the icon to start up the `scope I discovered that it wasn't recognising the `scope's presence. I got around this problem thus: go to the CONTROL PANEL, select SYSTEM & then select DEVICE MANAGER. In device manager, after mooching around the USB ports, problem devices, etc, I found the `scope under PROBLEM DEVICES, which I selected & allowed to install the software/drivers from the CD supplied with the `scope (N.B. at this point the `scope & the CD were attached & in the CD drive, respectively). Hey Presto! The `scope finally illuminated & worked! Upon the first shutdown of the software I got a "Windows has encountered an error & must shut down"-type error, but thereafter everything seemed to be fine.
What is not immediately clear nor explained in the manual is how to change the magnification - you do this by changing the PREVIEW to 640 x 480 & using the ZOOM facility. I found out how to do this by consulting the FAQs on the VeHo website.
All in all, this is a neat, sleek little gadget that looks good on your desk & does the job it's designed to do. It is hugely let down by its appalling, skimpy, poorly-written manual - the pdf of the manual is exactly the same as the tiny paper version. There is no trouble-shooting section & the website is little better. In addition, the software isn't very friendly at all. A computer novice could well find themselves with nothing more than a glorified paperweight if they encounter the same kind of installation problems that I did, but then again they may not be buying this kind of gadget. Foolishly, I thought I'd do a quick look-see installation & have a little play about, but it turned into a marathon of best part of two & a half hours to get the `scope to work. I must add that I'm no computer wizard rather I am a few notches up from novice level.
Do be aware that there's not much on the internet about this little `scope aside from where to buy it. However, don't let my review put you off buying this great little gadget, but do be prepared for the possibility of it being anything but plug `n' play. Good luck!
Perfect. August 13, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Brilliant little gadget. I bought this microscope to take a nosey at some of my computer components. Did the job really well, can capture still images aswell as videos that record straight to the computer.
I was using Vista 64 Bit and had no problems at all, I loaded the driver from the CD and it worked straight away.
All in all a really good product. And a touch under 60...
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