I can't believe that cable is so short. If you place it so that it sits atop the monitor, it will not come close to touching the rear wall of the system unit. stock - there is roughly 10 centimeters left. In this case, the cable is no longer the stated length of 180 centimeters; rather, it is no more than 160 centimeters, and once we take into consideration the cable bend at the cable base as well as the length of the USB port, the useful length is only 150 centimeters. It is not sufficient to simply mount the camera on a tripod and route the connection to either the front or back of the system unit. No, you obviously can't do that; but, you may simply chuck it directly, over the keyboard and under your elbow. This is, without a doubt, a tremendous pain in the rear. The issue could be remedied by extending the length of the cable by at least fifty centimeters. I, too, was really dissatisfied with the quality of the video straight out of the box. Only two of the site's recommended utilities are the ones I downloaded. The ultimate consequence is that there is no clarity despite the fact that noise reduction makes the face less distinct and enhancers boost the contrast at the edges of the objects. The resolution is high, and I'm confident that if the program hadn't been built in the dungeons of Mordor, everything would have come out just fine; however, logitech has always had issues with the software they utilize (for their steering wheel, they had to steal old drivers from the archives of technical support forums, because only one version worked). It compresses the photographs as well as the films, causing the wolves to howl and urge it to release their hold. by the way, the default software does not support aero, so it is turned off by default. In addition, it is unable to display videos captured by the camera in their full quality, resolution, or frame rate. During this time, the video card is not being used. This leads me to believe that the software is being stupid and not making use of the hardware acceleration available to it. Instead, it appears to be attempting to write and display a picture using only the processor. video card is a gtx650ti and it's the latest firewood.