Satellite A350 - webcam quality is poor

Inbuilt webcam quality is poor (a350)
Is this normal for this computer?
Is even worse and switches to black screen only bright light shown at night on Skype.

Hi
The image quality could not be the best because of the dark room where you are using the webcam.
You should increase the brightness in the room and should set the webcam settings to night mode!
Check this Toshiba document:
+Poor picture quality when using the internal webcam under dark light conditions+
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB8A02G80000R01.htm
or this:
+How to change the settings for the integrated webcam if the image is very dark or black+
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD9402LC0000R01.htm

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