Re: Headset for Skype

On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 11:06 +1000, Peter Hardy wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 10:57 +1000, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008, Ken Foskey wrote:
> > > I am going to buy a headset to do phonecalls on Skype to England for
> > > work.  Has anyone got any recommendations for headsets?
> > 
> > Logitech headsets I've had anything to do with all seemed fine, both the
> > USB ones and the ones that plug into speaker+microphone jacks.
> 
> I'll second the recommendation for Logitech headsets. I've got a USB one
> at home, with a model number I completely forget. Linux picks it up
> without any problems and the sound quality in both directions is fine.

OK I am going to splash out and buy a wireless logitech one, cables are
a PITB. I will put in the receipt to work anyway.

Reading the web pages pretty much any USB headset is picked up easily in
Ubuntu as a sound card.  Sticking with brand names seems smart
though :-)

Thanks
Ken

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