Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
by knazarov on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:16AM
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There is actually a good webcam now. It's AverMedia PW513. It has a Sony Exmor 4K sensor, and generally favorable reviews.
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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
by shaicoleman on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:39AM
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Hardware looks good, but the software/firmware might not be great.
In this review, there are issues with the colours and the auto exposure.
https://youtu.be/wO-H3tChhQ4?t=210
Also it is unknown how well it works on Linux.
Review with actual footage made with this webcam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MfenW7EqA
Wow, it sure does look like quality webcam, the only thing someone might miss is custom lens with fancy bokeh.
Edit: Watched to the end, it does fake 1080@60 by upscaling 720 :( So still a good choice if 1 you dont need 60Hz 2 dont mind being scammed by a Taiwanese company.
Also so-called “gamer” hardware. Like GPUs for scientific computing and high quality, actively cooled WiFi routers, it’s a weird and kind of tedious world to navigate but quality hardware is there if you know where to look.
https://www.razer.com/streaming-cameras/razer-kiyo/RZ19-0232...
>1080 resolution at 30fps
lens the size of needle tip and example images looking like ass
Wow it's been many years since I last heard about AverMedia. I used to have an AverMedia AverTV capture card back in WinXP times, and it worked really well with composite video input from my Handycam lol.