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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by coldtea on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:51AM (#25505737)
>So as a budget thingie it'll work, but Elgato's adapter is much better, of course.

I saw a video where Elgato Camlink opened up, is just a chinese card repackaged with the Elgato logo, 99% similar internally to the cheap knockoffs.

Can't find it again to link it to...

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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by rasz on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @07:54AM (#25505752)
https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/Elgato_CAM_LINK_4K

8 layer pcb with custom fpga hardware, doesnt look all that cheap chinese knockoff to me

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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by coldtea on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @08:34AM (#25506056)
You're right, I watched this youtube video on an expensive brand name item vs several chinese knockoffs and they had the same internals -- but it probably wasn't the Camlink then.

Can't find the video atm, or remember what product it did show, but it was posted in the last 2-3 months and it concerned a similarly on-demand item -- and the "repackaging" brand was respected by creators...

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