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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by Tepix on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:41AM (#25508126)
It's converting a digital signal (HDMI) to another digital signal. Why should there be any quality loss even if it's a cheap chinese model?
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Re:Why can’t you buy a good webcam? by piranha on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:55PM (#25514524)
Well, because they don’t have enough processing power I guess? IDK, it’s hot all the time and image quality is lower than what I can get from a camera SD card.
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