{"id":31396,"date":"2021-01-21T16:21:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31396"},"modified":"2021-01-26T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T21:15:42","slug":"why-webcams-arent-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/21\/why-webcams-arent-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Webcams Aren’t Good Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Carlson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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But the issue wasn’t just that Camo gives you better picture quality. I wanted to dig into why<\/em> webcam technology is so far behind. Even today, in 2021, the Logitech C920 is recommended by many, many magazines and outlets as being the best webcam you can buy. The C920 was released 8 years ago and is still essentially the same hardware. It has terrible color and blows out highlights. Logitech’s top-of-the-line BRIO 4K webcam, which retails for $200 but for most of last year couldn’t be had for less than $350 if you could find one at all, does a better job with highlights but is strangely soft and blurry. The Kiyo Razer, a clever webcam with a built-in ring light, has so much trouble focusing that it can give you a headache if you don’t sit completely still.<\/p>\n

So I wrote a giant, 5,000-plus word article breaking it all down: Why webcams aren’t good enough<\/a>. It’s full of example images and video comparisons, details my methodology, and speculates about why the webcam field has been largely stagnant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

This is one feature that is not rumored to be improving.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n