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Elgato Facecam review
In the online world of streaming gaming content‚ we face a lot of competition to be seen and heard. One way to stand out from the streaming crowd is to present yourself more clearly with a higher-quality video feed.
Most PCs have a built-in web camera that tends to have a small lens‚ leading to fuzzy-looking images with flat tones and washed-out colors. In low light‚ your video feed can also be plagued with artifacts such as image noise and compression. I used a 2017-era iMac to test the Elgato Facecam for this review – it’s compatible with Windows 10 and macOS 11.0 onwards.
The iMac’s built-in FaceTime HD webcam is something I’ve taken for granted for years‚ but compared to the results produced by the Elgato Facecam the iMac’s FaceTime footage looks soft and dull. The iMac’s webcam only streams at the smaller HD setting of 1280 x 720 whereas the resolution of the Facecam is a full HD size of 1920 x 1080. The Facecam is superior in other ways too‚ but is it one of the best webcams?
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