That makes me think this is all actually worth $200. Glad to see Windows Hello and all these presence detecting features. If it's 1/2.3" or whatever, then there's nothing to see here, except I guess STARVIS tech sounds compelling. It's hard to tell from the image, but If it's 2/3", I think that's actually pretty big for a webcam sensor. The Dell's product datasheet shows an exploded view (see above) with a teensy sensor. Some shady webcam manufacturers on Amazon boast about their sensor dimensions, but later on you find out that those sizes are actually typical for webcams and cheap point-and-shoot cameras. Interesting that they don't say exactly how big the sensor is. But if Dell now has an alternative with 4k with Hello, for those reasons above, I'm eager to try it out. I wouldn't trade it for any other current webcam. I assume with a fresh install of Windows 11, Hello will start working again, and the picture quality, while not perfectly in focus it's still pretty good. I use a dedicated Shure mic with a ZEDi-8 mixer. I've never gotten it working again since that update.Īs Dan points out in the article, I don't use the mic on the camera. More recently, the Windows 20H2 update broke the BRIO's Hello support for many of us (still works for others). It's not bad, just not as good as you'd expect from an expensive 4k camera (especially given how good smaller smartphone cameras can be). I set about 3' back from my screen, so I miss out on the amazing clarity you'd expect with a 4k webcam.įor those of us who watch Dan's and Zac's weekly podcast, Dan uses the BRIO 4k and, in my opinion, he always looks a little blurry too. It's no match for a smaller high-end smartphone camera. Further than that and at can't focus well. It's great if you're within about 2' of the screen. After some more playing with it, I realized that the problem is its focal range. I actually replaced the first one I got, because I though the image was blurry so it must have been defective, but the second one was identical.
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