Together with its spectacular beamforming speaker, Razer debuted a brand new 4K webcam at CES 2023. And man, this factor is complete overkill—the Razer Kiyo Professional Extremely shoots uncompressed 4K 24FPS video, it has the most important sensor of any webcam, and it makes use of AI to attain a number of image-enhancing results.
From a technical standpoint, the Kiyo Professional Extremely ought to provide a higher-quality picture than competing 4K webcams. The Elgato Facecam Professional shoots 4K 60FPS video, for instance, but it surely’s compressed video, which means that among the readability, element, and vibrance is sacrificed to cut back file measurement or processing necessities.
We examined the Kiyo Professional Extremely in particular person at CES. And we had been very impressed. The video feed is obvious, sharp, and vibrant. Setting the webcam to 1080p 60FPS permits you to seize video with HDR, and there are settings for face monitoring and a bokeh impact (each of which look fairly good).
Clearly, Razer is aiming for content material creators. That is the sort of webcam you purchase as an alternative of a DSLR (which might be why the Kiyo Professional Extremely seems to be like a giant fats digicam lens). It even has a built-in omnidirectional microphone, and the lens can twist closed for privateness.
However is that this a significant improve over the Razer Kiyo Professional? Properly, it is dependent upon how you intend to make use of your webcam. I wouldn’t essentially purchase one thing like this for video calls or livestreams, for instance, as a result of platforms like Zoom and Twitch don’t help 4K video.
That mentioned, the bokeh and face monitoring options can nonetheless turn out to be useful in video conferences or livestreams. And since this digicam has such a big sensor, it might look higher than the competitors even at a 1080p decision. That is one thing we’ll have to check in a future evaluation.
The Razer Kiyo Professional Extremely is on the market elusively on the Razer web site. It prices a whopping $300, precisely $100 greater than the Razer Kiyo Professional.
