Logitech sells lots of the finest webcams, lots of that are variants of the traditional Logitech C920. At this time the corporate revealed a brand new webcam lineup with a extra distinctive design.
Logitech launched the Brio 300 sequence of webcams at the moment, consisting of the Brio 300 and Brio 305 — they’re almost similar to one another, besides the 305 is targeted on the enterprise market. Probably the most placing function on each fashions is the design, which swaps the standard horizontal bar form for a cone. The digital camera, privateness shutter, and microphones are situated on the base (which factors in the direction of you), with the USB cable popping out of the cone’s level.
The Brio 300 sequence additionally makes heavy use of recycled supplies, which has the aspect impact of giving the digital camera a slight noticed sample. Logitech stated in a weblog put up, “the plastic components in each Brio 300 and Brio 305 embody licensed post-consumer recycled plastic to present a second life to end-of-use plastic from outdated client electronics: 62% for graphite and 48% for off-white and rose.”
The remainder of the {hardware} is pretty typical for a contemporary webcam. There’s a set USB cable, which may’t get replaced with out changing your complete webcam, with a USB Kind-C connector on the tip. That’s nice for contemporary PCs and laptops, however you’ll want an adapter for PCs that solely have Kind-A ports. There’s additionally a privateness shutter, and the Logi Tune app can be utilized to configure settings and check video high quality.
Sadly, the digital camera itself looks as if a let-down. There aren’t any independently-tested video samples but, however the Brio 300 sequence solely has a 2 MP sensor with a 70-degree field-of-view (FOV). The digital camera can document at 1080p at 30FPS, or 720p at 30 FPS — there’s no 4K assist, or perhaps a 60FPS mode, which has been widespread on finances webcams (not less than at 720p) for years.
You should buy the Logitech Brio 300 on the corporate’s on-line retailer for $69.99. Nonetheless, a number of the finest webcams will supply a greater worth to your cash. For instance, the Razer Kiyo Professional is on sale for $99.99 proper now, and helps 60 FPS at 1080p, and even HDR at 720p.
Supply: Logitech
