Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat webcam!
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2023
I bought this webcam to replace an older Logitech 720p webcam that was at least 10 years old and had no compatible drivers for Windows 11. I use my webcam for work Zoom and Teams meetings 95% of the time. It’s extremely rare I use it for personal. My work provided me the old crummy 720p webcam. I plug my webcam into a USB hub that plugs into a KVM. This allows me to quickly flip between my work laptop and home desktop seamlessly while using all the same peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, monitor, webcam, USB drive, and a smart card reader. My work laptop runs on Windows 10 while my personal desktop runs Windows 11. The old webcam was still working fine on Windows 10, but no longer worked on the personal computer since I upgraded it to Windows 11. For these reasons I knew I didn’t want to spend a lot on a webcam, and I needed a webcam that could also easily work well with my setup.
I installed this webcam the minute it arrived on my doorstep, and I must say I couldn’t be happier with it. This was on sale when I bought it for only $16.19! I plugged it into my USB hub/KVM, and both computers saw the new device with no problems, and native Windows drivers set it up automatically on both computers. I was up and running in less than 5 minutes, and I didn’t have to do anything other than plugging it in.
I’m impressed with the quality. At 1080p I could see an improvement over a lower grade 720p webcam. I have a bookshelf behind my desk, and before with the 720p webcam you wouldn’t have been able to read the text on the spines of most of the books. Now with this 1080p webcam you can see the text on most of the spines just fine. The color and contrast balance is good too.
The only drawback of this camera is it’s 30 FPS, but I knew that before I bought it. It’s not really a criticism of the product itself, as that’s normal for a lower budget webcam. Just something to be aware of. Unless you plan on running or dancing in front of your webcam having a higher FPS really won’t matter that much.
The webcam also comes with a privacy cover. It’s very small, so be careful not to accidently overlook it and throw it away with the packing. I put it on mine, and I do use it when it���s not in use. The camera does show a light to indicate when it’s active anyway, but I still like that extra reassurance of privacy.
The webcam also comes with a small instruction manual that includes a link to download the EMEET software. I went ahead and installed that software, but subsequently uninstalled it. The software was extremely basic, and in my opinion unnecessary. It has options to adjust color, brightness, etc…, but those are all things you can already do from within the Windows Camera app, Zoom, and Teams.
I’m also an avid Linux user (Linux admin by day), and I confirmed it works on Linux just fine as well. I tried it on Ubuntu and Rocky (RHEL) Linux.
Overall I think this was a great deal. Other similar big brand webcams would have cost much more.