Review on Genius FaceCam 1000X Webcam Microphone by Adam EK ᠌

Name: Genius FaceCam 1000X Webcam Microphone
Item: Genius FaceCam 1000X Webcam Microphone
Rating: 1

May 24, 2023

Terrible quality, disappointed with the purchase.

Let it sound too emotional, but this is the first time when there was such an unpleasant feeling after the purchase, I even wanted to return it, but, unfortunately, it’s impossible - a technically complex device :( And I read similar reviews before buying, but I met good ones and hoped that the quality of the video will be at least satisfactory, but I can’t call it that.
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Pros

Outwardly, it looks good, takes up a minimum of space, it seems to hold well on the monitor, you can put it on a flat surface. The rest of the cameras for this price are cheap Chinese and most often much larger. With a stretch, you can call the advantage of the ability to adjust the focal length - you need to twist the lens.

Cons

Terrible video quality. It is worth starting with the fact that the promised 720p in the captured image does not smell - the interpolation is terrible. The level of shooting is about the same as the cameras on the very first push-button phones with a camera. The image is very dark, increasing the brightness does not help much. I have a camera that at a resolution of 640x480 produces an incomparably better picture, but due to driver problems I can't use it in Skype. I will attach an example of a photo on the camera to the review. Additional drivers for the camera are not provided, because of this, the settings are extremely scarce. Hong Kongission can not be selected anywhere - checked. Perhaps those users who, judging by the reviews, can configure both resolution and zoom have a different version of Windows (I have 7) and the settings are richer there, but we have what it has. And one more minus in the piggy bank - the camera has a very narrow shooting angle, at a distance of 50 cm from the camera to the face, almost only the face is visible in the camera. Here, of course, who cares, but in my opinion the camera should shoot at a larger angle.