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Laptop Webcam Quality

MandoPanda
By MandoPanda
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Why are built-in laptop webcams still so poor in this day and age? I know that Linus has always expressed his exasperation whenever a $1000 up laptop comes with a potato instead of a webcam, but why is this the case?

 

Obviously small but good cameras are not hard to do, they are ubiquitous in smartphones today. I'm not asking for the camera to record in 4k, I just want a 1080p image that doesn't make me look like a hot pile of garbage.

 

What do you all think?

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This has been covered before. Manufacturers put it in there to tick a box. A higher quality camera is not really a selling feature for most users. Personally I disable the camera in any system I have with one.

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First, I thought you asked this question before

 

Second, this is because cost cutting measure - not everyone use webcam (like me)

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1 hour ago, GeneXiS_X said:

I thought you asked this question before 

You must have me confused with the other guy that has a gif of Linus on the bottom of a boring sexual encounter for a profile picture.

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