Why Your Webcam Still SUCKS!

Why are laptop webcams so much worse than phone cameras?

[belgianstar]

You can see it as a security feature, when some creep hacks your webcam, he would have a hard time enjoying the footage

[aidanhadi]

It's confirmed

They use laptops as CCTV cameras in gas stations

[TheEpicDiamondMiner]

You’re paying almost $6000 dollars for a professional laptop with the works, and it has a 720p webcam.

[nezu_cc]

just kidding, i film myself with a potato so they can't tell what i really look like
**said a guy speaking to an 8K red camera**

[haidangnguyen]

Phones: **shoot 8k vid**
Laptops: let me introduce you to the 2000s

[CoalitionGaming]

Hey that's me at 3:40 ! Nice! Now I gotta tell everyone to come watch haha.

[paulrongcal]

Photo of other planets & cosmic entities: *very clear & smooth*
Leaked photos of a celebrity: *CCTV resolution*

[dumpsterdawg]

James: "I film myself with a potato"...What are we talking..yukon gold, russet, sweet

[dagg]

This USB and money argument for shitty laptop webcam has little sense since:
A Samsung S9 camera module cost 20$ and you can get a great 4k 60fps webcam that also use USB.
Now If Skype or Teams could even handle quality over 1080o 15fps is another matter...

[Slayerbot-bryg]

Laptop Enthusiasts: Laptops are getting better quality Video, Processing, and bet—

Webcam: Are you sure about that?

[hillppari]

Mayby they should start plugging in the webcam into usb 3 slot instead of usb 2.

[GavinSeim]

Their main answer sounds like BS. Phone do amazing with video and there's no lag. Seems to me they are just making excuses for their crap camera on machines that cost us thousands.

[thecaneater]

Is it in some LMG employee handbook that everyone has to say "tiny" like Gru from that Despicable Me?

[Huvada]

HP had so little incentive to improve the webcam they didn’t even bother to ship my laptop with a functional driver to use the thing :p
The driver it came pre-installed with BSOD windows

[pocketlint]

TLDR: they're lazy and lack finacial motivation to improve it.

[JustinY.]

Imagine using your webcam

This comment was made by tape over camera lenses gang

[pasci_lei]

My logitech 720p webcam: noisy nightmare

Every other logitech 720p webcam: sharp af

[typingsomewords]

3:45 - that's mirrorless NEX-5 which can not be used as web-cam unless you put it through HDMI input interface/device. I wanted to use that camera for that purpose once.

[JG-fgye]

"I hide the way i look over webcam" .... says the main adonis at LTT

[ChristianStout]

Add it to the LTT lore that James tries to make his wife forget what he looks like by Skyping with a potato.