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I know many people have pasted sliding shutters on their laptops, purchased in bulk from Amazon, received as a conference giveaway, or gifted as a stocking stuffer. Targus’s solution is serviceable, and I appreciate that they added it to a camera already designed ahead of the flurry of privacy concerns that precipitated out of the video conferencing avalanche. The Poly Studio 5 integrates a privacy shutter in the housing, which evokes with a twist. My older Microsoft Lifecam arrived with a rubber cover that fits inside the lens housing. While the lens shutter works, it mars the attractive camera design. Security was seemingly an afterthought with the Targus Webcam Plus, as it arrives as an adhesive lens shutter that the customer must place on the front of the camera. To make a point on build quality, Targus offers a 2-year limited warranty on the camera. The Webcam Plus HD supports Windows, macOS and Chrome OS. Like most webcams, the Targus HD Webcam Plus hangs over the back of a monitor or display, dangling its USB-A cable like a robotic tail in search of a port.įor those who would rather mount their camera on a tripod rather than the top of a monitor, the HD Webcam comes complete with a universal tripod thread in its base. The 1080 feed runs only at 30fps, which is comparable to other cameras at this price. As noted in the name, the Webcam Plus uses auto-focus exclusively, as Targus does not offer an app to tweak the camera’s parameters.Īnd speaking of parameters, a key one for the Targus HD Webcam is its 67° diagonal field of view that keeps focus on the speaker, but also offers enough background to provide context. The sharp, clear images appear professional to attendees, and the integrated, omnidirectional microphone offers equally crisp sound coming synchronized with the video. The $59.99 Targus HD Webcam Plus with Auto-Focus transforms the video experience for resolution-starved laptops and desktops that don’t have a camera.

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And even in newer laptops with Full HD cameras, an external camera offers flexibility that a stationary camera trapped in the top of a bezel can never offer. Cameras were torn off shelves when stores were open, and then flowed in rivers from online retailers until the supply chain interrupts made them nearly impossible to find.īut web cameras are back, and like the Targus Webcam Plus, they offer superior performance over the majority of older built-in laptop cameras. Luckily, microphone technology was often better.

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The low-resolution 480p cameras on many laptops weren’t cutting it, and 720p “HD” cameras weren’t doing much better.

Buy from Targus Targus HD Webcam Plus ReviewĪt the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it was hard, if not impossible, to buy a webcam.

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