[knazarov]

There is actually a good webcam now. It's AverMedia PW513. It has a Sony Exmor 4K sensor, and generally favorable reviews.

[shaicoleman]

Hardware looks good, but the software/firmware might not be great.

In this review, there are issues with the colours and the auto exposure.

https://youtu.be/wO-H3tChhQ4?t=210

Also it is unknown how well it works on Linux.

[rasz]

Review with actual footage made with this webcam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MfenW7EqA

Wow, it sure does look like quality webcam, the only thing someone might miss is custom lens with fancy bokeh.

Edit: Watched to the end, it does fake 1080@60 by upscaling 720 :( So still a good choice if 1 you dont need 60Hz 2 dont mind being scammed by a Taiwanese company.

[Eric_WVGG]

Also so-called “gamer” hardware. Like GPUs for scientific computing and high quality, actively cooled WiFi routers, it’s a weird and kind of tedious world to navigate but quality hardware is there if you know where to look.

https://www.razer.com/streaming-cameras/razer-kiyo/RZ19-0232...

[rasz]

>1080 resolution at 30fps

lens the size of needle tip and example images looking like ass

[omegote]

Wow it's been many years since I last heard about AverMedia. I used to have an AverMedia AverTV capture card back in WinXP times, and it worked really well with composite video input from my Handycam lol.