Dell UltraSharp 4K Webcam Review: Overkill or Worth It? | Guiding Tech

yo what's up come on this right here is a dell ultra sharp 4k webcam no it's not a mic it's a 4k webcam though it's in a very nice looking shape highly unique too but the question is is a 4k webcam worth it and more importantly should you be spending the premium on this product well that's what this video is all about this is one from guiding dick and in today's video we'll be reviewing the dell ultra 4k webcam let's get started hi so before i begin talking about the product here let's establish some ground work here now before receiving the product i was thinking to myself that who really needs a 4k webcam i mean dell surely pitched the product to me saying that hey everyone do you want to review it and i was like i mean why why would i want a 4k webcam i mean if you say video conferencing then your zoom and microsoft team and skype or remember skype anyway but all of those video call apps are restricted to 1080p and maybe you want to say that okay a streamer wants to use it but then most streamers just have a normal small sized window on their stream so again 4k is obviously going to be an overkill and when i receive the product i realize that this is definitely an overkill but there's a lot more to it and after using it i realize that there is one small mistake here which is that most people will look at it as a 4k webcam when instead you have to look at it as an ultra sharp webcam so allow me to explain instead of just looking at the resolution you have to look at the picture quality the clarity now people might say that you know what you can just plug in a point and shoot camera or even a dslr to your pc and use it as a webcam and that's basically where this thing comes in it offers a similar level of quality but for a comparatively cheaper price tag and a super easy way and that ease of use carries forward with the design itself too so you get a big and bold camera with two different types of stance to choose from depending upon if you want to mount it on top of your monitor or on top of a camera mount now the body is built of ironized aluminum and dell has made good use of magnets here with its physical privacy lid now put it on the front to hide your footage or put it on the back so you don't misplace it as for connectivity you get a type into type-c cable included inside the box although you can use a type-c to type-c cable as well as for specifications you get an 8-mp camera here which is the bare minimum required to achieve 4k standards other than that however the specs here are top notch you get support for hdr here which as you can see works very well what's more is that it also adds support for windows hello to your pc and in my testing it worked out pretty well now all of these controls are provided by the dell peripherals manager app which automatically gets installed the moment you plug your webcam to your pc so that's also quite convenient now once inside the app you can configure the picture as per your liking using various profiles play around with the white balance brightness sharpness contrast and much more now as for recording you do have the option of using either the dell peripheral manager or any third-party app of your choice just make sure to select the dell webcam from them side note by the way the webcam does well it does work on mac os in the sense that it's plug and play but you cannot install the dell peripherals manager app that's windows only so as a result while you can use it with a mac os device the problem is that you can't really control the settings or basically change around with things or play around with your settings so well i would say that this is windows only i mean the experience on mac is far too limiting now as far as the performance is concerned i tested all the camera in various locations such as my working desk or this studio space or in my home setup like this now on the whole i would say i'm quite satisfied with the video footage here now the footage looks sharp crisp and my favorite feature here is the ai auto framing that basically ensures that my face is always in the center of the frame now that definitely comes in handy as far as the audio quality is concerned well this premium webcam does not come with an inbuilt microphone although there's reasoning for that does make sense to some extent i mean they're saying if you're spending this much on your webcam then you're definitely going to be serious about your audio quality as well so you would definitely be investing in a good external mic and that seems logical although i would have still preferred having at least a bare minimum a basic mic in it i mean it just comes in handy at times right anyway speaking of the premium price tag how much is the dell ultra sharp 4k webcam in itself well in the us it's priced at 200 dollars which is fine i mean india it's priced for roughly 25 000 which basically translates to roughly 350 dollars that is not good not good at all however if you do plan on buying this amazon has been running it on a discounted price of about 16 to 17 000 which is just a tad bit higher than the 200 price tag and at that price point i think i can recommend it see here's the thing the product is a premium product it's not a overpriced product for a 4k webcam that offers so much control so much ease of use this is pretty good but you have to be sure of whether you even need it or not like for most normal users who just attend a video call randomly like once or twice in a week you don't really need this but for people who are hosting seminars who are hosting meetings on a daily basis who are streaming videos streaming their game plays and they want a good quality webcam and don't really want to go through the tedious task of setting up a dslr and a pointer shoot camera this is such a quad send product right it's a dell set product but anyway that's the whole point now if you're still hellbent on not spending a premium and still want to improve your video quality here's a link to a video in which i'll show you how you can use your phone's camera as a webcam for your pc however like i said that is a tedious process and if you want to avoid that that is why this product is and well that was it we found this video helpful make sure to let us know like us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more awesome tech content till then this is one from guiding tech and as in the next one

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Length: 6min 49sec (409 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 25 2022