Logitech’s Brio 500 is a new webcam with a compact design that functions a neatly built-in physical privateness shutter and a “Show Mode” designed to broadcast what is on your desk. It’s 1080p instead than 4K, the exact same as Logitech’s basic C920 webcam. It’s heading on sale this month for $129 alongside a new Bluetooth headset named the Zone Vibe 100, which will retail for $99.99.
The Brio 500 has a cylindrical structure, with its 4-megapixel digital camera flanked by a pair of beamforming microphones that are designed to decrease track record sound in the course of phone calls. The privacy shutter style and design is really slick and can be brought down by turning a dial on the right facet of the webcam. Demonstrating off your desk is achieved by “tilting the digicam angle in direction of the desk,” according to Logitech.
In phrases of graphic high-quality, the Brio 500 is a 1080p webcam, and you have to drop its resolution down to 720p if you want 60fps relatively than 30fps. While which is the exact on paper as the C920, Logitech spokesperson Wendy Spander tells me it characteristics an upgraded sensor, which should hopefully make for improved picture excellent. (I noticed the webcam briefly in person, but not for extended sufficient to make any last judgments on image good quality.) Its industry of view is 90 levels, but the webcam can digitally crop in to 78 or 60 degrees for a tighter view. Logitech advertises that it’s ready to quickly middle the digicam on the individual talking and adjust lighting if you’re in a dimly lit or backlit setting.
Lastly, the Brio 500 has an interesting magnetized mounting mechanism for screens. It is formed of two components. There’s the typical plastic mount that is created to clamp onto the best of your watch like standard, and then the webcam alone is magnetically attached to this plastic mount. It’s a style that indicates you can rotate the webcam 360 degrees if you so choose. If you’re not into magnets, then you can unscrew the magnetic mount from the bottom of the webcam to expose a regular tripod mount.
Along with the Brio 500, Logitech is also announcing a new headset right now, the Zone Vibe 100. It is a Bluetooth-only model of the formerly launched Zone Vibe 125 headset, which could also join by means of a wi-fi USB-A receiver. The new Vibe 100 has up to 20 several hours of battery lifestyle although listening to audio, or 18 hours if you’re utilizing it for phone calls. Its mic arm is flip-to-mute, and the headset is readily available in gray, off-white, and gentle pink (very same as the Brio 500).
