Two-minute review
The RACOO XW180 certainly looks like one of the best webcams on the market: its design resembles a compact version of Logitech Brio, with rounded corners and a bright face that covers the lens and sensor. It is an attractive piece of kit that must complement a business environment, while it is small and light enough to throw on the bag of your laptop between uses.
Better yet, it is highly affordable. The RACOO XW180 is sold for £ 39.99 / € 49.99 (around $ 55 / AU $ 75), which makes it cheaper than some of the most cheap brand name webcams in the market, such as Logitech C310 (£ 45 / € 60 / $ 50), although it would appear, availability is restricted to Europe at this time.
The cable is a USB-type connection, and measures about 60 inches (150 cm) in length, although this is fixed on the back of the camera and can not be removed as in the aforementioned briush, which could cause Problems If you need problems if you need to transport the webcam frequently.
The omnidirectional microphone integrated into the XW180 rakoo is surprisingly good for a webcam, especially since even the most expensive webcams on the market are still struggling to provide clear audio recordings, but it is a stretch to say that quality is pleasant to listen when it is Compare. to something like a dedicated USB microphone or combined headphones.
You are receiving a resolution of 1080p in 30 tables per second (or FPS), which is more than adequate for video without problems in most applications, such as Microsoft or zoom computers, where your maximum resolution and your framer They can not exceed anyway. However, a dazzling problem that the XW180 RACOO has, however, is that the quality of the image is insufficient and too bright, washing the subject of any color or features, as you can see in the image above.
You can adjust this in certain applications by addressing the configuration, but the RACOO XW180 does not come with its own webcam hub software, so any alteration you make will not be transferred to each application. After reducing the brightness and increasing the saturation, we achieved that the quality of the video looks more enjoyable, so the decent quality is certainly achievable with some work, but the images outside the box leaves a lot to be desired.
The Logitech C920 is currently beautiful in the number one place as the best web webcam in spite of having better options available thanks to its affordability for the quality that you get to $ 90 / £ 90 / AU $ 136, which is around the Double RRP of Rudoo XW180. In comparison, you are really getting a good deal when you go with the XW180 if you only need a webcam that can overcome the activation on a portable device, and although it is not maintained up to date with the quality of the C920, it makes it some small advantage.
An important is that the head of the XW180 RACOO can rotate at 360 degrees complete, as well as a slightly pivot up and down thanks to a ball holder stand for the camera lens. The fact that the webcam can be maneuvered gives a leg through many of the popular Logitech webcams in the market that come with a fixed camera, especially if you need to arbitrate your shot to hide a messy background.
