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Tired of the fuzzy webcam on your computer or tablet? Upgrade to the Nuroum C10 Portable Conference Webcam instead. With its full 1080p HD resolution, array of 4 microphones, built-in USB-C connectivity and more, it's a great solution for small businesses, traveling sales, even family happy hour chats. Tech expert Dave Taylor offers up all the details - and a demo too!
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This is a game changer for web conferencing. Let's check it out
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Dave Taylor here and I'm checking out this. This is the Neuron C10 portable conference webcam and it's pretty cool
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Now, it's actually the little brother of this. This is their C20 unit. I've reviewed it before and it's really cool
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But, all of a sudden this looks really big compared to this little guy. Not only that, but this has a wire you got to deal with
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Whereas this, the wire is actually neatly coiled into the bottom. What a great design
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Now, let me get rid of this. It's kind of hard to have that tall guy around when there's just this little one
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So, this basically does everything the big one does with a couple of tiny little differences, but in a much smaller size
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This is just the size of like a can of Arizona iced tea or something. And it's light and portable and self-contained
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And as you can see the wire, it's USB-C, but they've done such a good job
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Not only does it have a USB-C wire secretly coiled in the bottom, but there's also a USB-3 adapter
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So, if you actually need to plug it into a different kind of computer port, they've got that covered too
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And it fits in the bottom, so it's going to be there when you need it
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Now, what does this thing do? Well, it's a webcam, so that's a camera, but it's also a speaker
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And there's also four microphones on the top. In fact, let me show you the top
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It offers four buttons on the top. You can turn off the microphone, you can turn off the camera, and there's volume up and down
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The unit itself gives you 1080p, which is 1920 by 1080 resolution at 30 frames per second
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which is probably a lot better than your existing webcam. It gives you a 90 degree field of view, so that's also going to be wider
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If you're used to the webcam on your computer, it's fairly narrow
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This is going to give you more expansive view. I'll show you that in just a second
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The larger one, the C20, gives you 110 degree field of view, so that's a little wider yet
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I actually don't like it being super wide, because I have this background behind me
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but if it's a really wide field of view, then suddenly you realize it's a background and I'm sitting in my office
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So, trade-offs there. The microphones work with what they call an AI noise canceling system
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It is four element mic array, and that gives you a 360 degree coverage
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So you can put this at one end of your conference table, and regardless of where people are sitting
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they'll be able to come across well through the microphones. This obviously works great for families, if you're connecting with friends
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if you're gaming and you want to have a video connection, all of that's going to work fine
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Now, the box is still here for a reason. I'll show you that in a second
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So, USB plug and play. You just plug this thing in and it shows up on your computer as another audio input
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as another audio output, as a video input. Everything you'd want, right
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And I'll show you all that in just a second. In fact, let's just jump to that demo
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I'm in Zoom, as you can see, and I'm going to open Preferences and go to Video
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and you'll see, here I am on the webcam from my computer
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And if you notice that little blue right on the top there, that's because I have a green screen behind me
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and I have Zoom giving me a virtual background. In a moment, you'll see that change dramatically because I don't know that the NeurOm will do the same
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So, I'm going to plug it in, and now the unit ring lights up
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And in a moment or two, I should have... Okay, so now I have two camera options
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So, I'm going to choose the NeurOm, and here's why I kept that box on the table
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So, it works really well. It's a bit low. So, when I put it on the box, then I get a better result
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And now you can see that green screen is a little weird, actually
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But let's just double check. The audio should be coming from... Let's see. So, we're still getting the audio from and to the Mac
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So, we'll switch all of that around. So, now I'm actually in the audio from the NeurOm, and if I go back to the video
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you can see there might be a slight sync issue here because of how I'm recording it
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But hopefully, you can also see there's a wider expanse here. And of course, I can now move the camera further back
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which I certainly can't do as easily if I want to actually demo something on my computer
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In fact, now you can see my computer. So, this is like I have my office, and I have this beautiful, lush, green, jungly view out my window
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Except it's not a window. It's actually a green screen. But importantly, you can see the camera is doing a really nice job
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And what makes this really great is that you can then switch back and forth
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In fact, we can do this in a Zoom meeting. If I just go ahead and start a new meeting, then here I am on my computer's webcam
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And at any point, I can just say, let's just switch to the other camera
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And now here I am on the other camera. So, all of that's pretty slick
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Now, let me jump back on the actual camera and tell you a little bit more about this unit
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So, oh, it's a little hard to keep track of what camera I'm supposed to be looking at
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So, looking at this camera. So, there's my demo. I really like this thing. It's really cool
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The audio out, the audio in. It's just a nice self-contained unit that will just dramatically up your game with any web conferencing
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And notice the ring on the top is blue. If I mute it, then it turns red
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So, it gives you that feedback. And it's orange if I turn off the camera
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You know, it gives you that really nice feedback. And it's just a very simple, well-designed unit
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Now, let me go ahead and close this up. And, well, even just like put the box down
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Because there's really nothing else in the box. It's just this unit. Because everything's contained on the bottom, which is really handy
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Now, I want to tell you, you don't need a power adapter
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You can see this is fully powered and fully enabled by my computer, which has USB-C connections
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If it didn't, there is that adapter at the bottom. So, it works with Mac, Windows, Linux, some Android devices
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It works with Chrome OS. You can use it with Zoom and Skype and Slack and BlueJeans
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And, basically, it's a video input. And it's an audio input. And it's an audio output
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So, you could even use this for music if you wanted to. Though, the audio is really tuned for voice
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So, it's not going to really sound like a great musical speaker. Nor is it intended to
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So, in terms of dimensions, it's 7.2 inches tall by 3 inches across at the base
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And it's just under a pound at 0.8 pounds. So, it is quite easily carried
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It's something that you can just sort of unplug when you're ready. And just wrap and coil the wire at the bottom
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I found that slightly concerning over time because I don't know how well the base of the wire is connected to the unit
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But, as long as you're not pulling really hard, it does wind up and it fits very neatly and very easily
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And that's everything. It's a really great little unit if you want to up your game with web conferencing
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Especially if you conference and you have multiple people. Instead of everyone crowding around a computer laptop or something, this is a clearly superior solution
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And it is highly portable. It's small. It's light. It's easy to toss into a computer bag or a suitcase
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You could use this when you're at trade shows. So many options and possibilities
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Really, really slick piece of design. So, what we need to talk about is we need to talk about the price
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But, before we get to the price, I'm going to ask if you could subscribe to my channel if you haven't already
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So, it's a click or a tap on that subscribe button and I really appreciate you subscribing. Cool
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This is the Neuroam CX Portable Conference Webcam and it's $129.99 at Amazon.com
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Except, when I recorded this video, they had a $30 off discount which makes this a pretty solid price for you
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So, it's definitely worth checking out at Amazon.com. This is a keeper
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This is one I'm going to use and, in fact, I already have used for some web conferences and for Zoom meetings
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I really like having it a little further away from my computer
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There's just an energy about that angle of shot that's really cool
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And other people really seem to appreciate it too because we're sort of so used to this ubiquitous webcam from like 16 inches away
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Just looking up your nose and stuff. This is a very different idea
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However, do keep the box or something because it's a little low and you're going to need to have that a little bit higher to get the best results
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So, definitely worth checking out. That's all I got. I hope to catch you in my next video. Music
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