The device is constructed out of a metal top half, and plastic bottom half, and has a 39″ long USB cable attached. There is nothing wrong with that, and I believe they’ve hit their target dead center.

Quite accurately they position the PrecisionHD as providing “business-quality HD video communication” for “executives or mission critical employees”. Still, the future is always just a few months away, and if nothing else the Tandberg sets a pretty high bar for 720p HD video.īefore I get too far into the review, it’s helpful to check with the manufacturer’s marketing blurb on their product page to see how they’re pitching it. Its relatively high cost and the current dicey support for HD video in non-business videoconferencing systems like Skype, Google Chat, or MSN, along with the higher bandwidth demands for HD conferencing, makes it a bit of a reach for the rest of us. It’s large size and decent heft make it less appealing for the business traveler who is probably hauling a laptop with a passable VGA or better webcam built into their laptop already. This would be the ideal camera for corporate desktop video conferencing, or for casual or mobile video podcasting. The Tandberg PrecisionHD USB Video Camera is a high quality camera that captures 30 frame per second full 720p (1280×720) video and mono audio. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.

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