wansview 1080P Webcam with Microphone

I rarely bother to write reviews on stuff I buy, but now and again, something comes along that I really like and feel I can honestly recommend to others. This little Webcam was just one of those items! I had been looking around for quite a while for a decent quality webcam, especially as I've been at home much more than usual during the Covid19 lockdown and was finding my smartphone difficult to use with it's a small screen and poor resolution considering the increased amount of video calling I was doing using SKYPE ZOOM and WHATSAPP etc. I can now make these calls on my desktop computer with a decent-sized screen, and my contacts tell me the picture they receive from me is magnificent. I had used on occasion a cheap webcam that I purchased several years ago, but it was of dismal quality and half the time didn't work anyway. This little gem, on the other hand, worked perfectly within 5 seconds of plugging it into one of the USB ports on my desktop computer, requiring no software or any other setting up... it just worked instantly and all my programmes and apps found it instantly. The thing that really got me excited was the superb quality of the image. Clear sharp pictures, better than any webcam I've seen so far and a nice wide-angle lens makes for a decently framed picture without having to keep worrying whether I had moved out of the picture with the normal movement of my body. This was always a problem with the narrow view on my other cameras. It was also nice to see that the lens has a focus adjustment so if I use it on top of my smart television... it focusses perfectly from some 3 meters away as well. Colours are very realistic, and even when the lights were dimmed in the room, it still gave a good picture with nice colour rendering. The sound is very good as well, and I'm not sure, but it seems to be stereo, I will need to test that further, but it's certainly very good quality crisp and clear. The mounting clip fits on my computer monitor and television perfectly, holding the webcam securely in place and should fit any monitor etc. My only moan was the bright red LED on the front of the camera, but I soon sorted that out with a tiny piece of grey film which I attached over it to cut down the glare. The USB lead is quite long enough at approx 1.5 metres and fits any USB socket. The webcam arrived within 24 hours of ordering on AMAZON PRIME, well packaged in a plain brown box, and the instruction manual (leaflet), very basic but easily understandable was everything necessary if a little basic. But hey, all you have to do is plug it into a USB socket on your computer and that's it! So, in ending, I would unreservedly recommend this webcam to anyone looking for a decent quality camera with great picture and sound, very easy to set up and a reasonable price for what is a better than average quality webcam.

I was looking to get an HD web cam back when Zoom, etc, started becoming the norm for meetings and chats. I didn't want to pay the price the likes of Logitech wanted (although I do like their products) for a HD cam that I wouldn't use that often. I ordered this as it seemed to fit requirements and wasn't overly expensive, although it is significantly less now! On delivery I connected the camera and it seemed to connect OK. However, I have to be honest I wasn't overly impressed, to the extent that I preferred my Logitech 720p cam or built in laptop cam to this. So, it never actually got used for any calls. I tried various things to see if I could get better results in the months since and eventually got to a point where the camera didn't function at all. All I got was a flashing white screen. Without much hope I emailed Wansview to see if there was a known problem or if there was some solution to the issues I was experiencing. After a short exchange of emails it was agreed they would send me a replacement. This came very quickly and, I am pleased to say, the new one seems to function well. The picture is better, both in clarity and colour balance, and the built in mic is much more responsive. I have concluded the original was faulty. In conclusion then, I would say the camera is a good quality budget camera suitable for occasional use. For a more professional use I would suggest you might want to look elsewhere. The customer service has been brilliant though. I cannot fault the response to my emails and the speed of delivery of the replacement (and I haven't had to send back the original). From this perspective I would say it is a fairly risk free purchase.

I work from home now. It's my new normal. And my old built-in webcam on my PC was just not up to the challenge. I was looking for something better and I found the Wansview 1080P Webcam with Microphone on Amazon. For the price, I had my doubts. But the webcam is brilliant. USB plug and play. So no need for any software downloads or anything like that. I just plugged it in and Windows 10 recognised it immediately. I fired up Zoom and the webcam worked like a charm. Sharp HD quality video capture with a wider view angle. I've included a photo of the video output from my old webcam and the new Wansview webcam side by side for comparison. I am delighted with the improvement in the quality of the video. The sound recording is also very good. Much better than my external microphone on my PC. My work colleagues have told me that my Zoom chats have improved - crisper image and better sound. I didn't have to use the manually rotating lens focus adjustment, but it is a great feature for if you need to adjust for any varying distances from the camera. Overall, I am very happy with the webcam. I would heartily recommend the Wansview 1080P Webcam to anyone who was wanting to upgrade their in-built webcams on their laptops or PCs.

Like many other recent reviewers, I purchased this webcam to allow me to have better quality conference calls from my PC. In my case, I teach online dance classes on Zoom and was struggling with my old Logitech Quickcam, which had a maximum resolution of 640 x 480px, no automatic light adjustment and a fairly narrow field of view. I went for this product based on the 90 degree field of view, which is more than most other HD webcams. I knew from some reviews about the fish-eye effect on the lens, but was willing to put up with that in exchange for a wider field. Having tested the old and new webcam side to side, I am pleased with some things but not with others. Let's start with the positives: I was not disappointed with the picture quality, it's certainly much sharper and clearer than the Logitech and the lighting correction works very well. I'd say it's comparable to the cameras on budget phones and actually quite similar to the one on my kids' Kindle Fires, but nowhere near as good as my Huawei phone or my iPad - but then at this price I wouldn't expect a lens of that quality. I'm also happy with the manual focus adjustment on the lens, as auto-focus webcams are notoriously unreliable and I am constantly moving around the room, so I didn't want to risk being out of focus half the time. It's a shame that the webcam doesn't come with any software for adjusting the picture, because personally I would prefer to decrease saturation and contrast slightly, as the default settings look unnatural. The fish-eye effect is quite noticeable, probably a bit more than I expected. I am now questioning the benefit of having the extra width, when I wouldn't really want to use the edges of the camera to demonstrate any dance steps, as my body would look deformed. The most disappointing thing by far is the microphone. I had made a test video to demonstrate this, but my previous attempt at posting this review war rejected and I think it might be because of the background music I was playing, so I won't post it again. But trust me when I say that my Logitech webcam, which is a very old, low-cost model, has a far superior microphone, with much clearer sound even from far away. The Wansview's supposed "dual microphone" makes both music and voice sound muffled from close-up and almost inaudible from just 10 feet away - and this is with maximum volume set up in both Windows and Zoom itself, so it's impossible to make it any louder. The Logitech by contrast is set up at about 70% volume and it's much louder. I am not sure why so many reviewers are mentioning really clear sound, I may be doing something wrong but I don't think so as I've tried everything, and as I said without any software to make manual adjustments, I don't know what else could be done beyond pushing the volume to the max in Zoom's audio settings. I was quite annoyed by the red ON light but it was easy enough to cover it, and in fact attached to the front of the webcam was a small adhesive tab which I guess is meant for that very purpose, as it doesn't seem to serve any others. However I fashioned my own shield which still lets some light through, as from a privacy point of view it's good to have an indication of when the camera is on - I just don't want to be blinded by it! In conclusion, by combining the picture from this webcam with the sound from the old Logitech, I can make pretty decent Zoom calls and recordings, but I expect after lockdown this product will fall right down in price to somewhere around £25, which is what I think it's worth, if it weren't for the fact that branded webcams are impossible to get hold of at the moment. Otherwise I would have definitely gone for a new Logitech, which I suspect would have been 10 times better. Still, needs must...

I needed a new webcam and so thought I’d try the Wansview 1080p webcam, as I already have a Wansview security camera which I’m very pleased with, and the Wansview support is terrific. Although you probably won’t need it. The only time I did need support it was actually all my fault – the security camera I had purchased from Wansview was switched off for a few months while doing some building work in that area, and when I re-installed it I had forgotten my password and I didn’t know how to reset the camera because I’d thrown the instructions away. DOH! And even though I was quite rude in my e-mail to Wansview (my bad), they responded immediately and dealt with my problem and got me up and running straight away. So, for that reason alone, I will always be confident buying Wansview items. Back to the Wansview 1080p webcam review. It’s a great little webcam, it was delivered in one day with Amazon Prime, and it was super easy to install. I’m running Windows 10 and I just hung the webcam on top of my monitor, plugged in the USB lead, which is nice and long, and it immediately showed up on my screen using the Windows 10 Camera app. So, from opening the box, until seeing my image on the screen, it took about 20 seconds in total. There is no need to read any instructions, just simply take it out of the box and plug it in – that’s it! The picture is very sharp and clear, much much clearer than my old Microsoft webcam, which is a LifeCam HD-3000 and it has a wider field of vision (I didn’t realise how fuzzy the old webcam image was until I got this new webcam). The Wansview webcam does have a slight fish-eye effect at the edges – this is probably due to the wider field of vision. It’s much brighter than my previous Microsoft webcam, and the automatic light compensation doesn’t keep changing like my Microsoft webcam tended to do most of the time. The image is just consistently lit at the same clear level and doesn’t keep going brighter or darker, although if you want to manually change that you can, but all the default settings are absolutely OK. The photo quality is good, 2.1MP 16:9 (1920 x 1080), and the video recording is good, 1080p 16:9 30fps with voice pickup via the built-in mic, although I did have to adjust the Windows volume settings for the Camera app to pick up my voice, but then again I had to do exactly the same thing with the Microsoft webcam to pick up my voice using the Windows Camera app. However, the mic picked up my voice very clearly when using the Skype for Business app on my PC without any intervention required. I think there may be an issue with the actual Windows Camera app when recording audio (its’ quieter than when using Skype), because it was the same for both the Microsoft webcam and the Wansview webcam – I need to investigate that further. All in all, I’m very happy with this easy to use Wansview 1080p webcam, it’s perfect for use with Skype for Business, which is the main reason I purchased it for, and I have no problem in recommending this webcam.