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In this video I compare the abilities of 3 Chromebook's front-facing cameras. You'll hear a direct recording of each from the HP Chromebook 14, the Acer C720P, and the Samsung Series 3.
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(I edited this in the YouTube video editor since the footage was rough anyway. It's coming along, but still needs some help!)
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hey folks Robbie Payne here with chroma
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and box doing the quick comparison today
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of the front-facing video cameras on the
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HP Chromebook 14 the ace of C 720p and
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the samsung series 3 now these are three
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of the more popular devices and it does
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not it's not all-inclusive obviously I
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don't have my hands on every single
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Chromebook available these are just the
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ones I have in my possession at this
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point time now I'm one thing to note
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that Acer c720 P the even though it has
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the touch screen added it's the light
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chassis and it's the 2gig model when I
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understand there's no differences in its
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its front facing webcam I think that
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webcam is the same across all of them
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and I doubt you'll see any performance
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differences in the two versus four gigs
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so even though it is that particular
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model I think you're gonna see the same
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performance across each of those
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likewise the samsung series three the
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internals at least mirror those of the
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HP 11 so you're going to see some
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similarities than they are which you'll
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probably have a few stutters where you
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might not on the hospital-based
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Chromebooks I am going to attempt and
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you may see an add-on addendum to this
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video at some point I'm going to attempt
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to get my hands on another Chromebook 11
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I don't have one in my possession right
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now
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possibly run to the store and sign in
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and make one of these videos and shoot
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it to myself real quick but they're hard
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to find in stores right now nukes are
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just now coming back on the market from
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being removed for the charger deficiency
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so if I can't get my hands on one of
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those I will throw that into this mix as
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well but I think what you'll see is that
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all all three of these devices are
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usable for for video chatting but I
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wanted to give you a quick comparison so
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you kind of watch back to back to back
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what it looks like and what it sounds
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like using these devices in this manner
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so now next we'll move on to the Acer
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c720 P alright so now we have switched
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over to the Acer c720 P and to be honest
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with you between the screens being a
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little different the sharpness being a
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little bit different between the
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resolutions on the display and the
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screen sizes it's difficult for me to
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tell right now which one looks better
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than the other it'll be a whole lot more
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evident hopefully once
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once we have the two side-by-side in an
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actual video so this is just a quick
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look at the audio and video capability
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and front-facing camera on the Acer c720
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PD and again keep in mind between all
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the different models of Acer c720 you're
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more than likely going to be getting the
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exact same webcam experience across them
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I highly doubt that the two gigs of RAM
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difference is going to make any
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difference and obviously a touchscreen
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or a white chassis does not change that
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either so if this looks acceptable to
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you then this is what you're going to
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see on the acer c720 and last but
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certainly not least here is the samsung
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series 3 chromebook interesting enough I
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had to actually move the device back
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about 8 to 12 inches to get the same
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kind of angle so that gives you an idea
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of kind of proximity you'll have to have
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I pull it up close to where the guest
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ones were sitting kind of within typing
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range this is how close the device is so
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something to bear in mind depending on
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how you like to chat if you like it up
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close and personal then that probably
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won't bother you but if you'd like a
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little bit wider angle on the lens
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something leave it there again I don't
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know how the hardware camera itself
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actually lines up with the HP Chromebook
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11 and again I'm going to attempt to get
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my hands on one of those today out and
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about if there is one it's hard to find
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them right now because they were pulled
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from shelves and so if I can get my
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hands on one that's that's active I will
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do this exact same test lighting
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conditions will be different so that's a
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little unfortunate but I do not have one
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with me right now so this is this is all
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I've got when it comes to Chromebooks
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but all three honestly in my opinion
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look sufficient as far as doing a webcam
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chat it they're probably going to all be
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fine to do those things types of things
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with are you going to be recording any
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kind of video that you're really going
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to be publishing and editing up probably
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not but for what you needed to do we'll
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see as we kind of compare the three
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across the board we'll see how the mics
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compare and I'm in quiet room so I
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didn't I didn't really want to skew the
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the comparison that way but
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this hopefully give you an idea a
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real-world idea a sense of how all three
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work together are in competition with
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one another and and hopefully enjoy the
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