Summary
TheHyperX Vision Sis a 4K, wide-angle webcam at a relatively competitive price point.
It is also HyperXs first foray into the webcam market.
Overall, this webcam has quite good quality but numerous flaws, making for a confusing experience.
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However, it suffers from poor, unstable software and finicky image quality.
The webcam additionally features a well-placed USB-C port on thebottomof the back end of the webcam.
The USB-C port placement is highly thoughtful, and the USB-C cable it comes with is highly durable.
The HyperX Vision S is a 4K webcam with phenomenal build quality and solid image quality. However, it suffers from poor, unstable software and finicky image quality. Too expensive for webcam callers and too lacking for content creators, HyperX’s first webcam rests in an awkward position.
A cable closer to 2.5m in length would be preferred.
An attached lens cap would be better and more useful.
While we tested this webcam on both Mac and Windows, the software is onlyavailable for Windows.
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It frequently crashed, some options like manual focus didnt work, and the customization options were incredibly lacking.
For example, auto white balance seems to adjust for broad color correction beyond warm versus cool tones.
However, all screenshots in this article were taken on Windows 11.
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At 1080p60, the picture looks both too sharp and too blurry, similar to a beauty filter.
At 4K, the picture does look quite good.
I was initially impressed by the lack of background noise in standard unideal lighting.
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The webcam performs quite well with back lighting and no front lighting at all, too.
It seems it only adjusted properly if I made my room lights brighter to make the whole image brighter.
At the extreme end, I used a blue key light and set my room lights to blue too.
Somehow, it accurately portrayed this scene as well.
However, it doesnt seem to excel at anything other than build quality.
Other webcams from Insta360 and OBSbot offer unique PTZ tracking functions to simulate a cameraman tracking your shot.
The Vision S offers no unique selling point in its functionality.
To stand out in the premium webcam market, these premium quality of life features should have higher priority.
Should You Buy the HyperX Vision S?
Nevertheless, theHyperX Vision Smay be right for you.
Problems aside, its hardware is solid.
That said, Ngenuity was highly disappointing for this webcam.
While the HyperX Vision S webcam isnt perfect, it isnt a bad webcam either.
It probably isnt exactly right for you, but its at least worth considering when shopping for a webcam.
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