Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra 4K webcam now available, new AI-driven Leviathan soundbar coming in F...

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On Thursday, Razer announced two new products geared toward gamers and content producers, the all-new Kiyo Pro Ultra webcam and the Leviathan V2 Pro beamforming soundbar.

Razer's new Kiyo Pro Ultra boasts the largest sensor ever in a webcam, giving DSLR-level detail and clarity in a plug-and-play USB 3.0 webcam format.

The Sony 1/1.2" Starves 2 Sensor has a 2.9-nanometer pixel size that captures more light and image data for improved detail and color. It also has an ultra-large F/1.7 aperture lens that can capture four times more light than average webcams.

The Kiyo Pro Ultra also features AI-powered face tracking and auto-focus and blurs the background with the integrated true bokeh effect.

The Kiyo Pro Ultra is available exclusively on Razer.com and at RazerStores and retails for $299.99.

Razer's new Leviathan V2 Pro is the first AI-driven beamforming soundbar designed to put the listener in the sweet spot for the optimal listening experience.

THX Spacial Audio provides true-to-life 3D audio, and a head-tracking IR camera adapts the audio beams to the listeners positioning in real-time.

The Leviathan V2 Pro includes a subwoofer and is compatible with Razer Chroma, Razer's in-house RGB lighting system.

The Razer Leviathan V2 Pro will be available in February 2023 and retail for $399.99.

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malt67

Do these even work with Macs? My Razer webcam does not. 

illrigger

Probably not, since they will almost certainly require Synapse 3 and Razer has never gotten it ported over.

stationgrey

I hate to be the pedantic one (but not enough that I won't be), but I really hate the constant 'DSLR-quality' tag that's added to every new phone camera or webcam.

Sure, it's a big sensor *for a webcam*... but a standard, full-frame SLR sensor still has an area over 10 times bigger and that is categorically not the same thing.

The depth of field of this will be the equivalent of a FF 35mm lens at around f/10, so in other words it'll still rely almost entirely on software to achieve any background blurring.

It's good, yes, for a webcam. But let's keep the descriptions accurate.

edited January 2023

daalseth

StationGrey said:

I hate to be the pedantic one (but not enough that I won't be), but I really hate the constant 'DSLR-quality' tag that's added to every new phone camera or webcam.

Sure, it's a big sensor *for a webcam*... but a standard, full-frame SLR sensor still has an area over 10 times bigger and that is categorically not the same thing.

The depth of field of this will be the equivalent of a FF 35mm lens at around f/10, so in other words it'll still rely almost entirely on software to achieve any background blurring.

It's good, yes, for a webcam. But let's keep the descriptions accurate.

I’ve sometimes wondered if there is a company out there that makes a really crappy DSLR. They don’t actually sell many but get big kickbacks from companies like this that want to be able to say DSLR quality, just without saying which DSLR. 

illrigger

StationGrey said:

I hate to be the pedantic one (but not enough that I won't be), but I really hate the constant 'DSLR-quality' tag that's added to every new phone camera or webcam.

Sure, it's a big sensor *for a webcam*... but a standard, full-frame SLR sensor still has an area over 10 times bigger and that is categorically not the same thing.

The depth of field of this will be the equivalent of a FF 35mm lens at around f/10, so in other words it'll still rely almost entirely on software to achieve any background blurring.

It's good, yes, for a webcam. But let's keep the descriptions accurate.

To be fair, the sensor is around half the size of a Canon APS-C sensor, and is backlit so doesn't need as much light to achieve similar image quality levels. Sure, it won't give the same native bokeh, but (as Samsung learned with the Galaxy S20) most people aren't actually interested in or capable of dealing with that anyway and would prefer to do it digitally.

entropys

StationGrey said:

I hate to be the pedantic one (but not enough that I won't be), but I really hate the constant 'DSLR-quality' tag that's added to every new phone camera or webcam.

Sure, it's a big sensor *for a webcam*... but a standard, full-frame SLR sensor still has an area over 10 times bigger and that is categorically not the same thing.

The depth of field of this will be the equivalent of a FF 35mm lens at around f/10, so in other words it'll still rely almost entirely on software to achieve any background blurring.

It's good, yes, for a webcam. But let's keep the descriptions accurate.

These are not the webcams we are looking for.