Videoconferencing: Do I need an external webcam? Probably not!
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Videoconferencing has become essential given the COVID-19 pandemic. It has allowed us to remain in contact as a society. Moreover, it is becoming a necessary utility for lawyers. We use videoconferencing programs (listed below) to conduct meetings, depositions, and hearings. With this accelerated use, businesses, including lawyers, are finding that videoconferencing is a more economically efficient means of conducting work. Simply put, it saves money, time, and effort to travel, whether it be in town or long-distance. But, the question remains, do I need an external webcam? Probably not.
I have a Logitech Webcam that I had purchased over 15 years ago - it works great - even at 720 dpi ("dots per square inch" - I'll do a post on webcam resolution in a future post). But, when I purchased it, videocamming from our electronic devices was still not a "thing." As social media pushed forward, so did the desire to communicate via video and with it, accessibility to video from our personal electronic devices.
Webcams are provided internally in almost all of our laptops, tablets, and smartphones. For the most part, they work quite well (and in some cases better than my old webcam and even the video cam built into my iMac). And in all of those devices, which I find it unlikely that any attorney does not have at least one of the three listed, videocasting programs can be downloaded and utilized with ease.
Granted, most desktop computers do not have a webcam built in, although some external monitors do have them embedded. But if you have a laptop, tablet, or smartphone with a cam, why waste the money for an external webcam. Unless you are getting into video casting or are appearing on the news for interviews, you simply don't need a fancy, expensive webcam. Meanwhile, you won't have to worry about draining your computer's resources while camming.
A LIST OF POPULAR VIDEOCASTING PLATFORMS FOR BUSINESSES FOR YOUR REFERENCE
