Photos and Features
Coming from the PowerConf C200 to the B600 Video Bar the difference between the two is staggering. The B600 Video Bar is significantly larger for one. But beyond that it has a clear different focus, the C200 was a simple standard webcam but the B600 is an all-in-one studio. This is obvious once you see the front of the B600 with its large flip-up privacy guard. When down this covers up the camera and makes the B600 a little more compact with compact here being relative. But flipped up there is a LED light with a diffuser across the entire guard to light up your face. The B600 has what looks to be the same image sensor as the C200 with its 25 or 1440p resolution and 30 frame rate cap. The sensor is 1/2.8 inches and has the same 95-degree FOV as a base as well. The front of the camera on the right has a capacitive touch sensor that lets you adjust the lighting brightness from completely off to full brightness by sliding your finger to the left or the right.
The B600 Video Bar has to be the biggest webcam I have ever seen with its width coming in at 7 inches wide. Its overall height including the stand being folded up is 70 mm or 2 ¾ inches tall but the actual camera itself is a little less at 50 mm tall. Then the camera is 47 mm deep not counting the stand which sticks out beyond that when folded up.
Here is a look at the B600 Video Bar with the light flipped down, this puts the light away and also doubles as a privacy guard to cover the camera as well which is nice.
The side views of the B600 Video Bar give us a look at the fabric finish that wraps around the sides, top, and bottom. This helps cover up the four-microphone array that the B600 uses for the stereo audio as well as its voice radar to pick up your voice and cut out background noise. The B600 also has two 2-watt silk speakers integrated which is the last part of its all-in-one setup that gets you lighting, camera, microphones, and surround audio. On both sides of the B600, there are more capacitive touch sensors. On the left, there is a microphone mute sensor that will mute the microphones and turn on a half-inch wide red LED at the bottom of the front of the B600 to let you know the microphones are muted. Then on the right, you can instantly turn the lighting on and off if you have the brightness all set up using the front slider and you don’t want to lose your setting.
The back of the B600 Video Bar has some of the fabric from around the sides along the outside edge of the back. Then in the center, the flat black finish is flat across the back with the model information printed on the center in a gloss black. Along with that, it has the standard manufacturing information and certification logos. There is a white sticker with the serial number as well. The main thing on the back are the three USB ports. On the right, there are two Type-C ports in a slightly recessed area. Both are labeled and one is black and the other is blue. The blue is for the power cable to plug in and the black is for the data cable. On the other end of the B600 Video Bar, there is a single Type-A connection which is a pass-through plug to give you an extra USB plug up at your desk level. This side view also gives a good look at the thickness of the privacy guard and light bar when it is flipped up or closed.
The stand on the bottom of the B600 Video Bar is similar to the C200 in that it does have a screw-on tripod/camera mount which given the size of the B600 could come in handy. The bottom also has a full rubber grip on the bottom to keep things from moving around if you sit the B600 directly on a table or shelf. The mount then flips out and has rubber on both sides. The top side which would grip the top of your monitor has groves as well for a little more traction. Also to note the stand has a flip-out thumbscrew where you can remove the stand altogether from the B600 Video Bar which then also has a second threaded mount directly on the camera for mounting to a tripod or stand.
