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(Image credit: Jabra)T3 VerdictThe Jabra Panacast 50 conferencing camera offers a unique 180-degree field of view, plus auto face tracking for several people at once and an excellent echo-canceling microphone system that can track several voices.Reasons to buy+Super-wide 180-degree field of view+Auto face tracking is effective+Great picture and soundReasons to avoid-Video output limited to 1080P: no 4K video-Zoom isn’t smooth-Desk or table stand is an optional extra
(Image credit: Jabra)
(Image credit: Jabra)
T3 VerdictThe Jabra Panacast 50 conferencing camera offers a unique 180-degree field of view, plus auto face tracking for several people at once and an excellent echo-canceling microphone system that can track several voices.Reasons to buy+Super-wide 180-degree field of view+Auto face tracking is effective+Great picture and soundReasons to avoid-Video output limited to 1080P: no 4K video-Zoom isn’t smooth-Desk or table stand is an optional extra
T3 VerdictThe Jabra Panacast 50 conferencing camera offers a unique 180-degree field of view, plus auto face tracking for several people at once and an excellent echo-canceling microphone system that can track several voices.
T3 Verdict
The Jabra Panacast 50 conferencing camera offers a unique 180-degree field of view, plus auto face tracking for several people at once and an excellent echo-canceling microphone system that can track several voices.
Reasons to buy+Super-wide 180-degree field of view+Auto face tracking is effective+Great picture and soundReasons to avoid-Video output limited to 1080P: no 4K video-Zoom isn’t smooth-Desk or table stand is an optional extra
Reasons to buy+Super-wide 180-degree field of view+Auto face tracking is effective+Great picture and sound
Super-wide 180-degree field of view
Auto face tracking is effective
Great picture and sound
Reasons to avoid-Video output limited to 1080P: no 4K video-Zoom isn’t smooth-Desk or table stand is an optional extra
Video output limited to 1080P: no 4K video
Zoom isn’t smooth
Desk or table stand is an optional extra
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Jabra Panacast 50 review: price and availability
The Jabra Panacast costs $1195/£937/AU$1399, which includes the camera itself and the wall mount. The remote, table stand and screen mount are optional extras.
(Image credit: Jabra)
(Image credit: Jabra)
Jabra Panacast 50 review: design and build
The Panacast 50 looks like a high-end sound bar, with a fabric-covered cylindrical design. In the middle of the cylinder is a smaller upright cylinder that holds the three cameras, giving it an almost robotic, 1970s sci-fi robot design. The large cylinder contains four speakers (two high and two low-frequency ones) and eight microphones. The device uses these eight microphones to pick the sound of someone speaking out from the ambient noise and the output from the speakers themselves.
The connections for the USB-C, ethernet, extra microphone and power connections are on the rear of the speaker, tucked out of sight. A wall mount is included, which screws into the wall and the camera clips onto the mount to hold it in place. There is no desk stand or VESA mount included, but these are available as optional extras.
If you don’t need the speakers (or want to use the ones built into your TV or display), Jabra offers a cheaper model, the $430/£479/AU$749 Panacast, which has no built-in speakers and only two microphones. This also lacks the directional audio features of the Panacast 50.
(Image credit: Jabra)
(Image credit: Jabra)
Jabra Panacast 50 review: setup
I found the Panacast 50 to be easy to set up. You just plug in the power, connect the nice long six-foot USB-C cable to your laptop (running Windows 10 or MacOS 11 and up), and the device will appear as a 1080P video and audio source. Like all of the conferencing cameras we tested, it doesn’t require any drivers or apps to work, although Jabra does offer software for Windows or macOS calledJabra Directand a mobile app (Jabra Sound+) that allows you to tweak the camera and sound settings. Both of these allow you to manually control the camera pan, tilt and zoom, as well as muting the sound if required.
(Image credit: Richard Baguley)
(Image credit: Richard Baguley)
Jabra Panacast 50 review: performance and accessories
I found that the Panacast 50 had excellent performance, producing clear, sharp video and excellent audio. It excelled at picking out the sound of someone speaking while still outputting sound from the speakers, which makes for more natural conversations. The wide-aspect video of the device takes a bit of getting used to, but this can be switched out without too much of a problem with the Jabra Direct app.
The Panacast 50 uses face detection to find you in the view of the three cameras and zoom in, following you if you move around. it doesn’t zoom smoothly, but steps from angle to angle until you are in the center of the frame. That can look a bit disconcerting if you are on a call with someone who is on a poor connection. The entire camera view changing suddenly tends to cause the image to glitch, which can be offputting. The manual control from the remote or the Jabra Direct app is easier to use, allowing you to pan and tilt the view and zoom in and out.
(Image credit: Jabra)
(Image credit: Jabra)
Jabra Panacast 50 review: verdict
The JabraCast 50 has a lot to like about it. It is easy to set up and use and provides great sound and video quality. It is a bit frustrating that the remote is not included, though. It makes configuring the device much easier, so it should be considered essential.
The same is true of the table mount: most people put these devices under a TV or monitor to try out before they consider mounting the device on the wall, so it seems odd that Jabra went straight for the wall mount in the box. Still, these issues aside, the Panacast 50 is a great pick for the small company or home worker who wants to get video conferencing without fuss and with excellent video and audio quality.
The ability to show a 180-degree view is also extremely useful if you want to show off a product or device, as well as allowing a group of people to get in on the conference.
Jabra Panacast 50 review: also consider
The JabraCast 50 is a very competitively priced video conferencing system, but there are plenty of other options available. If you already have a laptop or computer in the conference room, theKonfitel CAM20is a much cheaper option, although it lacks the echo-canceling microphone of the Panacast 50. If you want to build a system that can work without a laptop, take a look at theLogitech Rally Miniand Tap add-on, which turns it into a standalone system.
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