My home office videoconferencing setup is pathetic. For a person who reviews laptops , monitors , webcams , and other home office tech for a living, that shouldn't be possible. But it is. The reason is simple: Getting a decent videofeed isn't as simple as dropping some cash on a new webcam or on a new laptop with a better webcam. Take it from me—someone who is not exactly a professional videographer but spends enough time in video calls that I thought it worth investing in improving my appearance. My mind immediately jumped to the same conclusion I assume everyone has: Buy a new webcam, right? As I learned in my testing, though, it's not always that straightforward. Drawn to the Light Photograph: Luke Larsen I spend most of my time using the built-in webcam on laptops, largely because I'm a laptop reviewer and I'm constantly switching machines. Once upon a time, laptop webcams were completely irrelevant, happy to stay at 720p resolution forever.…