Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms vs Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms is $399.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — video conferencing camera against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms vs Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure
Logitech
Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms
$999.00
A 120 degree field of view is the specification that makes this a huddle room camera rather than a desk one -- everybody along a short table is in frame without repositioning.
Full details →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure
$599.99
Four bays and ECC memory are the two things that separate this from the two-bay units, and ECC is the one that matters for a machine holding the only copy of anything.
Full details →Who the Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms is for
Buy it if: Huddle rooms up to about six seats that want one USB device instead of a camera and a speakerphone.
Avoid it if: Large boardrooms, where pickup range and framing both fall short without extension microphones.
Who the Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Offices needing four bays, ECC memory and a route to 10 GbE later.
Avoid it if: Media servers relying on hardware transcoding, which this processor cannot do at all.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Logitech MeetUp ConferenceCam for Huddle Rooms | Synology DiskStation DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $999.00 | $599.99 |
| Rated power | About 15 W in a call | About 32.7 W in access, 12.1 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 2-year limited hardware warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Annual energy use | not published | About 286 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $49 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Capacity | not published | 4 bay |
| Connectivity | USB 2.0, Bluetooth for audio | not published |
| Control | Remote control and motorised pan and tilt | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 4 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Expansion slots | not published | 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe for cache |
| Field of view | 120 degrees diagonal | not published |
| Memory | not published | 4 GB DDR4 ECC, expandable to 32 GB |
| Microphones | 3 beamforming, about 8 ft pickup range | not published |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GbE via expansion card |
| Processor | not published | AMD Ryzen R1600 dual-core 2.6 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 |
| Room size | Up to about 6 seats | not published |
| Sensor resolution | 4K sensor, 1080p at 30 fps typical output | not published |
| Zoom | 5x digital | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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