Good lighting for your stream setup can be the difference between being able to present a clear friendly face to your audience, or to looking like you're telling ghost stories during nuclear winter. Thanks to the rise of content creation, you can get all sorts of lighting solutions at many different price points for making all sorts of videos. With streaming, gamer brands are truly in the mix and we are starting to see some purpose built options for our niche.
The Logitech Litra Beam LX is one light designed to not only light your face, but also provide RGB backlighting and bonus control options. It's a smooth and quality experience but there's nothing revolutionary here to justify the price.
Setting up the Logitech Litra Beam LX is nice and easy. The light strip screws into the stand with a standard 1/4-20 UNC mount connection. There's a screw on the long and short ends of the light so you've the choice between having it sit horizontally or vertically when mounted to the stand. There's also a little bit of cable management aid regardless of the direction, and the stand is nice with solid pull into place action, though has a somewhat bulky foot.
You'll need a free power outlet for the light and then connect to your PC through Logitech's G Hub app via either USB-C or Bluetooth. This was also nice and simple as the light was immediately recognised by the app, and from there I could use the software to change the lights settings from my PC as opposed to using the pretty hard to find (especially with a key light shining into your face) physical buttons the Litra Beam XL.
Maximum DC power: 13.5W (6.3W Bi-colour side, 7.2W RGB side)
Brightness: Up to 400 Lumens + on Bi-colour side
Temperature: 2700K — 6500K; RGB 16 million colours
Connectivity: Bluetooth and USB C
Extras: Table mount
Price: $150 USD | £150 | $250 AUD
Those physical buttons are excellent in a pinch, however. There's the choice between cool or warm light and a slider for brightness. You can tune it to
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