LG Proceed Camera review: LG’s take on the GoPro broadcasts to YouTube Live (hands-on)
With its new LTE Proceed Camera, LG hopes to one-up GoPro and its latest action camera ilk. How? This little device has LTE, a waterproof body (you won’t need to use fabulous housing), and you can broadcast directly to YouTube Live.
Built-in LTE is important because it lets you slice the camera streaming under its own 4G power, at what time you can use your phone to do something else. If you demanded to stream to YouTube Live without an independent LTE connection (as latest action cameras use), you’d have to tether the piece camera to the phone, much more rapidly draining your battery and slowing processing remarkable while you broadcast live.
(P.S. LG is pretty much alone in offering an LTE-enabled action/lifestyle camera. Samsung tried it out with its connected Galaxy camera, which flopped. Samsung’s second attempt was Wi-Fi-only.)
I went hands-on with the palmable section camera at LG’s headquarters in Seoul, Korea, where I met with the concern as part of a 19-day tech trip around Asia.
The method is coated in rubber, which makes it easy to hold and employ. There are two buttons, which are straightforward, one to report and one to broadcast to YouTube Live. Alternatively, you can boss the whole business of taking photos and recording video above a mobile app.
The camera and app were dead-simple to use, but the conference room where I saw the method wasn’t the kind of interesting setting where you’d usually use an section camera, so we’ll need to wait to get a reconsider unit to see how it stacks up against rivals like GoPro.
LG’s new LTE-enabled section camera tethers to your phone to preview what you’re shooting — or broadcasting live.
Jessica Dolcourt
Again, since there’s no built-in screen, you’ll need to connect to a named or tablet to see what you’re shooting — that wasn’t terrifically convenient.
At the bottom of the camera, a flip-open panel reveals an SD card card where you can stores your photos and videos.
LG says you can report and store over four hours of video and broadcast up to two hours of video at 1080p HD quality over 4G.
You’ll have three options for recording resolution and frame rate:
- HD: 1,280×720 (60 fps)
- Full HD: 1,920×1,080 (120 fps)
- 4K: 2,560×1,440 (30 fps)
LG didn’t have pricing or availability details for me, but will officially stammer its GoPro rival soon — and hopefully answer those burning questions near when and where it’ll be available, and for how much.
