Elgato's new Key Light air is smaller, cheaper and stands on its own

Elgato'due south suite of content creation hardware continues to grow at CES 2022 with the new Fundamental Calorie-free Air. A follow up to the existing Key Light, the new model is smaller, stands freely on an included desk-bound stand and importantly, costs quite a flake less.

Characteristic-wise it's exactly the same as the larger Key Light, and so you've got Windows and Mac support, iOS and Android support, and integration with Elgato's Stream Deck. Yous've still also got an adjustable color temperature and brightness between 2900K and 7000K and up to 1400 Lumens, respectively.

The Cardinal Light Air is too uniform with Elgato'south existing mountain organization and uses a standard 1/four inch thread. Toll-wise we're looking at $130 each, which is around a $50 saving over the larger model and $100 if you get a pair, which, as I discovered in our review, you're really going to want.

The price is the biggest barrier to the Cardinal Low-cal which is otherwise an excellent product, and so it's nice to see Elgato has come up upwardly with something a piffling more affordable. Information technology's still a pretty decent investment, but at a significant saving over the larger ones.

The Central Light Air should be on sale in Q1 2022, though in the UK, Amazon expects to ship on January 15.

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Key Light Air

Elgato Fundamental Light Air

Smaller, cheaper, only every bit good to use

The Cardinal Calorie-free Air takes everything that'south good about the existing Fundamental Lite and shrinks information technology downward, while too chopping a cool $50 off the price.

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An internet connection will soon be required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

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An internet connection will soon exist required when setting up Windows 11 Pro

Microsoft has appear that afterwards this year, users will exist required to connect to the net and sign-in with a Microsoft Account during the out of box setup experience on Windows eleven Pro. Microsoft has already been enforcing this requirement on Windows 11 Domicile since launch concluding October, and Windows 11 Pro is now expected to follow adapt presently.