The Best Gifts for Streamers in the Holiday Season

Christmas is the annual gifting season for friends and family. A well-thought-out gift lets the loved ones know that you put in the effort and care for them in the holiday season. We have compiled a list of the best gifts for your streamer friends to help you get through the stress and confusion of choice for the gift.

Streaming Webcam

A new webcam for streaming is helpful for any streamer to improve their visual and stream with higher quality. It does not cost a fortune to get a quality webcam, even with 4K quality, for recording and livestreaming.

See our suggestions for the best webcams for streaming in this blog.

Logitech C920 HD Pro ($79.99)

The Logitech brand has long been a reliable name for camera products. The Logitech C920 HD Pro webcam is a reasonable choice to get HD quality video with 78° field of view and HD auto light correction.

The camera is built with an HD five-element glass lens and premium autofocus to capture razor-sharp, clear images with optimal lighting. Lastly, the Logitech C920 supports max resolutions of 1080p 30 fps and 720p 30 fps.

Razer Kiyo ($100)

This webcam is explicitly made for livestreaming. It has a distinctive ring light made to make the stream look the best. Razer Kiyo is designed with multiple options for resolutions. You can go with 1080p 30 fps for high-quality video, or lower it down to 720p to get the 60 fps.

Kiyo is a simple and easy to use USB webcam. Users can also adjust the brightness, saturation, white balance, and contrast of the video.

Logitech Brio Ultra HD Pro ($199)

If you’re feeling fancy this year, this top quality 4K HDR webcam is one of the best in the current market. This webcam offers just what a streamer needs for ultra-high-quality recording with 5x zoom, high frame rates, and low-light correction.

The Logitech Brio has an impressive diagonal field of view: 90°/78°/65°. Plus, it supports a wide range of resolutions for streaming: 4K 30fps, 1080p 30 or 60 fps, and 720p 30, 60, or 90 fps.

Streaming Microphone

Microphones are an important element that can make or break the impression of the viewers to the stream quality. If they can not hear what you are saying clearly, the viewer might leave for other streamers with better audio quality in a second.

Most small and medium-sized streamers use USB microphones to get high fidelity without the complexity of extra setup or configuration.

See our suggestions for the best microphones for streaming in this blog.

Blue Snowball ($70)

You can trust the audio quality result you get with microphones from the Blue brand. Snowball is a compact yet flexible USB microphone that fits in the budget for smaller streamers.

This microphone offers both omnidirectional and cardioid capture patterns–perfect for capturing voices, or that of a few of your cohorts huddled around it. It is also effortless to use with an adjustable desktop stand. Simply plug it in and start recording right away.

Røde NT-USB Mini ($99)

At a bit higher price point, the Røde NT-USB Mini gives you excellent audio quality designed with streamers in mind. The microphone sound design is cardioid, meaning it’s optimized to pick up sound the best from right in front of the mic only–perfect for livestreaming where just one person is speaking.

The biggest perk that the microphone provides is zero-latency monitoring. Users can easily monitor the audio thanks to the studio-grade headphone amplifier and built-in pop filter.

HyperX QuadCast ($199)

This microphone not only offers top-notch audio quality, but it also comes with handy implemented features. HyperX QuadCast is the dream microphone for gaming streamers with its built-in rack and shock bracket.

It can capture audio with four different pickup patterns and support easy switching between settings to meet your recording needs. Last but not least, the tap-to-mute system is easily one of the most appreciated features of the mic for streaming use.

Livestreaming Accessories

We’ve covered the overview and all the equipment you need to build a studio for effective livestreaming in this article.  You can also find all the essential tools you need for video livestreaming.

Camera Tripod

A tripod is a great element that makes the stream set up more professional and stable for cameras instead of webcams. A shaky video recording is the last thing you want the viewers to go through, plus the camera tripod helps avoid accidentally dropping the camera while broadcasting live.

There are many tripods options that do not cost too much yet do fantastic work for recording and streaming.

Elgato Stream Deck

Any streamer can truly appreciate the addition of a new stream deck. It allows for customization to their liking and gives them more ease of control during the livestream.

You can set up the buttons to connect to social media, play cool sound on the right occasions, and entertain the viewers. It also helps set up for clipping parts of the stream or control the recording within the user’s reach.

Green Screen

Any streamers that want to take their job to a higher level would like to put a green screen to good use. Streaming with the room as the background is usually no big deal, yet having a green screen will give a more professional impression on the viewers and make it easier to focus on the video game and the streamer.