Lenovo ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 for Microsoft Team Rooms video conferencing system 13 MP Ethernet LAN

Product Overview

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For £2,834 ex-VAT, the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 is only a “good deal” if you’re specifically standardising on Microsoft Teams Rooms and you’re buying in a managed, repeatable way. In real-world rooms, the value is less about raw image quality (it’s serviceable) and more about getting a consistent setup that your IT team can support without it turning into a one-off troubleshooting project. If you’ve got small meeting spaces where people just want to walk in, connect, and start quickly, it’ll generally do that job well—and because it’s part of a Teams Rooms ecosystem, it fits nicely into organisations that already run Microsoft management.

I’d hesitate if you’re expecting consumer-style plug-and-play performance for a one-off installation, or if your room design needs more than the basics (lighting, acoustics, and screen placement matter far more than the “13 MP” marketing). Also, if you’re not already committed to Teams Rooms, this is the kind of spend that feels expensive because you’re paying for an ecosystem, not just a camera. Best fit: IT-managed SMBs/mid-market teams, shared meeting rooms, and resellers/integrators who care about consistency and supportability. Worst fit: ad-hoc deployments, single-room experiments, or environments where you don’t want to standardise on Teams.