If you need to ramp up your video efforts and increase the quality, all while working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak, whether it’s because you create YouTube videos for a living or do a lot of video conferencing, you should consider getting additional hardware. Here are several budget-friendly options to help enhance your filming experience, from recording on your phone to using an external webcam or improving the lighting in your home studio. Disclosure: ZDNet may earn an affiliate commission from some of the products featured on this page. ZDNet and the author were not compensated for this independent review.