VUC Call With LifeSize Postponed
The stormy winter weather in the US has delayed the delivery of the webcams. Thus few people have been able to make test calls to confirm connectivity to the LifeSize bridge. As a result we have...
View ArticleVUC Goes LifeSize Feb 25th At 1PM EST
The VUC call featuring LifeSize, originally set for February 4th, has been rescheduled to February 25th at 1PM EST. That makes it part two of a VUC double-header that begins with Safi Systems at the...
View ArticleVUC LifeSize Call Feb 25th Cancelled!
Breaking news! Well…hold the phone..or would that be hold the video phone? Camera? Whatever the case…. In an unexpected twist Lifesize has elected to defer their appearance on the VUC for now. They...
View ArticleDeal Alert: Blue Eyeball HD Microphone & Webcam for $25
This morning’s email dump includes an announcement that BUY.COM is offering the Blue Eyeball USB microphone/webcam device for the modest sum of $24.99. Blue make some well regarded microphones for...
View ArticleExperiments With Vidyo
In recent weeks and months I’ve been giving some thought to making greater use of video within the scope of my work life. In part this is what what motivated my ill-fated attempt to get LifeSize to...
View ArticleLifeSize Passport Now Supports Video Calling Skype Users
In a most interesting press release LifeSize has announced support for video calling to/from Skype user from the LifeSize Passport end-point. The new capability is projected for release in the coming...
View ArticleCitrix GotoMeeting Trialing HD, But Not Where It Counts
I’ve been a customer of GotoMeeting for many years. I’ve used the service largely as a means to gain remote access to customers systems for the purpose of remote maintenance and diagnostics. I was...
View ArticleTelesphere’s VideoConnect: Cloud-Based Video Conf Service for SMB
Tuesday I had an opportunity to try Telesphere’s new VideoConnect service. VideoConnect is a video conference service targeting what’s loosely called the “SMB” sector. That is, businesses smaller than...
View ArticleVideo Calling On Your Home HDTV: Take 2–TelyHD And Biscotti
It seems that there’s a new wave of devices emerging that aim to provide high-quality video calling by way of the family TV. This is not unfamiliar territory as both Cisco and Google have been in the...
View ArticleRevisiting Video Calling To The Living Room, Yet Again
This is a topic that seemingly will not go away, yet it’s not clear that there’s much uptake by customers. Going back two years, the first wave of “Smart HDTVs” were capable of running an embedded...
View ArticlePuzzling Over Monitor Size & Resolution
As you may recall I’ve been thinking about adding a second monitor to my desk. Earlier this week Logic Buy sent an email promoting a curious Dell monitor. The interesting thing about this 29” monitor...
View ArticleHow To: Creating Great Quality Screencasts
Several times over the past few weeks I’ve had to create screencasts or asked to advise how they are best created. There are a variety of approaches to this task, but I’ve found that my preferred...
View ArticleWebcams 2: LifeSize Desktop & The Logitech C9000
The first post in this series on webcams was historical. This one is as well, but it highlights the performance offered by the very first HD-capable webcam that was recommended for use in UC/video...
View ArticleWebcams 3: USB 2.0 Friend or Foe?
Have you ever noticed that basically all webcams are connected to the host computer using the USB 2.0 bus? The ubiquitous USB 2.0 bus is cheap and convenient for such purposes. Providing 480 Mbps it’s...
View ArticleWebcams in 2016: Where are the USB 3.0 models?
It may seem like my long, winding exploration of webcams has stalled, but I assure you that’s not the case. I’m moving as fast as the industry will permit. The fact is that the industry just isn’t...
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