I've seen this product in person. It BLOWS AWAY anything Polycom is offering. Working in education, who is a large market for videoconferencing equipment, I've compared the two products. If you want to impress, this is the way to go. The interface is also much cleaner and easier to use than Polycom's.
We have departments on our campus who decided to get these a while back just because they were HD, and the first HD VTC machines available. The interface is actually quite obtuse and the remote control lacks any ergonomic considerations whatsoever. The hardware is the worst part. They overheat at the drop of a hat. Problems pile up with every firmware update.
lack of h.261 support kills this for my uses. Granted 263/264 is standard anymore, but you cant rule out legacy equipment...you never know what the party on the far end has...
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I've seen this product in person. It BLOWS AWAY anything Polycom is offering. Working in education, who is a large market for videoconferencing equipment, I've compared the two products. If you want to impress, this is the way to go. The interface is also much cleaner and easier to use than Polycom's.
We have departments on our campus who decided to get these a while back just because they were HD, and the first HD VTC machines available. The interface is actually quite obtuse and the remote control lacks any ergonomic considerations whatsoever. The hardware is the worst part. They overheat at the drop of a hat. Problems pile up with every firmware update.
They look pretty, but they don't function well.
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lack of h.261 support kills this for my uses. Granted 263/264 is standard anymore, but you cant rule out legacy equipment...you never know what the party on the far end has...