I like to implement Video Conferencing facility in our College, what are the equipments&facilities required?
March 14, 2009 by Web Conferencing Reviews
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There are video conferencing equipment from Tandberg, Polycomm, Aethra, Godrej etc., are avilable and also lot of companies providing video conferencing solution. To implement video conferencing, what are the prerequisites required especially equipments and ISDN Connection. What are the information we have to check before buying the equipments and what are the features which we have to study in the components?
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There are video conferencing equipment from Tandberg, Polycomm, Aethra, Godrej etc., are avilable and also lot of companies providing video conferencing solution. To implement video conferencing, what are the prerequisites required especially equipments and ISDN Connection. What are the information we have to check before buying the equipments and what are the features which we have to study in the components?
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Conferencing Feedback: The Tools and Supplies Needed for Video conferencing
In order to take advantage of video conferencing you need the right ingredients or tools. There are some basic components that anyone, whether an organization, educational facility or individual needs before they can communicate with others using video conferencing technology.
Of course the most basic piece of equipment necessary is a camera. A camera will allow a user to capture video information at their site and transmit it to someone at another site. Parties using video conferencing will also need a video display to display the video at their site, a microphone to hear the video and speakers to play the audio material.
Video conferencing Equipment
Most video conferencing terminals also require what is called a codec or Compressor/Decompressor interface. This piece of equipment helps compress information being passed from audio to video to make transmission of materials feasible over the Net. Without this piece of equipment most files would be too large to send from one computer to another. The process of compression data using a codec machine is often referred to as decoding and encoding information.
Finally, a computer and reliable internet connection are also necessary to facilitate video conferencing. A high speed connection is recommended to make the video conferencing experience not only endurable but also enjoyable. The actual computer you have is not as important as the size of your display. Remember that when using video conferencing equipment, the larger your display the better your picture and the more easily a time you will have ‘conferencing’ with other people on the Web.
Article by Frank Owen, visit his web site on video conferencing for more information on video conferencing