Video Conference News

What are DVD Media Servers?

bobsmith010181 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:29:12 +0000

First of all, a DVD Media Server is a device, installed by custom installers, which will provides DVD and CD storage as part of a whole house audio video system or high end Home Cinema. Dvd media servers consists of a few different elements and choosing what you need can be slightly confusing without a fair bit of product knowledge.

I have tried to simplify the options below:

The server: The server is the main brains of the system. It is the piece of equipment which holds your DVD’s and CD’s and serves them up as you require them. There are two models a 1U and a 3U, the only difference between them is the number of disks you are able to house. The 1U server will hold 4 disks which equates to about 450 DVD’s or 4950 CD’s (or a mix of the two) whereas the 3U server will hold 14 disks and therefore 1,800 DVD’s or 19,800 CD’s!! Each server has redundancy built in (called KRaid) which enables you to loose one hard drive in the 1U and two hard drives in the 3U server – without loosing any films.

Should a hard drive fail the viewer will be completely unaware yet the server will email Kaleidescape HQ and order a replacement for us to install – impressive stuff indeed.

The Movie Player: The Movie players from Kaleidescape also come in two varieties – a Movie Player 1080p and a Mini Movie Player 1080p. The only difference is the big version has the all important drive to upload films to the server. The mini player doesn’t have a drive but, in common with it’s big brother, will take your existing stored DVD collection and upscale them to 1080p. This resolution revitalises your existing films and enables you to enjoy them like never before. The mini player is designed to be small enough to mount behind a TV or side by side in one of our automation racks. Both players have HDMI output as well as Component and Composite video outputs for older displays and a number of audio outputs.

The Music Player: The Kaleidescape Music player has four audio outputs which means you can have four different CD’s playing at once around your home or combine them together for party mode. This unit also has a drive to enable easy importation of music from CD’s. Utilising Kaleidescape Conductor software enables you to export your music (stored on your server at the same quality as the original CD) to iTunes running on a PC. The software converts your music in to MP3 automatically.

Integration with an Automation system: All Kaleidescape components are built from the ground up to be controlled by a Crestron or AMX control system. All the components talk together over Cat5e networking using IP and every component is controllable via TCP/IP. This ensures even if the player or server is housed some distance from the control system then control is straightforward. Neat touches such as intermission give us the option to raise lights automaticall

What Is A Video Conference

bobsmith010181 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:06:38 +0000

A Video conference is the technique of conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites irrespective of their demographic locations by using computer networks to transmit audio and video data. For example, a point-to-point video conferencing system works much like a video telephone, between two people only. Each participant has a video camera, microphone, and speakers mounted on his or her computer. As the two video participants speak to each other, their voices are carried over the network and delivered to the other’s speakers, and whatever images the video camera captures appear in a window on the other participant’s monitor. The other technique is multipoint videoconferencing. Multipoint video conferencing allows three or more participants to sit in a virtual conference room and communicate with the other participants of the video conference as if they were sitting right in front of you or next to each other. Technology that existed up to the mid 90s, made costs of video conferencing prohibitively expensive for most organizations, but that has changed drastically. Many experts and businessmen are of the belief that video conferencing will be one of the fastest-growing segments of the computer industry in coming years.

Companies such as Lifesize and Tandberg are leaders in the field of video conferencing systems and have installed tens of thousands of their systems in locations all over the world. Through innovative, generation next video conferencing technology, Tandberg can deliver greater video quality, brilliant audio coverage and flawless manageability. Tandberg customers enjoy better quality at any bandwidth and, with the very best cost factor available anywhere on the market. Anyone with dispersed colleagues and operations can now effectively share important information and valuable insights.

Tandberg video conferencing systems are fast becoming the indispensable communication tools of the globe. As more and more companies and business organizations are going global the need to stay in touch is becoming imperative. Business managers need to be in constant touch with their subordinates and customers all over the world. Offices being decentralized will need Tandberg’s video conferencing system to ensure that anyone can meet anyone, anywhere, at the flick of a button and maybe a small message to come online. Tandberg offers a comprehensive array of video conferencing equipment to choose from. So if you are a small business house of a conglomerate Tandberg has just the video conferencing equipment for you. They even have something for the housewife and the student fraternity. The small desktop video conferencing equipment and software is the best you could get anywhere in the market at the best prices you could ever imagine.

Though there are many kinds online video conference software available on the Internet, for free, you might want to try some professional video conferencing software and equipment from the leaders in the industry. You will be surprised at the difference it will make for your business, the fact that you can establish actual eye contact with the people at the other end of the line makes all the difference with the professional video conferencing systems from the pros.

Web Based Video Conferencing

bobsmith010181 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:01:34 +0000

Businesses are using Web Based Video Conferencing a lot more each and every day. There is just a whole lot of uses with video teleconferencing in the world today. web conferencing is mostly employed with presenting to the members of the meeting, or various Business meetings. however it is often employed for employee training, or for more personal matters like family reunions across country. Video teleconferencing may sometimes be used on a much larger scale including seminars that include up to hundreds of thousands of people.

Businesses that run radio have been talking back and forth for some time, ranging from programs that allowed the public to telephone in and take a brief interview over the phone which then used, emails and as well as chat client options which allowed the individuals to to interact with the disk jockeys. When the internet made it so radio station can be streamed online it really progressed things, since the host can then be heard over the internet. however, video conferencing can even aid radio shows that were played live. Individuals if they want can join the conference. To do so they, just go through a link which get you in, seeing the DJ” and when your computer has a webcam the viewing is 2 way. Audio suddenly becomes more along the lines of television.

The most distinguished point about Web Based Video Conferencing is how you can then be in contact with yuur audience with audio as well as video. There is many kinds of different web and video conferencing services on the market today. there are providers that are free, but most need some sort of payment usually request a small payment, but a few are free, while there are some that require a grand investment. A few require a download to your computer, but there are some that you can have running on your browser. There are Web Based Video Conferencing require your computer to be running a certain operating system as well as some which are universal.

The new easy application that many people are experiencing with teleconferencing makes it easier for for anyone to figure out. For example, realtors can indicate property to clients. Believe it or not lawyers who have used teleconferencing in court for a deposition over the Internet. This process can save you expenses that you would have incurred otherwise, and allows the possibility to chat face to face with people that are on the receiving end.

Because there are so many people in business it’s best to harness every option possible when running a Company, and teleconferencing is one you should have in your business. There are many successful businesses today that are not exercising Web Based Video Conferencing, from giant Commercial enterprises, to tiny enterprises, also Auction corporations. The ways you can use it are limitless, so if you are able to implement interactive web conferencing in your Business it is best you you do it. The many different ways it can improve Business enterprise is limitless.