At the InfoComm 2010 conference now being held in Las Vegas, three video conferencing suppliers caught our attention: Vidyo has launched an aggressive price package for multipoint conferencing and has announced support for 1440p resolution, Radvision has a new SMB system, and Polycom introduces a new solution that uses half the bandwidth of comparable systems.
Vidyo brings smartphones into videoconferences
In its first announcement, Vidyo has launched a new pricing package that is similar to those offered by VoIP providers — charging system users by “concurrent sessions” rather than by ports. Concurrent sessions can be held between desktops and/or conference rooms. As with the VoIP model, once a user finishes a session, the capacity becomes available for the next user’s video conference. Desktop conferences, capable of offering 1080p video connections, are priced at $950 per concurrent session for point-to-point and multipoint. Sessions to and from video rooms don’t count against the session license.
In a second announcement, Vidyo introduced a new videoconferencing system that provides a 1440p (decode) in an HD multiparty video conference using IP networks — delivering video fidelity at 2560 x 1440p resolution with 77% more pixels than 1080p technology. The “VidyoTechnology” takes advantage of Intel’s fastest, intelligent multi-core technology
Also at InfoComm, RADVISION unveiled an HD video conferencing room system, with integrated desktop conferencing and multi-party MCU targeted to serve the SMB market. The system is built on the company’s SCOPIA XT1000 HD room system, and includes embedded multi-party conferencing, desktop conferencing and firewall traversal.
Polycom expanded its telepresence portfolio with the Polycom Open Telepresence Experience (OTX) 300. According to the company, the system offers full 1080p video at up to half the bandwidth of comparable systems. The Polycom OTX 300 supports high-definition (HD) video with Polycom’s implementation of H.264 High Profile, a new standards-based video compression technology.
Next time: We hear from Cisco on updates to their Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast.
