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    • wirestyle22
      wirestyle22 last edited by wirestyle22

      Right when I was hired an order for two Touch Smart TV's with E-boards was put in. They want to use them for video conferencing. What software do you guys recommend? They literally just want audio/video conferencing through PC's. I was thinking Skype but this isn't something I've really needed to research until today.

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      • RojoLoco
        RojoLoco @wirestyle22 last edited by

        @wirestyle22 said in Video Conferencing Software:

        Right when I was hired an order for two Touch Smart TV's with E-boards was put in. They want to use them for video conferencing. What software do you guys recommend? They literally just want audio/video conferencing through PC's. I was thinking Skype but this isn't something I've really needed to research until today.

        We use Webex (but we already had a paid subscription when we added video conferencing gear). Works fine, not sure what it costs per month / per user. I was pushing to move to free Skype, but they don't listen to me. But Webex has added screensharing / remote control features on top of video conferencing, so may be overkill for your needs.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller last edited by

          What about your normal phone system? Most PBX do video calling naturally. This can be a really handy way for internal calls.

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          • wirestyle22
            wirestyle22 last edited by

            We could do that with a Smart TV? We have Cisco CM but I want to get rid of it.

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            • Romo
              Romo @scottalanmiller last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in Video Conferencing Software:

              What about your normal phone system? Most PBX do video calling naturally. This can be a really handy way for internal calls.

              Always thought they could only do voice, I am going to have to test this.

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              • larsen161
                larsen161 last edited by larsen161

                Google Hangouts coupled with RingCentral to give you a voice only bridge if you happen to need that as well.

                Example of it in action: Hangouts and RingCentral

                For meeting rooms add in a Chromebase for Meetings machines or re-purpose a cheap 2nd hand Chromebox by using Ctrl+Alt+H to put into Hangouts kiosk mode. Still need the CfM annual license but saving about 50% on unit cost is nice.

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                • nadnerB
                  nadnerB last edited by

                  GoTo Meeting is pretty reasonable
                  Zoom seems to be pretty good
                  Skype... I'm not convinced it's any good for more than one on one
                  LifeSize ClearSea was good when I used it 5 years ago
                  ...
                  I can't think of anymore at the moment

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller @Romo last edited by

                    @Romo said in Video Conferencing Software:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Video Conferencing Software:

                    What about your normal phone system? Most PBX do video calling naturally. This can be a really handy way for internal calls.

                    Always thought they could only do voice, I am going to have to test this.

                    FreePBX and any Asterisk based system does full video by default. It's pretty slick. You can use video phones without any special configuration at all.

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