http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/ Engadget Comments for Sony's IPELA system: pricey HD video conferencing http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Oh and the Mac mini will run another $599 and you need two of everything so....about $2000.

$42,000 or $2,000 Hmmm?]]>Sep 27th 2006 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Sep 27th 2006 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/docs/whitepapers/pcshg90_specsheet.pdf . So your total investment is more like 72k at the end of the day and its not even capable of multipoint conferences, as Tandberg's HD line is.

To SubGenius : iChat isn't appropriate in a corporate environment for a number of reasons. Its not really an apples to apples comparison. If you want to videoconference in the workplace, you're still using a stand alone codec unit.]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Sep 27th 2006 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Sep 27th 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/
Oh, this isn't a contest? >:-D

C'mon... I could really use one of these >_>]]>Sep 27th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/
http://www.hp.com/halo/index.html/?jumpid=ex_hpwwipg_yahoo_halo]]>Sep 27th 2006 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Sep 27th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/Which approach is right?  Maybe both, for different needs, though if you were paying as much as the Sony system for basically a high end version of the same old thing, I don't see why you wouldn't want to look at one of the other more telepresence (vs. videoconference) oriented products.]]>Sep 27th 2006 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/27/sonys-ipela-system-pricey-hd-video-conferencing/
and actually this is a perfect comparison. Thos of you who have used ichat with the external iSight camera and super fast internet will know it's pretty much like being in the same room as the person. Also this solution is used in the corporate world: my wife works for a multinational branding company and that's have started using. They also plan to loan imacs to some of their clients for daily contact without travel.

So, erm, i'd say the sony thing is a pretty expensive solution that is only on par with ichat and a 3ccd or HD video cam, or marginally better than the standard ichat experience.

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