This is not exactly a Mac power users question, but I’m hoping that some knowledgeable MPU listeners can point me towards some resources. My boss has asked me to look into a video conferencing setup for our small-ish conference room.
Based a bit of googling this seems to be an area that’s dominated by vendors who want to sell you “solutions” rather than just allowing you to buy stuff (and refuse to tell you their prices until you give them your email as a sales lead) and proprietary setups that are linked to a single video conferencing service. In the interest of trying to find an easier path through this mess, I thought I’d see if any MPU listers have a good reference or overview that they could point me to? I’m also game for any specific hardware/software recommendations, but at this point, I’m more looking for something that will give me the lay of the land.
I just implemented a Zoom Room solution, and found it excellent. Simple to administer, and has a lot of flexibility, including the ability to interface (Room Connector) with the big players (Polycom, Cisco, Life-size and Skype4B) all of which exist within my organisation
The hardware I selected was a ‘tiny’ form factor Lenovo (should be i7 for multiple screens), Logitech Meetup camera and an iPad mini as a controller. The Logitech Meetup is a great camera, and as a package the entire installation is very reasonable.
I did experiment with the Logitech SmartDock, Surface Pro and Skype4B but this was not nearly as flexible and nice as Zoom to implement.
