All Articles Tagged Telepresence

Julie Jacobson | 01/07 04:12 PM, 0 Comments

Cisco’s great hope for consumer electronics post-Linksys -- the Umi personal videoconferencing system – is dead. No surprise there. The system was universally praised as “nice” when it was introduced in October 2010, but generally panned as overpriced. Umi was touted as the only high-definition consumer-oriented telepresence system at the time. But do consumers even want to be seen in their PJs at 1080p? What’s more, for HD to work, both parties needed a $599 Umi box and the bandwidth to go with it. Worse, monthly fees of $10 -… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 06/14 07:31 AM, 1 Comment

You can’t just throw a couple of speakers in with a TV and camera and call it a videoconferencing system. The audio should match the application, just as it would for surround sound or an outdoor concert. Leon Speakers, known for being that company that customizes speakers for any type of residential environment, is now applying its custom touch to boardrooms and serious home offices with the new Horizon Interactive Series speakers. Leon has worked on telepresence projects for about 10 years but every job was a one-off. The rising… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 06/09 06:53 AM, 0 Comments

Ann Arbor, MI ─ Leon Speakers, leaders in the custom high-fidelity audio industry, today introduced its new HorizonTM Interactive Series of high-performance, vocally optimized audio solutions for telepresence and video conferencing systems. The Horizon Interactive Personal Unit speakers (for single displays) and Multi-Display speakers (for any number of panels) combine high fidelity sound and high definition video all in one sleek cabinet with custom-sized housings for video conferencing hardware. This combination allows the audio experience to be in perfect proximity to the video source, creating a truly immersive, world-class system.… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/09 08:21 AM, 0 Comments

Which new technologies will change the CE pro business landscape in 2011? We’ve highlighted seven of them, and will explain what they mean for integrators during CEProLive this Thursday, Nov. 11. The day-long virtual event is free for registered pros. And the game-changers are: 1. 3D TV Stop rolling your eyes. 3D TV has only just begun, and CE pros already are complaining about it. But you complained as well during the rollout of HDTV, which was just as painful – and ultimately less exciting – than the rollout of… View this story