{"id":1343,"date":"2009-02-22T09:19:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T14:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2009-02-22T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T14:19:46","slug":"on-video-conferencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/22\/on-video-conferencing","title":{"rendered":"On video-conferencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Leong <a href=\"http:\/\/bleongcw.typepad.com\/simple_is_the_reason_of_m\/2009\/02\/my-experience-with-telepresence-in-cisco-singapore.html\">writes<\/a> about some Cisco video conferencing hardware:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>the Cisco TelePresence 1000 (made for the home user &#8211; we are told the price is US$79K) and the Cisco TelePresence 3000 (made for companies &#8211; and the price is US$299K)<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How many home users are willing to shell out US$79K for a video-conferencing kit? Why not just use Skype? <\/p>\n<p>I was watching <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bytebot\/status\/1237010115\">some TV<\/a> earlier, and Oprah uses Skype. She brought on Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s two dogs, and Owen Wilson from Maui. Full screen (some large-ish TV). Clear. Powered by Skype. <\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Oprah has been doing this for a while. I think Cisco isn&#8217;t going too far with their TelePresence stuff for the home. Can&#8217;t imagine many a business (SME-sized) wanting such an expensive system, either.<\/p>\n<p>What about open source video? Video over SIP? 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