HBOs “True Blood”& Polycom Kirk DECT Gear
Maybe it’s a guilty pleasure, but I admit that HBO’s ‘True Blood” is one of my favorite programs at the moment. Imagine my surprise when watching this past Sunday’s new episode when I recognized an...
View ArticleThe Freetalk Everyman HD Webcam & H.264 Compression
Not long ago In-Store Solutions launched the Freetalk Everyman HD Webcam for Skype. I’ve had a number of webcams before, even one capable of real “HD.” I bought the Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 last summer...
View ArticleSkype On Tivo Revisited
As I’ve mentioned previously, more than once, the recent release of SkypeKit seems like an opportunity for a company like Tivo to up their game. Adding video calling capability to Tivo seems like a...
View ArticleTelepresence In The Home: Who’s On First?
Cisco today introduced umi, it’s effort to bring telepresence from the board room into the living rooms of the world. Umi (pronounced like “you me”) attaches to an existing HDTV via an HDMI connection...
View ArticleRich Tehrani on Cisco’s UMI
I don’t always agree with TMC’s Rich Tehrani, but with respect to Cisco’s UMI I do believe that he has the situation nailed when he posted, “10 Reasons Why Cisco Umi Telepresence Will Fail.” In fact, I...
View ArticleVUC Feb 4 With LifeSize: Have You Registered?
Today is the final day for registration for next weeks VUC call with LifeSize. You have until 5pm CST this afternoon (Jan 28th) to visit http://www.lifesize.com/voip-register and get your details...
View ArticleVideo Calling: My Own Motivation
Video calling has been around for a long, long time. However, it’s yet to become commonplace. There have been studies, some very recent, that suggest that people really don’t want or need it. Yet Skype...
View ArticleStreaming vs Screaming Media: USB 3.0 Tries My Patience
Preface: This is a wee bit off topic, but I haven’t ranted in a while, and you may find it worthwhile in the end. For many months I’ve been toying with the idea of using streaming video as an...
View ArticleBelkin Ships Dyle Mobile HDTV Tuner For iOS
I’m not the biggest fan of watching TV on a tablet or cell phone. I know that people do it, but I still prefer the more traditional experience of a large television or even a decent computer screen. So...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi as a Wi-Fi Bridge
Raspberry Pi are fun little devices. They’re a bit like rabbits in that they tend to multiply. We started out with one as a replacement for a failed Squeezebox, and now have 6 or 8 of them around here....
View Article
