youtube.com — The centerpiece of the Cisco TelePresence 3000 is three 65-inch plasma displays mounted facing a meeting table that seats six. With life-size, high-definition video of meeting participants from a second location, the screens create a passable illusion of a "virtual table," with up to 12 participants seated around the same table.
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calidrunkyDec 10, 2006
You have to double that price to include the other table. Otherwise, the whole thing is pointless. So you're saying you could do it for 200k in house vs a Cisco supported product for 300k. If someone has the money to buy a 200k table, I think they're gonna opt for the Cisco premium rather than something slapped together by someone who didn't even have the foresight to see the need for a 2nd table :-P
balancedDec 11, 2006
Of course you can do a lashed-up system cheaper... The main reason to buy a big packaged system like this from ANY company is that it's supported and hopefully close to a 'drop in' install. I support a professionally-designed videoconferencing room that is pretty iffy. Sometimes it works great, other times it doesn't.
imlostinjapanDec 11, 2006
One thing that every has forgotten is that it is fully incompatible with the existing Video Conferencing standards (Tandberg / PolyCom / LifeSize) that is used by most large companies. So you will have to buy 2 systems. One to talk to the rest of the world and one that only talks to itself. Even if the system was designed for Executives who can't attend the meeting at the head office, most of those people are in geographical different positions at that time, so you would need several of these units but doing a multipoint conference if it can do that at all.I know which one most people will go for.
coachaceDec 11, 2006
Congress should use this. This would enable them to stick to their new "in-session" schedule while remaining in their home offices.
voodixDec 11, 2006
There's also a funny ad about this on TV which can be found on the cisco website.<a class="user" href="http://www.cisco.com/web/about/facts_info/advertising.html">http://www.cisco.com/web/about/facts_info/advertising.html</a>The Telepresence ad can be found at the bottom.
unitedstatiansDec 11, 2006
Cisco TelePresence on Fox's "Vanished!"<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_QtB0yzfA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F_QtB0yzfA</a>One of the most obvious product placements I've seen in a long while.
jessejDec 11, 2006
We had this same thing in 1998 at our office, the table continued in the next city... and vice versa... only not hi-def. It was quite a nice feature.
hurfydurfurDec 13, 2006
Under 10mbps? So, you need a bunch of T1's then to run it (full). Go to a fly-by-night and get a T1 for $500/month x 10. Or get a frac T3 for maybe $3k-5k per month? Maybe businesses would have no problems with this, certainly small businesses would pass (which is the majority). I would disagree with the marketing guy who says this will change the way we work --- maybe if we had all these in our houses for cheap and we didn't have to drive to work (yes please). But it's still cool.