[This post is based on a lecture given by Ariel David and I on the effects of IP networks on visual quality in video over IP applications] One of the biggest obstacles of the video conferencing industry has long been the user experience. Early video conferencing systems suffered from poor quality video and low fidelity audio, as well as great difficulties in establishing and maintaining connection for the conference duration. Most of these issues were solved with advances in processor
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | August 26th, 2008 | Filed under Video Applications
[This post is written by Ariel David, Video Technologies Expert in RADVISION’s Networking Business Unit. Ariel has close to a decade of experience in video technologies and has embedded systems for video and image coding, video enhancement technologies and the management and development of integrated solutions. He can be reached at arield@radvision.com ] High definition (HD) is everywhere. If you haven’t read about it in one of the posts here, you probably saw it featured in a commercial. If you
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | June 24th, 2008 | Filed under Video Conferencing
If you haven’t been using video conferencing, CP may mean nothing to you. CP, or Continuous Presence, is the most popular mode of display in a video conference. It means that some of the participants in the conference (or all of them) are displayed simultaneously in a mosaic (also known as “Hollywood Squares“), thus enabling each participant to see all of the other participants, as if they were in an actual (physical) meeting. Hollywood squares - the game,
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | April 15th, 2008 | Filed under High Definition, Video Conferencing
