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ClassStation solutions: Polycom.


www.polycom.com, Hardware, $16,999 and up

These four video conferencing See videoconferencing.

(communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications.
 packages offer different distance learning systems that enable teachers to gain access to two-way interactive content, subject matter experts, museums, research, different cultures and electronic field trips. Based on the company's VSX (Verification Suite for X/Open) A testing procedure from X/Open that verifies compliance with their endorsed standards. VSX3 has over 5,500 tests for compliance with XPG3. See XPG.

VSX - Verification Suite for X/open.
 7000 and VSX 8000 video communication platforms, they help create a seamless environment for rich media collaboration. Features include H.264 video, audio and closed caption support, segment icons, a Web server, a Web director, array microphones and automatic camera operation to the classroom. Educators also have access to real-time information and can benefit from flexible content design, increased enrollments, dual enrollments and increased professional development.

Also new is VSX v7.5 software, which aims to improve the quality of video calls. People+Content is a software option for sending and receiving high-resolution content from a laptop or PC between any VSX video conferencing system. StereoSurround adds a spatial dimension to video calls, enhancing the intelligibility in·tel·li·gi·ble  
adj.
1. Capable of being understood: an intelligible set of directions.

2. Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone.
 and comprehension of information. Extended error concealment technology for H.264 video calls conceals the noticeable effects of network congestion In data networking and queueing theory, network congestion occurs when a link or node is carrying so much data that its quality of service deteriorates. Typical effects include queueing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections.  and packet loss, which enables customers to benefit from higher quality calls over lower bandwidth with embedded error concealment for IP or ISDN ISDN
 in full Integrated Services Digital Network

Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media.
 networks.

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Date:Jan 1, 2005
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