Polycom Visual Concert
Facts and Competitive Advantages
Why Visual Concert?
PERFORMANCE
The uneducated claim that you only need a VGA cable
– The reality is that a cable is just a cable
Visual Concert is a value-added solution that enables rich media sharing
without degrading the audio/video quality of your conference
Visual Concert offers benefits you CAN NOT get from a cable:
– Embedded Equator processor absorbs burden of encoding content
stream so the main codec can maximize A/V quality for the call
– Captures PC audio as well as visual content for sharing ‘rich media’ like
avi and wav files
– Start/Stop buttons give end users ultimate control of content sharing
– Captures up to SXGA resolutions eliminating the hassle of changing PC
resolution to match codec capabilities
– Provides Ethernet hub so participants have instant access to Internet for
adding ‘hot’ content value to the meeting
– Offers XGA output for near side preview via high-res projector
Visual Concert Competitive Benefit
Visual Concert assists the main video conferencing codec by
encoding the content stream, allowing the codec to maximize audio
and video quality of the live ‘people’ video
– Tandberg does not offer Visual Concert with processor assistance
– Tandberg forces the processors inside the main codec to encode/decode
both people and content in a DuoVideo call
– Tandberg overloads the main codec, forcing it to drop out of H.264
compression in ALL DuoVideo calls
Visual Concert has a start/stop button to enable content sharing
– Tandberg requires end users to scroll through the UI and make 7
keystrokes to add PC content
– Tandberg also forces end users to scroll through the UI to end content
– Polycom also allows the starting/ stopping of content with one simple
button from the remote control
Visual Concert Competitive Benefit
Visual Concert allows ANY system in a MultiPoint call or Cascaded call
to initiate content
– Tandberg can ONLY send content from the host site in MP/Cascaded calls
Visual Concert enables ‘Rich Media’ sharing in People+Content calls
– Tandberg does not support audio capture, limiting their content stream to visual only
Visual Concert brings additional Ethernet support to conference room
– Tandberg does not provide the benefit of a live Ethernet hub to enrich the
conversation with real-time input from the www or company intranet
Visual Concert provides output to near side projector in SXGA
– Tandberg limits end users on near side to reviewing content on TV monitors or
displays
Thank You!