Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station

Description:

Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station is a creative tool which easily adds voice & video collaboration to MS Live meeting 2007 & MS Communications server 2007, giving remote participants a 360-degree panoramic view of the conference room and video that automatically tracks the flow of conversation for more productive and efficient meetings.

Features:

The Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station is portable. It has nearly 3 kg weight. A 360-degree panoramic view of the entire room is sent to all far-end participants, providing a continuous view of everyone in the meeting room. This panoramic view video has 1056 x 144 pixel resolution & 3700 x 600 pixel camera resolution.




Moreover, it offers two options of frame rate for panoramic & active speaker video: 15 frames per second with 60 Hz AC –power & 12.5 frames per second with 50 Hz AC –power.

The Polycom CX5000 comes with high-resolution backlit graphical touch LCD, which has 12-key telephone keypad, Information navigation keys & delete key. In addition, it has various hard keys such as: On-hook/off-hook, flash, mute, volume up, volume down & information keys. It has also a console Loudspeaker powered with 300 Hz - 3.4 kHz Frequency response & with adjustable volume to 89 dBA SPL (peak) volume at 0.5 meters. You can also connect up to 6 full duplex directional microphones.

This Unified Conference Station has many different interfaces such as:

• USB 2.0 device cable

• 2 USB host ports

• 2 satellite microphone connections

• Telecom interface

• Data: RJ-45 10/100 Ethernet for system management

• Software download mode

• USB Human Interface Device (HID)

There are many environment requirements should be offered for this unique Unified Conference Station, for example we should operate the temperature from 0o – 40o C & operate the humidity from 15 % - 85%. To use the Polycom CX5000, the room reverberation time should be less than 0.01 seconds. In system requirements we should use:

• Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit with service pack 2 (SP2) or later, or Windows Vista, 32- or 64-bit.

• 2.0 GHz or faster processor

• 2 GB of RAM or more

• 1.5 GB of available hard disk space

• Video card with 128 MB of RAM or more and support for full hardware acceleration

• 1024 x 768 or higher resolution video card and monitor

• Wired Ethernet connection

Advantages:

The Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station helps to:

• Concentrate on the conversation as well as following the lecturer at the same time.

• Feature of 360° view will allow all guest participation.

• Enable a fast ROI by immediately enhancing team collaboration through more effective and faster decision making, improved interaction and lower costs.

• Because of USB plug-&-play feature participants can set up & conduct various meetings.

• MS Live Meeting 2007 allows users to record & playback the combination of voice, video & content.

Technology supported:

The Polycom CX5000 solution brings video, voice, and content together through Microsoft Live Meeting 2007, which represented by the technology of panoramic view.
In a conference room, anyone with a laptop PC and one of these applications can simply plug the Polycom CX5000 into their PC and start sharing voice, video, and content with remote participants. The remote participants need no additional equipment, just a computer and a network connection, to join the meeting with panoramic and active speaker video.


Appropriateness to DE institutes:

The Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station designed to provide a significantly lower total cost of ownership. Nowadays, most institutes look firstly to the cost of each technology which they want to gain. Moreover, by the panoramic and active speaker video, no other vendor offers comparable technology with the lowest price.


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