Link to a forum : Need microphone advice for capturing audio from students

06-01-2005 (20 posts)
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"The environment is a classroom. I purchased a Shure wireless receiver with a PGX4 body pack and lavalier mic which works great but only picks up audio from the teacher but not the students. I contacted Tandberg to ask about the Audio science ceiling mount microphone but the sales person laughed as he rattled off the price and told me to just buy a regular microphone and put it at the front of the class. I think I need a mixer in order to continue to hear the teacher's mic, and I know I want minimal wiring on the ground to avoid any accidents. I would really appreciate some tips on how best to approach this.

Thanks!"

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Link to a forum : Projectors in the classroom

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"I am trying to investigate using projectors in our distance learning labs rather than the TV monitors that we currently have. The problem is, when I look at the specs I have no reference point to go by (knowing nothing of projectors). So, if I look at the lumens I don't know what is bright enough for a lighted classroom, etc.
I can figure out how large the area projected from a given distance is, and that kind of "room specific" parameter. What I need to know is minimum resolution, brightness, and possibly the more robust brands to look at for a classroom environment.

Another angle may be cost of maintenance. We have a $10k HD projector in our student center for "movie night" and other activities, and I just found out they go through about 2 $300 bulbs per year. That times the 13 or so rooms I intend to convert gets a little pricey.

BTW, these rooms will prob be going to the Vtel Vista codecs, so compatability with that is a must.

Thanks"

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Link to a forum : Public Videoconference Rooms

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05-03-2004 (14 posts)
"For more than 9 years there has been an effort to promote the use of available time slots in ISDN videoconference facilities on a rental basis.

The evolution of the public room broker has helped to create a 35 million dollar alternative to compulsory travel that is really still in it's infancy.

As H.323 evolves, and international switched 64K minutes become less and less expensive, the day of the true public travel alternative may be approaching.

Our approach is to fashion Reservation and booking tools for Corporate Travel Agents allowing a convenient alternative through a familiar mechanism.

I would open up a discussion on the importance and or relevance of Public Rooms to the future of business videoconferencing."

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Link to a forum : How do you deal with Network/Network Engineers?

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06-15-2004 (26 posts)
"Inorder to do successful VTC over IP, your network should be reliable. Firewall, nat, pat - they are not friendly when it comes to VTC. My experience tells me you need to have both technical knoweldge in networking as well as interpersonal skill to work out with Network Engineers.

I want to hear \ share both pain and pleasure of working with Network folks. For networking folks, as long if you could ping , network is good. For us we need more than being able to ping and trace.

What tools do you guys use to convince networking guys to tailor networking to VTC need?

Please share both technical and non-technical tricks.


Thank you."

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