Resources
Top 10 Questions & Hints to Making the Right Video Communication Investment
Now is an exciting time in the market with the introduction of high value, high definition video communications. Find out what you should be asking your users and vendors as you research videoconferencing solutions.
High Definition:
The following are interesting links to information on high definition television. Because LifeSize® is the high definition video communications company, we want to share resources to help you understand the high definition display and advances in HDTV.
- HDTV: A Shopper's Survival Guide (offsite link)
- HDTV World (offsite link)
- Confusion over high-definition TV (offsite link)
- High-Def TV Gets Higher-Def (offsite link)
- Why TV will never be the same (offsite link)
Human Interaction:
- Pros and cons of audio and videoconferencing
Audio and Video: Pros and Cons - Psychology of Face to Face
A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Student Project Teams (offsite link)
Benefits of Video Communications:
- Allow face to face interaction
The Role of F2F in Virtual Communities - Reduce business travel costs
Video conferencing becoming a viable alternative to business travel - Safer than traveling
- Save time
- Use new method of long distance communication
People taking a closer look at using video conferencing
Key Industry Trends
Video Conferencing Usage
Technology
- Demystifying Multimedia Conferencing Over the Internet Using the H.323 Set of Standards
[112 KB] (offsite link) - H.323 Forum™ (offsite link)
Applications in Key Market Segments
- Government - Judiciary
- Healthcare - Telemedicine
- Education
Industry Events
- Infocomm (offsite link)
- Networld+Interop (offsite link)
- VON (offsite link)
- Wainhouse Summit (offsite link)
- AV in the City (offsite link)
Industry Analysts
- High Definition Videoconferencing (offsite link)
by Andrew Davis - Volume 7 Issue #34 28-September-06 [219KB]
- Wainhouse Research (offsite link)
Books
- Videoconferencing: The Whole Picture (offsite link)
by James R. Wilcox - Mainstream Videoconferencing: A Developer's Guide to Distance Multimedia (offsite link)
by Joe Duran, Charlie Sauer
Wainhouse Bulletin Archive