So we have a big meeting room and don’t currently have a video conferencing solution when we want multiple people on a video call.
We have a HD tv wall mounted (with HDMI input integrated via hidden cables in the desk so it’s all wired under the floor and up a cable runner up the wall)
so I think I’m looking for a webcam (nothing fancy just not utter garbage)
and some conferencing hardware for picking up room audio etc
that we can plug into a laptop via USB.
Any recommendations or different types of setups I should be looking for?
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It’s not getting loads and loads of use so not mega bucks I wouldn’t think. But I have no idea how much a setup would cost
For most normal meeting rooms the Aver VB342Pro is a decent bet. Really good camera - with mechanical pan and tilt and optical zoom - and audio pickup to 7m or so.
https://communication.aver.com/model/vb342pro
Poly Studio USB - mediocre camera and audio.
Poly X series - OK, but pricey as they have Teams/Zoom (set at startup, you can't switch getween them live) plus BYOC built in. Not worth it if you don't use one or other, and if you do you should add the TC8.
Logitech Meetup - aging, but good camera and sound for smaller spaces - 4m deep at most. There's a new version just out which we've not tried.
Logitech Rally - very decent cameras and audio, but people tend to buy one size smaller than they need. Like the Poly X series they're pricey as they have on board Zoom/Teams. Terrible if you want to integrate with a larger system, but good for their intended use (just add screen(s)).
Bose VB1 - rubbish out of the box. OK camera, audio needs careful setup. Looks better than it works.
Neat bars - crap. Bad sound, awful camera processing, lots of features turn out to be "coming soon".
Biamp Parle bars - brilliant audio, terrible camera.
Lenovo One - crap camera, crap sound, terrible support, and the touchpanel cable is laughably short. There's a version that let's you extend the touchpanel over CAT6 but that adds ugly boxes at each end.
Jabra Panacast bar - very clever camera, OK audio, a bit flaky though.
Owl Bar - just rubbish. Bad camera, bad audio (adding a Meeting Owl improves that but makes the camera worse), very distracting autoframing system that gets confused by photos and even a round lamp we had.
Interesting ones coming soon - the Sennheiser, though the camera wasn't good on the prerelease one I saw. The Wolfvision Cynap bar might be worth a look if you make use of the wireless stuff. And the Vaddio Vantage, which I saw in February, and has an astoundingly good camera.
I'm sure I've missed some. Happy to add any you think of if I've tried them.