Version: v1.2 Provider:Intelect Visual
Communications Description: PC-WAN based videoconferencing. Single
board codec with additional ISDN or Switched-56 communications board. This does
not use ISA bus to transfer audio and video which enables the PC to run more
efficiently for other applications running simultaneously to
videoconferencing. Platforms: PC Requirements: i486DX33 with
8MB RAM (16MB if Windows for Workgroups) Price: $5995, including
hardware, software, camera, speakers and microphone Contact Info:
Intelect Visual Communications, Mary McNally, phone: 212-317-9600, e-mail: [email protected] WAN
Protocols: ISDN or Switched-56 Audio Encoding: H.320
(Audio-G's) Video Encoding: H.320 (H.261), CIF = 352x288, QCIF =
176x144 Interoperabiltiy Standard Support: H.320 Multipoint:
Yes. Certified with AT&T GBVS in Atlanta Collaborative Features:
bundled with SMART 2000 groupware package, which includes whiteboard and
application sharing functionality. Notes: Uses a bandwidth of 128 Kbps
up to 1.544Mbps and runs at 15fps in CIF and 30fps in QCIF. Survey Info
Updated: 18-Mar-97
Version: 2.5 Provider:Ing. C. Olivetti &
C. Description: Video/Audio/Data communications over
ISDN Platforms: PC (ISA) Requirements: 20 MHz 386 PC (486
recommended), 8 MB RAM, 1 ISA slot, VGA or SVGA monitor, Microsoft Windows
3.1+ Price: 2200 UK pounds includes:
PCC Software Services Rel 2.2
ISA card featuring on board ISDN controller, H.320 audio-video codecs and
video overlay.
NTSC or PAL camera.
Telephone set with keypad and hands free operation.
Telephone set works (voice calls) also when is PC is switched off.
Connection unit for auxiliary audio-video input-output.
AC/DC adaptor.
Contact Info: Ing. C. Olivetti & C. Via
Jervis 77 Ivrea, Italy. Gabriele Cottura, PCC Marketing Manager, fax: +39 125
523124, [email protected] LAN
Protocols: Audio Encoding: G.711, G.722, G.728 Video
Encoding: H.261 (QCIF moving images, CIF image
capture) Interoperability Standard Support:
H.320 Multipoint: Yes (only audio/video H.242) Collaboration
Features: Application Sharing, Whiteboard, File Transfer, Cooperative Form
Filling Notes: Survey Info Updated: 10-Jun-96
Version: 5.0 Provider:Neosoft Description: Phonoscope
desktop uses a switched network television quality video and audio operated over
fiber optic cabling. This system is non compressed, non digitized baseband video
and audio. Phonoscope users simply dial up other subscribers or use the codec
pool or Internet based video for long distance connections. The desktop version
supports point-to-point, or four way multidrop with all microphones and pictures
active and present during the conference. Platforms:
Macintosh Requirements: Operates on AV Macintosh Price: Less
than $2,700 per station Contact Info: Phonoscope Communications/910
Travis #2017/Houston, TX 77002 LAN Protocols: None Audio
Encoding: None Video Encoding: None Interoperability
Standard Support: As required H.320 up to 768Kbps
switched Multipoint: Yes. Full duplex - up to four
way. Collaboration Features: Compatible with any desktop collaborative
software Notes: Survey Info Updated: 17-Apr-96
Version: 1.0 Provider: Specom
Technologies Description: Video/Audio over Analog and ISDN phone
lines. Platforms: PC Requirements: 386 or higher, 4MB RAM,
40MB hard disk, DOS 5.0 or higher, camera. Price: Contact
Info: Specom Technologies Corp., 2322 Walsh Ave., Santa Clara CA, 95051,
USA, phone: +1.408.982.1880, fax: +1.408.982.1883. LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: Video Encoding: Interoperability
Standard Support: Multipoint: Yes (maximum of 3
parties). Collaboration Features: Still-image
sharing. Notes: Not sure if this is still available. See Specom's new
product, TelePro. Survey
Info Updated:
Version: 1.6 Provider:PictureTel Description: Single
board solution for Video/Audio/Collaborative Tools over
ISDN Platforms: PC Requirements: Windows95, 16MB RAM, 20MB
disk space Price: $1495 includes: single videoconferencing board,
camera, headset, LiveWare collaborative software Contact Info:
PictureTel Corp., The Tower at Northwoods, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers MA, 01923,
USA, phone: +1.508.762.5000, toll free: 1-800-716-6000, fax:
+1.508.762.5245 LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: G.711,
G.728, G.722 Video Encoding: H.261 (CIF, QCIF) Interoperability
Standard Support: H.320 Multipoint: Collaboration
Features: shared whiteboard, shared clipboard, windows application sharing,
drag-and-drop file transfer Notes: Live200p is add-on solution for PCI
bus PC's; Live200i is add-on solution for ISA (or EISA) bus PC's, comes complete
with VMC graphics controller. Survey Info Updated: 20-May-96
Version: 1.6 Provider: PictureTel Description:
Video/Audio/Tools over Switched 56, ISDN, and V.35/RS449 dialed and non- dialed
networks. It also supports network data rates from 56Kbps to
384Kbps. Platforms: PC Requirements: 386/25 or faster CPU,
8MB RAM, 20MB hard disk space, 2 ISA slots, Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95,
SVGA or VGA monitor. Price: $4995 Contact Info: PictureTel
Corp., Worldwide Headquarters, 100 Minuteman Rd., Andover MA, 01810, USA, phone:
+1.508.292.5000, toll free: 1-800-716-6000, fax: +1.508.292.3300. LAN
Protocols: Audio Encoding: G.711, G.721, G.722, G.728, PT 724
proprietary algorithm Video Encoding: H.261 Interoperability
Standard Support: H.320 Multipoint: Yes, voice-activation through
the use of a MCU (maximum of 16 parties). Collaboration Features:
LiveShare Plus Data Collaboration software includes: whiteboard, file transfer,
application sharing, clipboard linking, messaging, remote
control. Notes: Supports multiple video and audio inputs &
outputs. Survey Info Updated: 24-Sept-96
Version: 1.6 Provider: PictureTel
Corporation Description: Video/Audio/Tools over ISDN, Switched 56
and V.35/RS449 dialed and non- dialed networks. It also supports network data
rates from 56Kbps to 384Kbps Platforms: PC Requirements:
386/25 or faster CPU, 1 ISA (or EISA) slot, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows 95,
SVGA or VGA monitor. Price: $2495 Contact Info: PictureTel
Corp., Worldwide Headquarters, 100 Minuteman Road, Andover MA, 01810, USA,
phone: +1.508.292.5000, toll free: 1-800-716-6000, fax:
+1.508.292.3300. LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: G.711,
G.721, G.722, G.728, PT 724 proprietary algorithm Video Encoding:
H.261 Interoperability Standard Support: H.320 Multipoint:
Yes voice-activation through MCU(maximum of 16 parties). Collaboration
Features: LiveShare Data Collaboration software includes: whiteboard, file
transfer, clipboard linking, messaging, remote control. Notes: A
version of PCS-50 complete with camera, speakerphone, and software will be
included in the Zenith Data Systems Z-STATION GT 575 VC, a
75Mhz Pentium based system. Survey Info Updated: 24-Sept-96
Provider: PictureTel Description:
Video/Audio/Tools over Local Area Network. Platforms:
PC Requirements: 486-66+, video capture card, Microsoft Windows 3.1+,
camera, audio card, speakers, microphone. Price: $395 Contact
Info: PictureTel Corp., The Tower at Northwoods, 222 Rosewood Dr., Danvers
MA, 01923, USA, phone: +1.508.762.5000, toll free: 1-800-716-6000, fax:
+1.508.762.5245. LAN Protocols: IPX Audio Encoding:
Proprietary Video Encoding: Proprietary Interoperability
Standard Support: Multipoint: No. Collaboration
Features: Application Sharing. Notes: Survey Info
Updated: 20-Feb-95
Version: Provider: Matra
Communication (Lagardere Group) Description: Audio/Video/Collaboration
tools over ISDN Platforms: PC Requirements: 386 or higher, 1
ISA slot, Microsoft Windows 3.1+ Price: $4000 Contact Info:
Matra Communication, Rue JP Timbaud, 78392 Bois d'Arcy Cedex, France. Phone :
+33 (1) 34 60 78 58 LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: G.721,
G.722, G.728 Video Encoding: H.261 Interoperability Standard
Support:H.320 Multipoint: Yes Collaboration Features:
Whiteboard, File Transfer, Screen Sharing, Application Sharing. Notes:
a LAN version is being developed (will be available June 96) Survey Info
Updated: 26-Oct-95
Version: 1.0 Provider:Cybermarche
Inc. Description: Pronto is a personal desktop video conferencing
system that supports real-time audio, video, text and Graphics. It supports
application-sharing (X-window applications) and whiteboards. It supports
multiple audio and video formats and hardware. It works on IP-based networks as
well as ISDN lines. It provides an integrated address book and has a
user-friendly interface for controlling various audio and video parameters.
Platforms: Unix, PC Requirements: 486 or better running
Windows 95 or Windows NT, SparcStations, DEC 5000, SGI Indy, 16MB RAM. Video
Hardware: Parallax, SunVideo, VideoPix, Connectix QuckCam, and any video for
Windows compatible device. Audio Hardware: Any SoundBlaster compatible device,
and any mu-law or GSM device. Supports CellB, JPEG, MPEG, and
others. Price: Contact Representative Contact Info: Ms.
Michal Cleetus/Marketing Manager/Cybermarche Inc./Suite 412, 235 High
Street/Morgantown, WV 26505. phone/fax: (304) 296-1113 e-mail: [email protected] LAN
Protocols: IP, Novell Audio Encoding: mu-law, GSM Video
Encoding: Vfw, Quicktime, JPEG, CellB Interoperability Standard
Support: future Multipoint: Yes Collaboration Features:
Application sharing (X-windows only) Notes: Provides Unix and Windows
interoperability. Supports digital cameras which eliminate the need for hardware
framegrabbers and hence a very low-cost videoconferencing system. Survey
Info Updated: 17-Apr-96
Version:2.0 Provider:Intel Corporation Description:
Video/Audio/Tools over LAN/WAN/ISDN. Platforms:
PC Requirements: PC with Intel486(tm) 66 MHz CPU minimum. Pentium(tm)
processor recommended. Windows 3.1, 3.11, or Windows 95. 16 MB RAM minimum (20
MB recommended), plus 45 MB hard disk space (minimum). VGA or SVGA display with
256 colors or higher (no feature connector required). Graphics card required for
full screen Video Display. 2 full-length ISA slots.
For ISDN use
NT-1 adapter I
SDN telephone service from local phone company
For LAN/WAN use
Network interface card
Intel LANDesk Conferencing Manager
Supported protocol stacks, at least one of:
IPX: Novell NetWare 3.12, v4.1 IPX
TCP/IP: FTP PC/TCP, version 4.0, FTP OnNet, version 2.0, Microsoft Windows
for Workgroups, Windows 95 native 32 bit
Novell LAN WorkPlace for DOS, version 4.2, 5.0
NetBIOS: Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, version 3.11
Price: $1499. Includes software, 2 full length ISA cards (video
capture card and ISDN/audio board), color CCD camera, headset/microphone unit.
Contact Info: Intel Corp., 2200 Mission College Blvd., P.O. Box
58199, Santa Clara CA, 95052-8119, USA, phone: +1.503.629.7354, toll free:
1-800-538-3373, fax: 1-800-525-3019. LAN Protocols: NetBIOS, TCP/IP,
and IPX Audio Encoding: G.711, G.728 Video Encoding: Indeo.,
QCIF H.261 Interoperability Standard Support:
H.320 Multipoint: Yes, using H.320-compatible
bridges. Collaboration Features: Whiteboard, application sharing, file
transfer Notes: You can now purchase ProShare packaged with a
complete workstation.TeamStation is shipped with a 120 MHz Pentium based PC with
ProShare VS 200 preinstalled and a Diamond Viper Pro graphics card to provide
full screen video with ProShare. It also comes with a 37 inch monitor, a
software controlled pan-tilt-zoom camera, and a high end room echo
canceller. New Plus Package Offers: Video voice mail answering machine,
Conference recording machine, Full-screen video window, multipoint application
sharing, multipoint notebook, Photo exchange, ISDN voice call
support. Survey Info Updated: 17-Mar-97
Version: 1.0.3 Provider:Apple Computer,
Inc. Description: Apple's affordable videoconferencing and
collaboration software lets up to nine Macintosh users at once get connected
worldwide over Ethernet or the Internet with network connection sppeds of 112K
or greater. Conferences can be recorded and played back as QuickTime movies.
Shared window lets users share graphics, text, sounds, and QuickTime
movies Platforms: Macintosh Requirements: Macintosh
AV Price: QuickTime Conferencing $49.95; QuickTime Conferencing Kit
under $300 includes: software and a high resolution color camera; QuickTime
Conferencing ISDN Kit under $1800. Contact Info: QuickTime
Conferencing is downloadable online at the QuickTime Conferencing WWW site
e-mail: [email protected] LAN
Protocols: MovieTalk Audio Encoding: MACE 3:1, Mace6:1, ISDN Kit:
G.711, G.722, G.728 Video Encoding: H.261, JPEG, Apple Video, ISDN
Kit: H.261 video codec Interoperability Standard Support:
H.320 Multipoint: Yes - up to 9 users; ISDN Kit:
No. Collaboration Features: Users can share graphics, text, sounds,
QuickTime movies. "Capture Screen" lets users share a picture of anything on
their screen. Shared whiteboards can be saved for later
viewing. Notes: Network protection features include flow control for
real-time media, multicast media distribution, low bit-rate video coding
algorithms, and bandwidth monitoring and control via a Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) station Survey Info Updated: 24-Sept-96
Version:
1.0 Provider:CyberTron,
Inc. Description: Pentium-based Group Videoconferencing System
Features: Multipoint Support available LAN/WAN
Capable Microsoft NetMeeting for white boarding and document sharing
Full-duplex audio with echo cancellation H.320 standard compliance
supports the T.120 data conferencing standard Platforms: Windows
95 PC Requirements: Recommended PC configuration: Intel PII 266MHZ,
32MB memory, Windows 95 Audio Encoding: G.711 A Law and U law, G.728,
G.722 Video Encoding: H.261
Version: 1.0 Provider:Shark Multimedia Description:
Low-Cost PC desktop videoconferencing - POTS videoconferencing kit using
Connectix color QuickCam, DSVD modem and Connectix VideoPhone
software Platforms: PC Requirements: 486DX66 w/16MB RAM,
win3.1+, win95 Price: $399 MSRP color version, $299 MSRP
Black&White version Contact Info: Shark Multimedia Inc., 3040
Oakmead Village Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051, phone: 1-800-800-3321, e-mail: [email protected] LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: Video Encoding: Interoperability
Standard Support: Multipoint: Collaboration Features: Notes: Includes Shark Multimedia DSVD modem, Connectix camera,
Connectix VideoPhone software, and many other bundled applications. Survey
Info Updated: 30-Jan-97
Provider:Creative Labs Description:
Audio/Video/Tools over Analog phone line. Platforms:
Macintosh Requirements: Contact Info: Creative Labs, Inc.,
1901 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas CA, 95035, USA, phone: +1.408.428.6600,
toll-free: 1-800-998-1000, fax: +1.408.428.6611, AppleLink:
SHAREVIS.MKT. Price: $1299 LAN Protocols: Audio
Encoding: Video Encoding: Interoperability Standard
Support: Future versions will support the ITU-T H.324 standards which are
expected to be ratified in November 1995. Multipoint: Collaboration Features: Notes: Interoperable with
ShareVision PC product. Survey Info Updated: 06-June-95
Provider:Creative
Labs Description: Audio/Video/Tools over Analog phone
line. Platforms: PC Requirements: 486SX/33MHz (486DX/66MHz
recommended), 2 available 16-bit ISA bus slots, 8MB RAM, 6MB hard disk space,
Windows 3.1, VGA or SVGA display (16-bit or 24-bit VGA display card
recommended). Price: $1599, includes software, 2 boards (Video Blaster
RT300 video capture/compression card and ShareVision PC Audio card), color CCD
camera, fax/modem, headset/microphone. Contact Info: Creative Labs,
Inc., 1901 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas CA, 95035, USA, phone: +1.408.428.6600,
toll-free: 1-800-998-1000, fax: +1.408.428.6611. LAN Protocols: Audio Encoding: VATP Video Encoding:
VATP Interoperability Standard Support: Future versions will support
the ITU-T H.324 standards which are expected to be ratified in November
1995. Multipoint: No. Collaboration Features: Application
sharing, Whiteboard, Document sharing, File transfer. Notes:
Interoperable with ShareVision Mac product. Survey Info Updated:
06-June-95
Version:
2.0.1 Provider:Sun
Microsystems Description: Video/Audio/Tools over the
Internet. Platforms: Sun SPARCstation Requirements: Solaris
2.3 or later, X11 R5, OpenWindows 3, 1 SBUS slot, SunVideo board,
SunMicrophone. Price: $3270, including SunVideo board and camera.
Educational discount available. Contact Info:[email protected],
toll free: 1-800-873-7869. LAN Protocols: UDP/IP, TCP/IP, IP
Multicast, RTP. Audio Encoding: G.711 (uncompressed 8-bit, 8 KHz audio
bit stream at 64 Kilobits per second) Video Encoding:
CellB Interoperability Standard Support: No Multipoint: Yes,
with and without IP Multicast. Collaboration Features: Whiteboard,
Application Sharing for X11 R4/R5-based applications and Wabi 1.0 supported MS
Windows applications. Notes: Survey Info Updated: 26-Apr-95
