Skype Conferencing
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Your link shows a phone that would be used by a number of people sitting round a table so that they can all take part in a conference call without having separate phones. Is that what you are trying to achieve?
If you are the only one in your physical location who is taking part in the conference call then you just need a basic phone or headset.
If you are the only one in your physical location who is taking part in the conference call then you just need a basic phone or headset.
Smeggers is only wanting to set up a two way video call - i.e. with five people sitting around one conference phone in the UK and one person in Canada - so this should work.
I cannot comment on the quality of the phone as I have not used it, but in my experience conference phones like that only work well if all the participants are closely grouped around it at a table. If someone is sitting well away from the phone it won't necessarily pick up their voice.
Skype have got good online customer forums, so it would be worth looking there for anyone who has had problems with the phone you are planning to buy, or asking what other regular users think.
I cannot comment on the quality of the phone as I have not used it, but in my experience conference phones like that only work well if all the participants are closely grouped around it at a table. If someone is sitting well away from the phone it won't necessarily pick up their voice.
Skype have got good online customer forums, so it would be worth looking there for anyone who has had problems with the phone you are planning to buy, or asking what other regular users think.
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As Danny says this is only a normal call with 5 people at one end.
I've set that up with 4 at one end, used a reasonable hypercardioid microphone, 4 people sitting at a semicircular table so they were in a 90 degree arc for the mic, looking at a 22 inch monitor. Two thick cloths on the table help to cut the sound reflection and make it sound a bit better.
The microphone gain (amplification) needs to be higher than usual, so the remote person is better using an earphone.
On Skype, for real conferencing (3+ locations and connections) you can only use audio without video. It works well with three, I do it regularly for family chats.
I've set that up with 4 at one end, used a reasonable hypercardioid microphone, 4 people sitting at a semicircular table so they were in a 90 degree arc for the mic, looking at a 22 inch monitor. Two thick cloths on the table help to cut the sound reflection and make it sound a bit better.
The microphone gain (amplification) needs to be higher than usual, so the remote person is better using an earphone.
On Skype, for real conferencing (3+ locations and connections) you can only use audio without video. It works well with three, I do it regularly for family chats.