Telepresence

PS Technologies  has extensive experience in selling and implementing Telepresence solutions. When the Telepresence market gained momentum the idea was to deliver HD 1080P life like video and audio to customers with a consistent design. Compared to older Standard Definition videoconferencing the results were impressive. Since that introduction the basic videoconferencing system has improved to deliver HD 1080P video. Also, the price of LCD screens has declined and size has increased. Today we routinely deliver 65” or larger single, dual and triple screen system with high fidelity audio that operates at 1080P. In our experience the power consumption and room modifications required to implement Telepresence requires an extremely large investment and time. Also a Telepresence room is not conducive to any other type of meeting.

The network and service costs for a Telepresence room can be 10 to 20 times the amount for a dual 65” room operating at 1080P utilizing efficient design from PS Technologies. We do recommend that customers before buying Telepresence understand the full range of other systems that can deliver life like video at HD 1080P. Also customers need to understand the motivations of equipment providers to sell higher dollar equipment and carriers to force customers into a high dollar network and service model over multiple years. Today the difference in quality between Telepresence systems and efficiently designed, normal 1080P systems is negligible and decreasing as video/audio improvements for the mainstream market become available.

We can implement a Telepresence room for our customers if needed. We just want to make sure our customers are making informed decisions and not one’s based upon comparisons to 15 year old technology.