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The Other VoIP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buck-rogers dept.

JamesB writes "Voxilla reports that two major Voice-over-IP providers, VoicePulse and Vonage have announced plans for Video-over-IP. Their competitor Packet8 has already been offering this service for several months."

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  1. Is THIS the future of TV? by essreenim · · Score: 4, Interesting

    select what channel you want to watch over TCP!!

    1. Re:Is THIS the future of TV? by stephenbooth · · Score: 4, Interesting

      In all seriousness I'd love to be able to download the TV schedules to my PC, locate the shows I want to see (and be prompted about shows featuring actors I like or written/directed by writers/directors I like) then be able to have my TV change channel or my video (or PVR if I had one) start recording at the appropriate time. I don't watch much TV (tend to read or surf the web) but the shows I do watch I like to keep up with. It's really frustrating to find that a new series of a show I like has started (or the previous series is being rerun), an actor I like has a guest spot in an episode of a show I don't normally watch or a film I want to see has been on but I miss it it because I happened to not see any trailers.

      For that I'd buy a PVR (alhough it would have to interface to my cable box as well).

      Stephen

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  2. Like Netmeeting? by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this like a fancy version of Netmeeting? Wasn't that released in Win98?

  3. It's the future I guess by Nijika · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Using iChatAV for some time now, the only trouble is sometimes you don't want to SEE who you're talking to, and you don't want them to see you (if you're sick, or too lazy to put on a shirt). A funny thing I've found is a question of etiquette; when is it polite to cover the cam?

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  4. Isn't that what a "video"phone is? by winkydink · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Pricing is another matter that Citron refused to discuss. VoIP provider Packet8 offers a video phone for $499, with no additional charge for video services. Citron called the Packet8 device "a phone with a camera slapped on it."

    And theirs will be what, A Ferrari with a naked woman lying on it? No, probably a phone with a camera slapped on it.

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  5. Skype has been working on this too... by Ransak · · Score: 4, Informative

    Article from October.

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  6. the deaf community has been using videophones by hansoloaf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    for a long time now. first we used netmeeting types on the pc but the size are real small and the motion is jerky. so now we are using either D-Link I-2-Eye (www.i-2-eye.com) or Sorenson, a pioneer in this field, (www.sorensonvrs.com). It has spread around the community like wildfire - I would estimate between 5,000 to 10,000 have one already. Basically its set on top of a tv but the quality is great as we get around 25 to 30 fps, we can call relay services (real interpreters) to call hearing individuals using sign language. And we can call point to point to chat up with old friends or keep in touch with new friends. I am sure in the future this technology will be built in tv sets and connected wirelessly to the router and thus to the internet. I think this has better future than these tiny screens on phones because you can see bigger sizes - as big as the tv allows. just my take. han solo