Room Video conference kit

[quixoticgeek]

Does anyone here have experience of room scale video conference kit. The sort of thing that provides camera and mic for a small (say 8 people) meeting room.

We're getting new meeting rooms at work and I need to find something for this role.

Non cloud based and no AI shit a must. Anyone got any recommendations? Anything to avoid?

J

[rafletcher]

I think we use Jabra kit, seems to work well.

[jsabine]

Is this for permanent installation, fixed camera and screen type of thing, or is it more kit you could move from room to room if needed?

I can have a look at the permanent kit at work next time I'm in the office if you like, while for more portable stuff the Jabra mic/speaker boxes are decent enough, and I've got an EPOS/Sennheiser flying saucer that is more than adequate.

[quixoticgeek]

Is this for permanent installation, fixed camera and screen type of thing, or is it more kit you could move from room to room if needed?

I can have a look at the permanent kit at work next time I'm in the office if you like, while for more portable stuff the Jabra mic/speaker boxes are decent enough, and I've got an EPOS/Sennheiser flying saucer that is more than adequate.

Fixed.

If it's portable someone will move.it to a different room or do silly things with it...

J

[rafletcher]

We use the Panacast 50, mounted below a TV screen.

https://www.jabra.com/en-gb/business/video-conferencing/jabra-panacast-50-room-system

[jsabine]

The room I looked at in the office (nominal capacity 12) has a couple of big screens and Polycom kit - camera, tablet, control unit and mic/speaker starfish, a Trio C60. Couldn't find model numbers for anything else. Seems to work ok and talk to Teams when we want it to.

[Morat]

Our office is 100% Webex. Lots of cloud, lots of AI
But it does do the job.

[drossall]

Good discussion - I have a related but different question, so thought I should start a separate thread.

[barakta]

Eww WebEx. Why do people buy that shit, it's always AWFUL to use. It's the one conferencing system I will not use again unless I absolutely have to, it is SO bad and the auto captioning is the worst of all current systems.

[ScumOfTheRoad]

Meeting Owls are good https://owllabs.co.uk/

[quixoticgeek]

Thank you everyone for the recommendations.

I installed a jabra video sound bar thingy today. Was nice and simple and great quality.

Thanks!

J