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While Fred Wilson has his review of his Google Phone up already<\/a>, I\u2019m more intrigued with all the pre-CES announcements.  I\u2019ll be walking the floor on Thursday soaking it all in and I\u2019m pretty excited this year based on all the chatter.  One thing that has me particularly stoked is what I\u2019m going to call \u201cuniversal videoconferencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

I saw my first \u201cvideophone\u201d around 30 years ago.  It sucked but the idea was magical (and still is).  Like my personal jetpack, I\u2019ve been waiting patiently for it.  Very patiently.  For 30 years.<\/p>\n

I think 2010 is the year it finally happens.  Engadget has a review of Skype HD (720p) and videocalling from PCs or Internet connected LG & Panasonic HDTVs<\/a> (damnit \u2013 I knew I shouldn\u2019t have bought that new Samsung.)  720p is plenty for me on my 30\u201d computer monitor or my 50\u201d TV.  With Skype (I\u2019m bradfeld<\/a> btw) the video \/ audio layer is free and broadly compatible (no more fighting with specialized hardware).  <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been doing low-res Skype videoconferencing for a while and now chat with my dad a few times a week.  I finally got Amy using it and while she\u2019s in Keystone and I\u2019m in Boulder it\u2019s almost like we are together (without the smell-a-vision).  But the video quality is mediocre and it still feels limited to being in front of a computer to use.<\/p>\n

Now, put it on a TV in your living room.  In HD.  On a 50\u201d screen.  The picture in the NY Times article A Venture Integrating Skype Into the Family Room<\/a><\/em> is perfect.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The only thing wrong here is the remote control.  There is no good reason why the 50\u201d screen with the video camera built in can\u2019t do simple gesture recognition to \u201canswer\u201d, \u201cvolume up\u201d, \u201cvolume down\u201d, and \u201chang up.\u201d  That\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

One of my goals in 2010 is to get HD videoconferencing set up across all of the places I live and work.  My 30\u201d screens are a good start.  And \u2013 with some of the announcements coming (and stuff I expect to see at CES) I\u2019m optimistic that I might be able to get this working with standard equipment and Skype this year.<\/p>\n

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While Fred Wilson has his review of his Google Phone up already, I\u2019m more intrigued with all the pre-CES announcements.  I\u2019ll be walking the floor on Thursday soaking it all in and I\u2019m pretty excited this year based on all the chatter.  One thing that has me particularly stoked is what I\u2019m going to call […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}