Wainhouse Research scooped us on Magor Communication's launch of their HD Meeting Room at InfoComm in the last edition of the Wainhouse Research Bulletin.  I am disappointed that I didn't get to check it out while I was in Orlando for the show.  Here is Wainhouse's summary of the company and offering:

"Magor, a Terry Mathews-backed Canadian company, introduced a line of "telecollaboration systems" at the show. What the company really ships is a "telepresence" software kit supporting 1080p H.264 video and running on commercial, off-the-shelf hardware. Channel partners put it all together for customers, a business model followed by at least two other players in this space. Magor has signed up industry veterans HB Communications as a North American reseller, and Saudi Delta Company for the Saudi market. We got a quick demo of the system at InfoComm. The design appears to be very focused on collaboration, and the interface is on the techie side, more like a traditional videoconferencing system than a 2009 "telepresence" system (in our opinion). Magor claims to require less bandwidth than competitors and that their solutions do not require expensive, dedicated network services. One interesting tidbit: the cameras are located near the bottom of the screens for improved eye contact."



 

The HD Office includes:

    * Two 1080p HD displays, one or two HD cameras and support components
    * A convenient corner-mount integrated cabinet and mounting frame

 

The HD Meeting Room includes:

    * Three 1080p HD displays, two or three HD cameras and support components
    * Optional corner or flat wall integrated cabinet and mounting frame

 

Communications and Control

    * Operates in a best effort packet-based IP communications environment
    * SIP protocol used for call set-up and media negotiation
    * Call initiation and session control using integrated Graphical User Interface or adjunct control telephone
    * Session lock/unlock to limit conference participation

 

Video services

    * Point-to-point or point-to-multipoint high definition video connections featuring
    * True high definition cameras supplying 1920x1080 pixel images at 30 frames per second (FPS)
    * Enhanced H.264 encoding ensures uniform network load with a nominal transmission bandwidth requirement of 2.5 Mb/s per endpoint
    * Continuous, automatic adjustment of video encoder operating parameters as network conditions vary
    * Video quality indicator

 

Audio services

    * Dedicated control telephone for (optional) quick call set-up and standard telephony-band audio
    * Enhanced audio capabilities supported by an Ethernet-attached Audio Table-top Unit (ATU)
    * Traditional speaker phone operation with acoustic echo cancellation (ATU)
    * Wideband (100 Hz - 7500 Hz) audio (ATU)
    * Six integral beam-forming microphones (ATU)
    * Audio output directed to an integral mono speaker in the ATU or wall-mounted stereo speakers
    * Spatial audio associates the speaker's voice with their position on the HD screen
    * Integral audio bridge allows dial-in particpants to join the meeting
    * Direct connection to the adjunct voice network via SIP trunk or digital SIP gateway 

 

Collaboration services

    * Instant drag-and-drop sharing of computer desktops (any mix or number of PC's or Mac's) through system Graphical User Interface
    * Pre-configured resource list or browser-based quick connect ("Webshare") 
    * Content displayed on the local video screen can remain private or can be selectively "published" to remote screens
    * Control over interaction mode allows remote participants to modify shared materials or only view content and drive the presentation