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Logitech Improves Skype Video |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
Skype and Logitech released the progeny of their collaborative work to improve the standard of Skype video calls: High Quality
Video on Skype uses Skype 3.6 for
Windows and version 11.5 of Logitech's QuickCam software to deliver VGA-quality video calls (640-by-480-pixels) at up to
30 frames per second over a 384 kbps upload/download speed broadband connection.
The solution requires that both ends of the video link have the same minimum requirements which include a certified
Logitech webcam and a PC with a dual-core processor, if both parties
are going to get full effect of the new system. Theanswer was a fully
redesigned set of drivers in the QuickCam
software which were optimised to work together in a way never achieved before on Skype, says the company.
"This is a major leap in the clarity and smoothness of free
video calls over the Internet," said Chris Lewis, Skype's Head of
Business Development and Marketing, Asia-Pacific.
"High Quality Video is a
tremendous opportunity to delight our more than 246 million users and take
their Skype experience to a whole new level. One in four Skype calls already
involve video, so we know our users love to show and not just tell. High
Quality Video will take Skype conversations to a whole new level of realism. In
the past, only big businesses could afford this kind of video quality. It's
now time to take it to everyone else," he said.
"High Quality Video takes all the promises of video calling -
staying connected with family and friends,
traveling the world without
a suitcase and increasing collaboration among colleagues spread across a global
network - and dramatically enhances the quality of the experience," said George Saad, General Manager of Logitech,
Australia.
"Once people start enjoying High Quality Video at VGA
resolution and 30 frames per second - a level of quality that is sharper and smoother than we've ever seen on
Skype before
- we're confident that it will quickly become an indispensable way to stay
connected."
High Quality Video on Skype is only available with a handful of
"premium" Logitech webcams: the
QuickCam Pro 9000, the QuickCam Pro for Notebooks and the QuickCam
Sphere AF. All three have a Carl Zeiss lens and autofocus that
refocuses images in less than three seconds
and helps ensure that images remain crisp even in extreme close-ups (up
to 10
cm from the camera lens).
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