Comments for The Enterprise IP Video Blog http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com Brought to you by VBrick Systems Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Not the iPhone 5 but We’ll Take 1080p Video! by Garth Leach http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/10/not-the-iphone-5-but-well-take-1080p-video/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Garth Leach Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:12:50 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=840#comment-183 Hi Bill. There are two pieces to this puzzle. The ability to record and often stream video from mobile devices is getting easier everyday. The new iPhone's camera just reinforces that HD quality video is readily available and the power of this can be realized at the corporate level. Especially for someone like me who telecommutes. The value of being able to watch a presentation or have someone ad-hoc record a white board session and then be able to deliver that to me is great. I know videoconferencing solves a similar problem, but videoconferencing isn't always available or timely. Despite the actual technical specifications I think we can agree that the new iPhone's video quality is significantly better than it was. Having been in the video communications industry for almost 20 years I can say with certainty that corporations do want video and have enjoyed video applications for a long time. Think videoconferencing. VBrick itself has been providing streaming solutions to corporations for 13 years. But you don't necessarily want , or is it technically feasible, to have everyone in an organization attached to a VC. It is desirable and technically feasible to have everyone watching a live stream at their desktop. Today's network can without a doubt handle video from a bandwidth perspective, multicasting protocols have been around for a long time, and where a network isn't multicast capable there are ways to distribute video that don't impact bandwidth consumption. Regarding storage...I have to disagree. I think it is more plentiful and as cost effective as ever. Not to mention that great strides have been made in video encoding , such as H.264, that provide much better quality and at much lower bitrate and therefore less file size, than compared to something like MPEG-2. Hi Bill.

There are two pieces to this puzzle. The ability to record and often stream video from mobile devices is getting easier everyday. The new iPhone’s camera just reinforces that HD quality video is readily available and the power of this can be realized at the corporate level. Especially for someone like me who telecommutes. The value of being able to watch a presentation or have someone ad-hoc record a white board session and then be able to deliver that to me is great. I know videoconferencing solves a similar problem, but videoconferencing isn’t always available or timely. Despite the actual technical specifications I think we can agree that the new iPhone’s video quality is significantly better than it was.

Having been in the video communications industry for almost 20 years I can say with certainty that corporations do want video and have enjoyed video applications for a long time. Think videoconferencing. VBrick itself has been providing streaming solutions to corporations for 13 years. But you don’t necessarily want , or is it technically feasible, to have everyone in an organization attached to a VC. It is desirable and technically feasible to have everyone watching a live stream at their desktop. Today’s network can without a doubt handle video from a bandwidth perspective, multicasting protocols have been around for a long time, and where a network isn’t multicast capable there are ways to distribute video that don’t impact bandwidth consumption. Regarding storage…I have to disagree. I think it is more plentiful and as cost effective as ever. Not to mention that great strides have been made in video encoding , such as H.264, that provide much better quality and at much lower bitrate and therefore less file size, than compared to something like MPEG-2.

]]> Comment on Not the iPhone 5 but We’ll Take 1080p Video! by Bill H http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/10/not-the-iphone-5-but-well-take-1080p-video/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Bill H Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:03:28 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=840#comment-180 Just a few comments: First, 1080P is not a measure of quality. It is a format for the delivery of content. On a screen that has 1920x1080 pixels, you can present a 1:1 representation of an image created with the defined 1080P resolution. On a 3.5" diagonal screen with "960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi" (direct quote from Apple's site), you cannot display 1080 lines of anything. The best reproduction of any imagery on a screen of that spec would be something taken at 960-by-640-pixel resolution. What this means is that although the phone is able to display a 1080P formatted image or stream, it is not doing it at 1080 anything. The phone's display circuitry is modifying the image to fit the screen, compressing it or eliminating a portion of the image to make it fit. Second, image stabilization in a camera that does not use moving lens elements to shift the image on the image sensor to compensate for motion of the camera caused by an unsteady hand is done by using an algorithm to use only a part of the image sensor area to capture the image -- shifting that area to compensate for the motion. This way you are not getting the full resolution possible from that image sensor. And, third, most corporations don't allow video in their corporate systems because it takes up too much bandwidth and storage which is costly and can interfere with the normal corporate network traffic, not because video was "out of reach of the average employee." Additionally, many companies do not allow their employees to use video or photographic capture on their company mobile devices is for security and privacy concerns. That is the main reason many companies only offer mobile devices without those features. Apple also has a fairly low penetration in the corporate mobile world compared to RIM and MS. None of this is to say that it isn't important to be able to properly store, manage and distribute video in any environment, including personal and business situations. Just a few comments:
First, 1080P is not a measure of quality. It is a format for the delivery of content. On a screen that has 1920×1080 pixels, you can present a 1:1 representation of an image created with the defined 1080P resolution. On a 3.5″ diagonal screen with “960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi” (direct quote from Apple’s site), you cannot display 1080 lines of anything. The best reproduction of any imagery on a screen of that spec would be something taken at 960-by-640-pixel resolution. What this means is that although the phone is able to display a 1080P formatted image or stream, it is not doing it at 1080 anything. The phone’s display circuitry is modifying the image to fit the screen, compressing it or eliminating a portion of the image to make it fit.
Second, image stabilization in a camera that does not use moving lens elements to shift the image on the image sensor to compensate for motion of the camera caused by an unsteady hand is done by using an algorithm to use only a part of the image sensor area to capture the image — shifting that area to compensate for the motion. This way you are not getting the full resolution possible from that image sensor.
And, third, most corporations don’t allow video in their corporate systems because it takes up too much bandwidth and storage which is costly and can interfere with the normal corporate network traffic, not because video was “out of reach of the average employee.” Additionally, many companies do not allow their employees to use video or photographic capture on their company mobile devices is for security and privacy concerns. That is the main reason many companies only offer mobile devices without those features.
Apple also has a fairly low penetration in the corporate mobile world compared to RIM and MS.
None of this is to say that it isn’t important to be able to properly store, manage and distribute video in any environment, including personal and business situations.

]]> Comment on VBrick Receives Public Sector Honor from Microsoft by icecubemedia http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/08/vbrick-receives-public-sector-honor-from-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-175 icecubemedia Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:30:15 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=802#comment-175 Hi, IP video solutions is great solution for the network people. Thanks. Hi,

IP video solutions is great solution for the network people.
Thanks.

]]> Comment on VBrick Systems Wins HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award by VBrick Receives Public Sector Honor from Microsoft | The Enterprise IP Video Blog http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/06/vbrick-systems-wins-hp-allianceone-partner-of-the-year-award/comment-page-1/#comment-171 VBrick Receives Public Sector Honor from Microsoft | The Enterprise IP Video Blog Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:16:56 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=784#comment-171 [...] Sullivan recognized VBrick as the global leader in the video webcasting solutions market, then we won the HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award for the innovations we made with our Distributed Media Engine.  Now Microsoft has bestowed on us [...] [...] Sullivan recognized VBrick as the global leader in the video webcasting solutions market, then we won the HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award for the innovations we made with our Distributed Media Engine.  Now Microsoft has bestowed on us [...]

]]> Comment on VBrick Systems Leads Global Enterprise Video Webcasting Solutions Market by VBrick Receives Public Sector Honor from Microsoft | The Enterprise IP Video Blog http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/06/vbrick-systems-leads-global-enterprise-video-webcasting-solutions-market/comment-page-1/#comment-170 VBrick Receives Public Sector Honor from Microsoft | The Enterprise IP Video Blog Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:12:29 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=746#comment-170 [...] addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};This has been an exciting summer for VBrick! First, Frost & Sullivan recognized VBrick as the global leader in the video webcasting solutions market, then we won the HP AllianceONE [...] [...] addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};This has been an exciting summer for VBrick! First, Frost & Sullivan recognized VBrick as the global leader in the video webcasting solutions market, then we won the HP AllianceONE [...]

]]> Comment on VBrick and LifeSize Demonstrate End-to-End Enterprise IP Video Solutions at the LifeSize Americas Partner Conference by Ronnie Anne Spang http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2011/05/vbrick-and-lifesize-demonstrate-end-to-end-enterprise-ip-video-solutions-at-the-lifesize-americas-partner-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Ronnie Anne Spang Sat, 14 May 2011 16:25:37 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=704#comment-155 Enterprise? Does this mean that the 300 end point limit of the Lifesize Control has been expanded to scalable/modular capabilities which is what Enterprise requires. Enterprise? Does this mean that the 300 end point limit of the Lifesize Control has been expanded to scalable/modular capabilities which is what Enterprise requires.

]]> Comment on Mobile Broadcasting with Sprint 4G by kevin whitaker http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2010/04/mobile-broadcasting-with-sprint-4g/comment-page-1/#comment-150 kevin whitaker Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:05:56 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=535#comment-150 Does anyone know the MSRP for the MBS? Does anyone know the MSRP for the MBS?

]]> Comment on H.264 Poised to Dominate Enterprise Video Streaming by Christopher Levy http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2010/09/h-264-poised-to-dominate-enterprise-video-streaming/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Christopher Levy Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:19:30 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=634#comment-107 The only part I would add here is H.264 at broadband data rates, isn't better than existing codecs. H.264's main premise was that at lower bit rates such as content on mobile devices, the CODEC would out perform others. That being said, it's clearly a standard now regardless of the 3 different implementations from MSFT, Adobe and Job's shop. The only part I would add here is H.264 at broadband data rates, isn’t better than existing codecs. H.264′s main premise was that at lower bit rates such as content on mobile devices, the CODEC would out perform others. That being said, it’s clearly a standard now regardless of the 3 different implementations from MSFT, Adobe and Job’s shop.

]]> Comment on The True Measure – Video’s Important Role in the Gulf Oil Spill by Garth Leach http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2010/05/the-true-measure-%e2%80%93-video%e2%80%99s-important-role-in-the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Garth Leach Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:50:19 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=580#comment-92 Thanks Rich! Thanks Rich!

]]> Comment on The True Measure – Video’s Important Role in the Gulf Oil Spill by Garth Leach http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/2010/05/the-true-measure-%e2%80%93-video%e2%80%99s-important-role-in-the-gulf-oil-spill/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Garth Leach Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:49:48 +0000 http://www.enterpriseipvideo.com/?p=580#comment-91 Hi Mike - We have several different customers in the Oil and Gas industry that use VBrick for underwater exploration. Not all of the feeds coming from the oil spill are using VBrick's, but the primary feed that overlooks the plume and is on most of the time is encoded using a VBrick, but I don't know which one of our customers is providing the feed. Hi Mike -

We have several different customers in the Oil and Gas industry that use VBrick for underwater exploration. Not all of the feeds coming from the oil spill are using VBrick’s, but the primary feed that overlooks the plume and is on most of the time is encoded using a VBrick, but I don’t know which one of our customers is providing the feed.

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