Polycom introduce the V500

28th June 2004

The Polycom V500 provides simple and affordable video calling for small businesses, remote offices and telecommuters who need to talk face-to-face

As easy to use as your television, the Polycom V500 brings the benefit of video conferencing to everyone.
Together with its superior audio and video performance, the Polycom V500 is affordable and supports industry standards so you can call anyone, anywhere. The Polycom V500 is light, portable and easy to install and configure for your office.

With the Polycom V500:
• Small businesses can communicate easily with corporate clients around the world
• Executives and corporate telecommuters can make calls from their home office to colleagues and clients
• Remote offices can participate face-to-face with their office locations around the world
• Doctors can make lab, doctor to doctor, and doctor to patient calls
• Teachers can host remote field trips or offer classes to satellite schools in rural locations


Simple: Essential video calling when you need to talk face to face
Simple: Sits atop any television and uses a television-like remote control
Simple: Connect to your Cable, DSL, LAN or ISDN network
Natural: Natural smooth motion video and near CD-quality audio for effective communications at a distance
Affordable: For about the price of a laptop computer you can realize the benefit of great video calling

No need to add a computer to video call over the internet – simply plug the Polycom V500 into your television and your high speed internet connection and start calling. Within seconds you are talking face to face as naturally as if you're in the same room.

Easy to use set up wizards allow step-by-step guides for a quick installation. The simple remote control provides access to the power of the Polycom V500 and lets you easily answer an incoming video call or initiate a new one. An intuitive graphical user interface can be customized for any level of user. The main dialing screen can be configured with present dialing locations, for one-button calling. You also have the capability to see both near and far side video on screen simultaneously with Polycom Dual Monitor Emulation. The Polycom V500 is standards-based and interoperates with other desktop or group conferencing systems to participate in any size video call.

Product Highlights
· Unparalleled Polycom Siren™14 audio
· Exceptional, smooth motion video up to 30fps
· H.264 Video for high quality video at lower data rates
· IP (DSL, Cable, LAN) and ISDN network capable
· Integrated AES encryption
· And more…

For more information on this product or videoconferencing in general, please call us on +44 (0) 1628 484446.