The Sony PCS-XG80 is the first 1080i High-Definition videoconferencing system. It is an expansion of Sony's current HD PCS group systems lineup, and incorporates PCS-HG90 functions and features. It boasts of 60 fields per second and promises unrivalled live video quality while conducting face-to-face meetings. With its backward compatibility, you can opt to connect with HD video quality via the growing number of affordable high bandwidth connections or with their older, SD legacy systems over IP and/or ISDN. It also features BrightFace, Video Annotation, and RF Remote functionality. You can seamlessly share PC data in HD at 30 frames per second plus share PowerPoint, animations and live DVDs. Due to the dual stream functionality you can send two separate streams of live, HD information in parallel. Both live camera view and for example animated PowerPoint can be displayed in HD on two different screens or projectors at the remote site.

The Sony PCS-XG80 features 6-site multipoint conferencing; you can call up to five other remote sites to simultaneously meet. It supports 20 different languages. The PCS-XG80 will be available for shipping from spring 2008, at a list price of approximately €7000 or $10,350.

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