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What is a video phone

Seeing distant family and friends is as easy as dialing a phone number. With a videophone you’ll never forget the faces of the important people in your life, even if they live clear across the continent.

You enjoy

• High-quality, full-motion video and clear, delay-free audio over any broadband (cable or DSL) internet connection.
• Designed with both residential and business customers in mind, a videophone will enhance your calls immeasurably while saving you money on your phone bill.
• You won’t need a computer to get connected. Look at them when they are talking to you. Be there real time, anytime. You won’t miss a moment with your friends, family and colleagues with a videophone.

What does a video phone consist of?

• It has a video screen and camera for visual output and input.
• The screen on older designs used cathode ray tubes (CRT) similar to analog TV screens and, as such, was quite bulky. Newer designs have liquid crystal display (LCD) screens and are much smaller.
• Digital technology has also made the camera, which is usually attached just above or below the screen, more compact in size.

How do you use a videophone?

• As two-way audio communication is the original function of the telephone, the traditional handset for audio output and input remains intact.
• However, the speaker or hands-free mode is a common feature in all video phones (as well as regular telephones) because of the added convenience to the user.
• Using the newer systems is much more akin to making a phone call you simply have to enter name, phone number or alias and the “friendly” system takes care of translating this into whatever technical requirements are needed.

You need high bandwidth to use the equipment

High bandwidth is an absolute pre-requisite and, of course, we all know that high bandwidth is now here and relatively cheap. Quality of service is becoming available, especially where high bandwidth is available right to the desktop.