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The Dascom Newsflash
A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM DASCOM SYSTEMS GROUP
May 2008 Issue
In This Issue
Upgrading Headend to HD
Mobile Conferencing Cart
Marathon County Videoconference Center
DL-Navigator Recording/Streaming
May Trivia
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IPTV Question and Answer Article: Upgrading a Headend to High Definition (HD) 
  • Do you need to upgrade middleware to run HD channels? 
  • How much bandwidth per customer does your network need to run HD?
  • Is an HD headend a lot more expensive than a headend with SD channels?

These are a few of the questions you have asked us, and this document answers many of the questions you have about the HD upgrade. If you have additional questions not covered in this document, please post them at the IPTV Forum or contact us.

 
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Dascom releases Mobile Conferencing Cart SolutionDascom MCC-1-IP Mobile IP Conferencing Cart
The MCC-1-IP Mobile IP Conferencing Cart functions as a stand-alone A/V conferencing unit that requires no additional equipment. The system is virtually "plug and play" and is ready to function once it has access to A/C power and an IP network.  

Maximized within the education environment, the sturdy Mobile Cart decreases traditional A/V costs for outfitting distance education rooms, while it enhances curriculum through access to multiple network resources via advanced audio/video conferencing. 

Marathon County Special Education Center uses new Videoconferencing Center to enhance meetings and educationMarathon County Special Education Video Conference Reference Center
Marathon County Special Education (MCSE) provides programs and services to 6 rural school districts, 650 students and approximately 100 staff that use the newly integrated Video Conference Reference Center (VCRC) for: planning of service meetings between districts, behavioral consultation meetings, superintendent meetings and communication between students that are deaf or hard of hearing through sign language over videoconference.
 
AV Product Feature: DL-Navigator Control System Digital Video Recording and Streaming
DL-Navigator at Customer SiteWith the video recording and streaming capabilities of DL-Navigator, a video session can now be streamed and made available to anyone on the network using a media player!  Simultaneously, the video session may be recorded and stored on a network server for later viewing while each recording can follow the active video source and is auto-populated with the relevant session information.  For more information on these new features, contact your sales representative.
 
May Trivia Question
(The winner is the first reader to correctly answer. AND this month, in the spirit of moving toward sunny weather, we'll take a break from tech trivia for some sunny weather trivia!)
 
Q: On average, what city in the United States receives the most sunny days each year?
 
And April's Winner is...
Tim Dunbar- Northcentral Technical College
Congratulations Tim for being the first to correctly answer "Cadabra.com" to April's question "What was Jeff Bezos' original choice for what we now know as Amazon.com?"