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10-06-2006, 07:05 AM
Product Name: Tandberg Edge 95 MXP
Overall Rating: 9/10
Connectors
Inputs
1x 9pin DSUB (For Tandberg’s HD Camera’s)
1x S-Video
2x RCA Video
2x RCA Audio
1x DVI In
Outputs
1x S-Video
2x RCA Video
2x RCA Audio
1x DVI Out
Features
See Tandberg website
Testing
The system was connected to a 32” LCD 16:9 TV via DVI.
Annoyingly the new system connected via a DVI to RGB lead, so you don’t use DVI to DVI to connect to the screen! (I’ve been told this can be done via an X-Command, but I’ve not tried it myself, yet)
Once connected up, the system looks and performs exactly as the previous MXP systems. Boot up time appears to be quicker and navigation around the menu systems also seems slightly improved (have they used faster processors?)
Local view is outstanding, the new High Definition camera gives a much sharper, clearer image and gives you a feel of depth to the image. It really is amazing to see.
I connected to another Tandberg 95 Edge at 1920k and the quality was excellent. When bringing up the stats you can see that the call has negotiated a resolution of w448p. To enable the higher resolution of w720p you have to go into the Tandberg menu and set the Main Camera to ‘Sharpness’. Once this was set I made another call at 1920k and this time we were sending/receiving w720p. The image was just as good as local view, however it doesn’t cope with movement as well as at w448p (this is because at w720p you only get 15 frames per second – Tandberg will look at increasing this to 30 frames per second by first quarter of 2007)
I also tested the Edge 95 with a non-HD Tandberg endpoint and even if the Tandberg doesn’t have a HD camera, they still negotiate a resolution of w448p (or 448p) as this is now a new video standard in version F5.0 or later.
Impressions:
Overall the quality was superb and you really can see big differences with the new HD camera, however you really do need huge amounts of bandwidth to use the HD resolutions effectively.
Tandberg have once again released a very fine product and I highly recommend this one.
Pros & Cons:
PROS: Very Feature Rich, Reliable, Excellent quality HD camera, lots more benefits and features to list, please refer to the Tandberg website.
CONS: HD system, connects via normal RGB lead, If connecting to two screens, only one can be HD as it only has 1 DVI out. Need lots of bandwidth to use the High Definition resolutions, Currently only supports 15 FPS at full 720p resolution - this should be fixed in a later software version.
Overall Rating: 9/10
Connectors
Inputs
1x 9pin DSUB (For Tandberg’s HD Camera’s)
1x S-Video
2x RCA Video
2x RCA Audio
1x DVI In
Outputs
1x S-Video
2x RCA Video
2x RCA Audio
1x DVI Out
Features
See Tandberg website
Testing
The system was connected to a 32” LCD 16:9 TV via DVI.
Annoyingly the new system connected via a DVI to RGB lead, so you don’t use DVI to DVI to connect to the screen! (I’ve been told this can be done via an X-Command, but I’ve not tried it myself, yet)
Once connected up, the system looks and performs exactly as the previous MXP systems. Boot up time appears to be quicker and navigation around the menu systems also seems slightly improved (have they used faster processors?)
Local view is outstanding, the new High Definition camera gives a much sharper, clearer image and gives you a feel of depth to the image. It really is amazing to see.
I connected to another Tandberg 95 Edge at 1920k and the quality was excellent. When bringing up the stats you can see that the call has negotiated a resolution of w448p. To enable the higher resolution of w720p you have to go into the Tandberg menu and set the Main Camera to ‘Sharpness’. Once this was set I made another call at 1920k and this time we were sending/receiving w720p. The image was just as good as local view, however it doesn’t cope with movement as well as at w448p (this is because at w720p you only get 15 frames per second – Tandberg will look at increasing this to 30 frames per second by first quarter of 2007)
I also tested the Edge 95 with a non-HD Tandberg endpoint and even if the Tandberg doesn’t have a HD camera, they still negotiate a resolution of w448p (or 448p) as this is now a new video standard in version F5.0 or later.
Impressions:
Overall the quality was superb and you really can see big differences with the new HD camera, however you really do need huge amounts of bandwidth to use the HD resolutions effectively.
Tandberg have once again released a very fine product and I highly recommend this one.
Pros & Cons:
PROS: Very Feature Rich, Reliable, Excellent quality HD camera, lots more benefits and features to list, please refer to the Tandberg website.
CONS: HD system, connects via normal RGB lead, If connecting to two screens, only one can be HD as it only has 1 DVI out. Need lots of bandwidth to use the High Definition resolutions, Currently only supports 15 FPS at full 720p resolution - this should be fixed in a later software version.