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I am trying to set up a new system for my parents - in Europe - and us
- in North America.

Call it a homemade video phone if you will... hooked up to both our
TVs with streaming audio and video.

I'd like to set up our and their TV to be the monitor and put a camera
on it and have us on speed dial... This would be on for at least 6-8
hours a day so they can see my -soon to be born - son and my wife at
home and we can seem them in Europe. I have some ideas but I'm not
quite sure what type of models I'd need, in terms of hardware for
this.

I know I have to hook up my laptop and to the TV so it can act as a
monitor and I need a camera. This would be an IP to IP system, much
like Microsoft's NetMeeting.

What kind of system -hardware and software- would I need to maintain
quality on a Cable modem?

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If you are stuck with cable I do not know. If DSL is available I have a
suggestion.

I have been experimenting with an i2eye DVC-1000 from DLink. It actually
connects directly to the TV, not to a computer, and directly to an Ethernet
connection. If the modem is distant from the TV it is a hassle - you might
look at the newer DVC-1100 which is a wireless device, but more expensive.

Between a cable modem and a DSL modem a few miles from each other in the San
Diego area we are satisfied the cable modem does not allow an adequate
uplink rate to have a reasonable result. There was considerable delay and
poor throughput. Between two DSL modems (standard ADSL, not a premium DSL)
the improvement was huge. I would like to try a connection between here and
Europe.

The output can be full screen on a TV or split screen so you see your output
and the incoming. On a 32" high quality flat screen it was too grainy at
full screen. I will be trying it on a 27, 25 and 21 in TV in the next week
or two.

Good luck!

Wisch

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I would tend to agree that the DLink is probably the system you should
look at, as it's a budget version of that which global corps will use.


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