Polycom V500 provides the new video user a simple and affordable video calling solution that allows them to easily talk face to face anytime. The V500 delivers natural, smooth motion video and crystal-clear audio in a convenient and compact design, ready to plug into a standard NTSC or PAL display and any broadband connection. Ideal for the office environment and smaller conference room within a small enterprise, it is also suitable for a telecommuter operating from their home office and ready to hold a face to face meeting over their high speed broadband connection.

For the first time simple, affordable, video calling is now available with unparalleled audio and video quality. As easy to use as your television, the Polycom V500 brings the benefit of video conferencing to everyone. Together with its superior audio and video performance, the Polycom V500 is affordable and supports industry standards so you can call anyone, anywhere. The Polycom V500 is light, portable and easy to install and configure for your office.

The applications of the Polycom V500 are virtually limited to your imagination. With the V500 small businesses can communicate easily with corporate clients around the world. Executives and corporate telecommuters can make calls from their home office to colleagues and clients. Remote offices can participate face-to-face with their office locations around the world. Doctors can make lab, doctor to doctor, and doctor to patient call. And teachers can host remote field trips or offer classes to satellite schools in rural locations.

With integrated video, voice, data, and Web capabilities, only Polycom solutions let you connect, conference and collaborate any way you want. It’s Polycom's commitment to making distance communications as natural and interactive as being there. Work faster, smarter and more efficiently with the Polycom V500 and other Polycom conferencing and collaboration solutions.  Retail price $1999.95

Key Features:

• Simple, essential video calling—When you need to talk face to face. Connects to any television, uses a TV-like remote.
• No compromise—no comparison—Natural smooth motion video and near-CD quality audio for effective communications at a disAffordable—For about the price of a laptop computer you can realize the benefit of video conferencing.
• Fully broad band capable for today's IP networks—Leverage your Cable, DSL or LAN connections; also supports single ISDN connection.
• Easy to use and versatile—With the Polycom graphical user environment, you can fine tune the menu and application tools to meet your specific video calling application.
• Secure video calls—Integrated AES encryption so you're confident your video calls are secure.
• Integrated camera and microphone—Allows the Polycom V500 to easily fit into small offices and constrained spaces.

For more information see Polycom V500 Video datasheet