My Cart - The Christmas season is just around the corner, however if you cannot wait to see long-distance family and friends, there’s a great alternative. Forget about costly long-distance calls, Skype your friends and relatives and see them live and life-size with Skype video calls on a widescreen TV. Call your contacts with audio and video, join conference calls, and call phone numbers abroad and even get calls to your online number if you have one. Then settle into your sofa for a comfortable catch up.
Call and receive video calls from anyone who’s got Skype, and also make video calls to people who have the latest version of Skype for Windows or Mac on their computers, so you can still talk until your heart’s content. This means that even if your contacts have Cheap TVs they can still use their computers to talk to you on your internet-connected widescreen HDTV.
Skype is currently available on selected Panasonic, Sony and Samsung TVs and also on Blu-ray players from Panasonic and Sony. Skype have plans of expanding to even more brands and on a wider range of models. A Skype-enabled TV or Blu-ray player will deliver the audio and video from the other end of the call, but transmitting your voice and image requires a specific TV webcam. The webcams include specially-designed microphones which enable you make calls from the comfort of your living room, without having to move closer to the TV or even shout.
Skype conducted surveys and found that many people they spoke to had emphasized their interest in speaking to their friends and family from somewhere comfortable, and preferably to be able to make video calls on a big screen. The new technology has been appraised worldwide, allowing long distance relationships to stand the test of time through these realistic interactions. Truly an innovative piece of 21st century technology.
