Looking for cheap to free video and screen sharing solutions.
The following were suggested as options via twitter. If you have direct experience with one of these solutions please comment below and put your name at the front of your comment.
DimDim
- (JasonP) Tried using this for a CITRT podcast last year and it failed big time. Perhaps/hopefully it's improved since then.
- (JasonP) Tried the FREE version again 5/15/09 to do an EqualLogic presentation for a church. Screensharing worked very well. I'll def use it again for small group presentations since you can't beat FREE :-)
GoToMeeting
Microsoft Live Meeting
- (dhannifin) On-premise (OCS)
- Up to 250 participants per meeting
- No per meeting cost after initial infrastructure cost
- No cals or internet connector required for external participants that are not part of your org
- A lot more features than just live meeting. Full UC product and PBX replacement.
- IM included
- Not sure of cost for churches. Definitely more than "free".
- Requires deploying infrastructure (servers).
- Can use Round Table (Now sold by PolyCom) video conference cameras.
- HD Video Conf Support
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- Hosted
- Up to thousands of users
- Not sure if there is charity pricing for churches?
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Microsoft Shared View
- Free (Beta)
- 15 Participant Limit
- No Video
Adobe ConnectNow
- (crriley) I just used ConnectNow for a presenter who couldn't make it to the church on time for their presentation last week.
- It's free for up to 3 users
- There is no installation needed it runs straight from the browser (as long as you have all the plugins needed)
Mikogo
vyew
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