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Video Communication System
PCS-G50
PCS-G50P
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Sony PCS-G50*1– The Business Tool for
Visual Communication
To stay ahead of the pack in today’s tough market, businesses require powerful visual
communication tools like the PCS-G50. Sony has combined advanced audio and video
technologies with useful features to provide a visual communication tool for all businesses.
With the PCS-G50, long distance meetings can be held as if all parties were in the same
room, saving the time and trouble of traveling to distant locations for a simple meeting.
Providing you with a new and powerful means of communication, the PCS-G50 will be a
mainstay for your business.
The PCS-G50 boasts a maximum video transfer rate of 4 Mb/s over an IP network, and it
provides extremely high resolution video. By adopting the H.263 video codec/4CIF format,
the PCS-G50 produces image resolution comparable to that of standard TV broadcasts. It can
also switch to the H.264 video codec for higher throughput or revert to previous versions of
the ITU-T videoconferencing codecs to maintain compatibility with legacy systems.
As with other PCS Series models, the PCS-G50, with its internal MCU (Multi-Control Unit)
capability, supports simultaneous multi-point videoconferences with six (6) endpoints, and a
maximum of 10 endpoints when two PCS-G50 units are cascaded. The PCS-G50 bridges
mixed calls between an ISDN network and an IP network, and speed matches (by connecting
at the endpoint respective speeds) without lowering the performance of the entire system.
Other key features of the PCS-G50 include a site-name display function and the capability to
record audio and video to Memory Stick™ media. The PCS-G50 also incorporates features
such as data sharing, QoS support functions, an encryption function, and digital whiteboard
support, which are all available in other PCS Series models.
Effective visual communication is vital to move ahead in today’s business. With the featurerich PCS-G50, not only will your visual communication be effective, it will be affordable.
*1Unless otherwise noted, "PCS-G50" in the following text refers to both the PCS-G50 and PCS-G50P.
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FEATURES
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High-Quality Video/High-Speed
Network Connection
The PCS-G50 provides excellent picture quality over
both ISDN (H.320) and IP (H.323) networks and fully
supports the latest non-proprietary ITU-T H.264 video
codec standard for maximum customer confidence
and flexibility. When video encoding is in accordance
with the H.263 protocol, the PCS-G50 supports the
4CIF format at a maximum frame rate of 30 fps, and
when in H.264 protocol, it supports the interlaced SIF
format at 60 fields per second.
PCS-G50 can achieve a maximum bandwidth of 4
Mb/s with an IP connection, and up to 768 Kb/s with
an ISDN connection using an optional PCSA-B768S
ISDN unit. This combination of high-quality codec
and high-speed network support provides video
quality comparable to standard TV broadcasts.
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The PCS-G50P supports a maximum of 50 fields per
second in interlaced SIF format.
Multi-Point Videoconferencing at up
to 10 Sites Fig 1
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In addition, the
Using optional MCU software, the PCS-G50 can be
configured to communicate with up to 5 remote
videoconferencing sites (6 sites total) simultaneously
using either an IP (H.323 protocol) or ISDN (H.320
protocol) connection. It can also support
videoconferences in which the connections are a
combination of IP and ISDN using a unique bridging
function. And because the PCS-G50 has a
“speedmatching” function, it maximizes performance
by not reducing the higher speed connection to
match the lower speed connection, as is done with
some videoconferencing systems. Moreover, two
PCS-G50 units - each installed with the optional
MCU (H.323) software - can be cascaded with an IP
connection to support a maximum of 10
simultaneous sites. What is unique about the
PCS-G50 is that it provides high quality, H.264 CIF
video and clear MPEG-4 AAC audio, even in a multipoint videoconference. And of course, the PCS-G50
allows users to expand from a peer-to-peer
videoconference to a multi-point videoconference by
simply dialing up new connections.
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When adding a new endpoint on the same network (IP or
ISDN), the system will default to the lowest resolution
video standard of all endpoints.
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Site-Name Display Fig 2
During multi-point videoconferences, it can be difficult
to keep track of all of the participants; however, with
the PCS-G50 site-name display function, this is no
longer the case. The PCS-G50 can display anything
from company or branch names to geographical
locations on a monitor, allowing videoconference
participants to keep track of all parties.
Fig 1 Multi-point Videoconferencing at up to 10 Sites
Fig 2 Site-Name Display
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