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Polycom Communicator C100S USB Speakerphone for Skype (Grey) Specs:
Product Name
Polycom Communicator C100S USB Speakerphone for Skype (Grey)
Manufacturer
Polycom Inc.
Product Number MPN
2200-44040-001
Retail Price
$139.00
EAN-13
0610807033752
EAN-14
00610807033752
UPC
610807033752
Weight
1 lbs.
Deal first added on:
21-November-2006
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Latest 6 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the Polycom Communicator C100S USB Speakerphone for Skype (Grey)
"Works well with an unexpected benefit"
2009-10-15
- Reviewed By User: A2ZOL3X7TU4NHS
I purchased this product to have full duplex skype call into a weekly conference call. We disturb the boss in the next cubicle so we would go to a room with a bad phone but a network connection. The C100S works as advertised even on my Windows 7 computer. The add-on software does not function on anything other than XP but I knew that from previous reviews.
The interesting part I discovered was that this makes an excellent microphone for my laptop. This means that when I am making Camtasia screen trainings, I do not have to wear the cheesy headphones/boom microphone to dictate the instructions. I can just speak into the air and the C100S picks up my voice with great clarity. The speaker makes a better replacement for my laptop speakers too and is portable. Please notice I wrote "better" than a laptop speaker system but it is stereo and not "tinny" like a laptop.
"Great Skype Tool!!"
2009-10-05
- Reviewed By User: A29S1OINVRWYB3
This product is extremely useful, especially for conferencing internationaly. We have purchased several for our business and no complaints so far!
"Not Vista Compatable"
2009-08-10
- Reviewed By User: A242X25VFWD8G3
The Polycom C100S was designed for Windows XP and works well running on the XP operating system. It "may" work with Vista. I got it to work as a speaker and microphone, but not an integrated speakerphone like when it is used with XP. I still have problems with the Polycom USB driver that was loaded when I used Polycom's Beta Vista installation program. None of the advertisements that I found mentioned that it does not work well with Windows Vista.
We are using Skype more and more at work, and I very happy with the headset that I use. But my boss refuses to use a headset so I purchased the C100S speakerphone for him. It worked well, but I now realize it is not the best solution, and we no longer use it.
You can buy a camera (and if necessary an external speaker) for the price of a C100S and it can sit on top of your display freeing up desk space. I was not familiar with how cheap and high quality cameras (and the associated microphone and software) were. And you don't have to use the video, you can make a "sound only" Skype call.
But more importantly, all speaker phones (including C100S) have a feature which cuts off soft sounds and amplifies loud ones. This form of intentional distortion was necessary with the poor phone lines that Ma Bell had but is counterproductive and unnecessary today. For example there is sometimes construction going on outside our offices and with the C100S it comes though as if the jackhammers were right in our building; at other times words spoken very softly can be completely cut off. On a long call these problems become quite noticeable and quite annoying. With the logitech video camera all sounds are passed though, softly or loudly as the case may be, a far more desirable situation.
So for me the C100S was an interesting experiment, but ultimately unsuccessful. Oh, well, live and learn...
"Does not perform with Vista x64."
2009-05-22
- Reviewed By User: A20GQG6XJ4QNEQ
I have had nothing but problems with this device since I purchased it. First, Polycomm has not release a Vista x64 driver for it yet. Through some research, I have found that they have a Beta program for a Vista driver. You have to email tech support requesting to be included in the beta. The current version of the beta software is 2.9 which is 8 months old. The bigger and the ultimate reason for this low rating is, the sound quality. I have used this device on multiple conference calls and almost every time I received a complaint about not being able to hear me. I have dug through sound settings, device settings, and the registry looking for anything that would allow me to increase the Mic gain and nothing worked.
Perhaps this problem will be resolved with a new release of the driver software, but until then, do not use this device with Vista x64.
Side note: I have not tried it on any other OSes and it is likely that it performs well under those that use the production drivers.
"Helps to Deliver on the Promise of Skype"
2009-04-14
- Reviewed By User: A1TDHAKEDTJL2J
Skype has been a fine product for point to point video or teleconference calls using headsets, but we had never found a solution to sharing Skype in a meeting room. Stand-alone Skype speaker phones, such as from Belkin, are OK, but the speaker phone sound quality is not very good, nor is the microphone able to pick up all voices in the room. A separate mic and speakers is no good since this creates echo.
Enter the Polycom Communicator. It seems that Polycom's drivers for Windows XP enable this device to eliminate echo and noise, while still providing microphones sensitive enough to pick up all voices in the room, AND deliver sound that is clear and loud enough for the participants to hear. As a bonus, the device is light and portable, and even comes with its own carrying case.
This is a product that is going to help push Skype more into the mainstream of U.S. businesses. It works as advertised, and makes Skype meetings simple enough for executives to use without having to worry about the technology.
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"Great Skype Tool!!"
"Not Vista Compatable"
"Does not perform with Vista x64."