casting displays to conference room TV's

austinjaney · 2017-03-28T13:57:50.000Z

So we have 10 apple tv’s, which work great for our macs and awful for our majority of PC’s with airparrot (which is the worst and never seems to work consistently) anyone have better solutions?

Was looking at airtame and chromecast both which look like good options really struggling to find a good 3rd option here.

tobywells · 2017-03-28T14:07:49.000Z

Higher end solutions that work really well

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Christie - audio visual products, solutions, and services

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ClickShare conferencing & collaboration

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librarian · 2017-03-28T14:12:15.000Z

I use Optoma WPS Pro . I have them connected to my network.

There is a small portable app (doesn’t require installing just runs) for Windows and Mac. There are also apps for IOS and Android. It works very well, is simple to use. Carries audio and video.

I have two, one attached to a 48" televesion and one to an HD projector and sound system.

I have installed the software on all my Laptops, but visitors can just run the app off a USB stick. Allows four concurrent connections with simple switching between.

tobywells · 2017-03-28T14:12:50.000Z

Higher end solutions that work really well

christiedigital.com

Christie - audio visual products, solutions, and services

Christie is a global audio visual solutions company. We create innovative AV solutions and display products that inspire exceptional experiences.

barco.com

ClickShare conferencing & collaboration

Start your hybrid meeting in one click with ClickShare. Enjoy meaningful collaboration, and happy, productive employees with our wireless collaboration system.

austinjaney · 2017-03-28T16:35:48.000Z

those look good but I’m not sure if I can sell management on the idea of spending 8k to replace a solution that costed us only $800 when we deployed it, thats a steep price hike even compared to the airtime at already 3 times more.

CrashFF · 2017-03-28T22:01:40.000Z

I do not recommend Chromecast for this type of application for one reason only - Chromecast doesnt work through a direct connection. If you get a Miracast device instead, you can use WiDi to make a direct connection instead of having to bounce it through an AP.

librarian · 2017-03-29T05:49:10.000Z

CrashFF:

I do not recommend Chromecast for this type of application for one reason only - Chromecast doesnt work through a direct connection. If you get a Miracast device instead, you can use WiDi to make a direct connection instead of having to bounce it through an AP.

That does rely on the Laptops being able to do WiDi. Older ones may not be capable.

Looking at price, the Optoma device is about £300, probably about the same in USD

tobywells · 2017-03-29T07:45:44.000Z

austin janey:

those look good but I’m not sure if I can sell management on the idea of spending 8k to replace a solution that costed us only $800 when we deployed it, thats a steep price hike even compared to the airtime at already 3 times more.

Get what you pay for;-)

chivo243 · 2017-03-29T09:05:42.000Z

Apple TV in Enterprise? FAIL. It’s not an Enterprise product, never will be. I feel your pain everyday. Got VLANS, Apple TV will work perfectly somedays, other days it won’t even get out of bed.

Unfortunately if you want performance, you gotta pay the man…

Too bad we don’t live in the Roddenberry world where there isn’t any moolah, and things get done with the best items…

aaronstrader2 · 2017-04-03T12:42:08.000Z

We use ClickShare in our corporate environment. We have zero support needs with it. Once people read the on-screen directions, everyone can use it within a few minutes. The installers come loaded onto the dongle, so no client download is necessary.

Works on both Mac and PC.