(My maximum home DSL speed is 5Mbps receiving, and 600Kbps sending.) There’s a caveat: In addition to two telyHD units, both parties need to be able to send and receive signals at a speed of at least 1Mbps. When both parties have a telyHD unit, picture resolution can be as high as 720p, high definition quality. The company sees picture quality as one of its big differentiators. Looking at the screen, not the camera, which gives your chat partner the odd impression that you’re not making eye contact.) (Nothing of course can compensate for the fact that when you’re video chatting, you’re The lens can be digitally zoomed in, however, which created a more appropriate size and angle of view. When I tested the unit, I looked fairly small, enveloped by a large chunk of The telyHD camera uses a wide angle lens which, if you’re about the typical 10-foot distance away from your set, may prove too wide. Signal through a home’s power lines), connection speed jumped to 1400Kbps and the picture quality improved dramatically. Once I hard-wired the connection by using a Home Plug module (which sends a broadband Picture quality is dynamic in other words, it can change from good to fuzzy during the course of a conversation, depending on the quality of the connection at any moment.ĭuring my tests, I had poor picture quality when using Wi-Fi, as I was receiving a measly 283 Kbps on my supposed high-speed line. Speakers, allowing you to switch inputs and pick up the call. When you’re watching regular TV and a call comes in, you’ll hear ringing through the unit’s
The unit via an HDMI cable and sign in to Skype, your entire Skype address book is visible.Ĭalls are made by scrolling through the names with the small included seven-button remote, or by using the remote to clumsily enter a name one letter at a time using the on-screen keyboard.Ĭonnection to the Skype service can be made either with an Ethernet cable or via its built-in Wi-Fi antenna. The $249 retail telyHD unit (available at, Amazon and other retailers) sits comfortably on top of an HDTV and uses the Skype service to make video calls. A new company, telyHD thinks it can change that equation, not only by moving video chats from the PC to the TV room, but also by offering a set of enhanced features to its product typically only possible with a computer.
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