[AG-TECH] echo-cancellation on the cheap?

[John Shalf]

True,
for that matter, cost of the room often far exceeds that of
the hardware contained therein.  Personal-AG would be....
well I guess it would be like VRVS with a headset on. :-)

-john

Tom Coffin wrote:
> 
> can someone please elaborate on the facination
> with cheapness. I mean we are talking about a multicast
> environment with a minimun ds3 connectivity right? that aint too cheap.
> 
> on the other hand,
> if you really want to get around the echo cancellation for nothing
> wear headphones!
> 
> just curious....
> 
> _______________________________________
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Randy Groves wrote:
> 
>     > I'm looking at the prices for setting up some nodes, and in this economic
>     > climate, the $3000+ price for the Gentner sticks out like a sore thumb,
>     > when you consider that it might be feasible in the near future to put all
>     > of this stuff on one reasonably priced box.
>     >
>     > ASPI, now part of Polycom, is one alternative, but that's still $1800.
>     >
>     > Has anybody found a cheaper alternative?  A card for a PC?  An
>     > echo-cancelling microphone?
>     >
>     > -randy
>     >
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