What is Polycom StereoSurround and what is the benefit to the end user?
Polycom StereoSurround is a unique technology that uses two audio channels to provide stereo sound in a video conference. Both audio channels use Siren 14 audio, so with Polycom StereoSurround the customer gets the benefit of 2 channels of Siren 14 audio. With the Polycom VSX 5000, users enable StereoSurround in the on-screen interface and by attaching speakers to the system. In a conference with StereoSurround, the stereo sound comes from either the left or right speaker, depending on where the person talking is located. If they are walking from one side of the room to the other, the audio will switch from one speaker to the other. This gives a very life-like audio quality to the conference and makes it just like being in the same room with all the conference participants! Note that StereoSurround can only be enabled if all sites participating in the conference have Polycom StereoSurround on their systems and enabled. StereoSurround ships with all VSX series.
