How Video Calls Are Made For TV
The best screen for video conferencing is the one we don’t use for communication at all. The TV. Your TV is bigger, has better sound and is a much more immersive experience than a small screen shooting video up your nose. You can start using it for video conferencing now, and a future integrated product will offer a much better UX in the future. Here’s how.
How To TV Conference Now
Right now most Smart TVs are quite dumb. They have enough Internet to download content, but you can’t use them to communicate. Communication is what takes any screen from a novelty to a necessity, from entertainment to interaction. That’s what TV is missing.
Here’s how you can add it right now.
Connect your laptop
The easiest method is to connect your computer, ideally through HDMI, and then set up your TV as another monitor. Then you can see and hear on your TV and speakers, while your laptop is picking up the video and sound.
The best way to do this is to connect your laptop about 4 feet away (depending on your HDMI cable) on a table in front of you. The higher the better, to avoid nose-hair-vision.
