Unlike the typical rectangular meeting room with a rectangular table surrounded by 6 or more chairs, small rooms and huddle spaces tend to be more casual, sometimes still set out with traditional chairs but increasingly with arm chairs, a sofa or high-backed bar stools resembling a modern coffee shop.
What constitutes a small room can be debated but at VideoCentric, we consider any room up with no side greater that 4m (13ft) a small one, containing 3-5 seats situated fairly close to a display screen and where the conference camera will be no more than 3 to 3.5m (10-12 ft) away from the furthest participant.
Huddle spaces are even smaller, often 2-3 seats with some bordering on a booth design for just 1-2 people equipped sometimes with an all-in-one desktop unit or touch-screen kiosk, and in other cases set up with a pre-installed display/TV for laptop users to bring their own device (BYOD) and start their own meeting (BYOM). Such rooms are typically used for HR interviews or for joining as a desktop user when sensitivity of information is high and use of an open space or hot-desk is inappropriate.
Depending on the size of space, the form factor of the system, the cloud platform standardly deployed and the need for BYOD flexibility, a number of leading solutions may apply. Some of the most popular we demonstrate, supply, install and support in such spaces include:
HUDDLE – All-in-One with integral display, camera, mic/s and speaker
DTEN Me 27” Pro for Zoom
Yealink A24 for MS Teams or Zoom
Neat Frame for MS Teams or Zoom
Lenovo Thinksmart View 27” Plus for MS Teams or Zoom
Cisco Desk Pro 27” for Webex and MS Teams
HUDDLE – BYOM Webcams & Bars
HUDDLE – Native MS TEAMS ROOM (MTR) systems
HP Poly Studio X32 (Android bar)
Logitech RallyBar Huddle (Android bar)
Yealink MVC-340 Windows bundle
Cisco Desk Pro 27” for Webex and MS Teams
HUDDLE – Native ZOOM ROOMS (ZR) systems
HP Poly Studio X32 (Android bar)
Logitech RallyBar Huddle (Android bar)
Yealink ZVC-340 Windows bundle
HUDDLE – Native GOOGLE MEET ROOM (GMR) systems
HUDDLE – Native WEBEX ROOM and MS TEAMS ROOM systems
SMALL – All-in-One with integral display, camera, mic/s and speaker
Lenovo Thinksmart Hub
SMALL BYOM Webcams & Bars
Yealink Smart Vision 40 (SV40) bar
SMALL Native MS TEAMS ROOM (MTR) systems
Yealink MVC-S40 Windows bundle
HP Poly Studio X32 Meeting Bar Android bar
Logitech RallyBar Mini Android bar
Cisco Room Bar for Webex and MS Teams (Android)
SMALL Native ZOOM ROOMS (ZR) systems
Yealink ZVC-S40 Windows bundle
HP Poly Studio X32 Android bar
Logitech RallyBar Mini Android bar
SMALL Native GOOGLE MEET ROOM (GMR) systems)
HP Poly Studio X32 Android bar
Logitech RallyBar Mini Android bar
SMALL – Native WEBEX ROOM and MS TEAMS ROOM systems
CONSULT WITH US – Let us know the size of your space, the cloud platform that has been standardised for your organisation, your needs for wired or wireless BYOD flexibility and whether you’ve already seen some comparative demonstrations and we’ll come up with the most suitable systems that we can demonstrate, supply, install and support for you. Whether you’re looking to spend up this year’s capital budget, or spread your costs monthly over the next 1-5 years, we will make our recommendations to ensure that you maximise your return on investment (RoI).
