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Experiences with SRS/Logitech SmartDock
Hi Steven Collier,
You've mentioned a 75" screen. Is that by chance a 4K screen?
I'm eyeing a similiar setup but the official Logitech documetion only mentions 2x HDMI 1080/60p outputs.
Most of our screens are 1080p, we have one 84" monster that is capable of 4K but the SRS drives it at 1080p.
Skype video calls are at best 720p, and the video ingest is 1080p, so I can't really see what the 4K pixels would do for you. Add on to that if it did ingest at 4K how many laptops would struggle?
It's probably also worth mentioning that we're recently built some rooms with other sound options to the Logitech Group. It's great for what we count as middle sized rooms, 6-14 seats, but outside that there are better options.
For very small rooms we use the Senheisser SP20 Usb speaker, it is really excellent at the price (about £100). We tried lots of alternatives and found this really gave nearly as good sound as speakers that cost £300+.
For our largest rooms we found the Logitech Group, even with extender mics wasn't good enough. It's really the speaker output that doesn't give sufficient volume, and there isn't an option to put it through external amplification. Instead we're been using the Vaddio Easy USB with ceiling mics and speakers (http://www.vaddio.com/product/easyusb-mixer). It's not SRS Certified, some comes with some risk, and far more expensive, but it's absolutely amazing. We have rooms that regularly have meetings with 30-40 people and the Vaddio plugged into the SRS provides a great experience.
- i dont really want 4K ingest or video, but getting a screen without 4K in that size is getting hatder every year. I was more wondering if there is any noticable visual degradation when sharing a presentation or spreadsheet?
- No, it looks perfect driving a 4K display.
Interesting, I wonder why though? Is the screen itself possibly doing some upscaling?
Since the SmartDock only outputs (officially) 1080p and the screens native resolution is 4K (4 times of 1080p), every single original pixel should be blown to 4 times the normal size, and the picture shouldn't look sharp.