There are folks at my site on the A/V side who are invested in the Solstice over about the past year, and they've been working closely with the company to improve its maturity level and have been given assurances of committment to improvements. So hopefully that is progressing and might make it worth a look now or in the future.
Jethro. On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, Martin MacLeod-Brown wrote: > We have also gone through this process, Barco, Solstice and Wolfvision. > Solstice just wasn't mature enough when we looked at it. > Barco, we were with them from very early on in the development cycle right > through to the maturity they have now. Their software though it has some > innovative features isn't that nice to use, though I know their virtual > classroom software is being used very successfully in a couple of Spanish > Uni's > On the network side, their NRC200's are rock solid, their NRC100's not so > much... > Wolfvision have impressed us, rock solid on the network, and their software > seems (to me) to be head and shoulders above anything else I have seen. > > Martin > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv > <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Badola, Sakshi > Sent: 04 February 2020 14:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV alternative? > > Hello Andrew, > > What are your findings from the Solstice Pod test. I am about to begin the > tests, so I am curious. > > Thanks & Regards > Sakshi Badola > Wireless Engineer > Universiteit van Amsterdam | Hogeschool van Amsterdam > ICT Services > Weesperzijde 190 | 1097 DZ Amsterdam > > Van: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Namens Andrew Chiarello > Verzonden: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 6:25 PM > Aan: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Onderwerp: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV alternative? > > > We're just beginning to experiment with the SolsticePod - previously it's > been all AirServer. > > > > Andrew J. Chiarello > > Senior Network Engineer > > Bryn Mawr College > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > (610) 526-7966 > > ________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > on behalf of Joseph Bernard <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 11:22:45 AM > To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV alternative? > > We use Solstice and Crestron AirMedia in most places, but people in one off > locations scoff at the $1000 price. Ditto sounds like an idea worth trying > for the customers who already bought Apple TVs thinking they would work like > at home. > > Thanks, > Joseph B. > > On Jun 20, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Heffner, Jason > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > > > We had developed the Mirror App at Penn State that worked with AppleTVs, > however, over the last two years we switched exclusively to Mersive Solstice. > The $1K price per box was worth it to us for the development time put in to > keeping their solution working on all clients. We wire them into ethernet and > disable the wireless adapters. This allows us to use our own 802.1x wireless > ssid and connect to them over our enterprise network. > > > > There were other solutions.. AirTame doesn't do iOS mirroring yet, etc .. > Mersive is the most complete. > > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > on behalf of "Curtis K. Larsen" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:51 AM > To: > "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Apple TV alternative? > > > > Most Apple TVs purchased in the last few years can use bluetooth for > discovery instead of the network, but failing that Airtame is a decent > option. > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fairtame.com&data=02%7C01%7Cjdh132%40psu.edu%7C41d62ddf93034933388808d5d6bd3e5f%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636651030667204159&sdata=1rkFpMuanOUappNc%2FdXH2g4i1QQJcYbr3fD1waDn%2BE8%3D&reserved=0 > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Curtis K. 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