• 8.5Excellent

Pros

• ✓Easy to setup and use
• ✓Supports UltraHD 4K video at 30fps
• ✓Wide-angle pan-tilt-zoom camera
• ✓Capable full-duplex audio subsystem
• ✓Free smartphone remote control app

Cons

• ✕Optional extension mic is expensive
• ✕Control software is a separate download
• ✕Digital rather than optical zoom
• ✕USB 2.0 cable supplied rather than USB 3.0

Meeting spaces in the modern office range from specialist video conferencing facilities and large boardrooms, through regular meeting rooms to so-called 'huddle rooms'. The latter are informal spaces -- perhaps even a minimally segregated corner of an open-plan office -- where impromptu meetings can be held. Analyst firm Wainhouse Research calls them 'the watercooler for the next-generation worker.'

In recent years Logitech's business group has steadily built a portfolio of PC-based video conferencing endpoints covering a range of meeting spaces. These start with the £249.99 BCC950, designed for groups of up to 4 people, topping out with GROUP, which services meeting rooms with up to 20 people and costs between £999 and £1,248. In the middle there's the cylindrical Connect, a portable unit designed for huddle rooms serving around 6 people that costs £449.99.

Logitech's latest product is MeetUp, an alternative to Connect for small meeting rooms and huddle rooms, offering a more conventional (but less portable) form factor, a higher spec -- and a higher £999 price. (All prices include UK VAT).

We've all endured meetings where time has been wasted hooking laptops up to recalcitrant video-conferencing gear, which then fails to work with the on-board collaboration software, or delivers sub-standard audio-visual performance and/or lacks the required flexibility and control. Let's see how Logitech's MeetUp shapes up.

Design

MeetUp basically looks like an oversized webcam, with a central camera flanked by 'ears' containing microphones, a speaker and other components. It measures 400mm wide by 104mm high by 85m deep, weighs 1.04kg and is powered via an AC adapter. It connects to a PC or laptop via a lengthy (5m/16ft) USB-C to USB 2.0 cable. Also in the box is a slim, 83mm-square RF remote control, a wall mount kit and a printed setup guide.

You couldn't call MeetUp a 'portable' piece of kit given that it requires mains power, but it's certainly compact and light enough to be transportable between meeting spaces if your company isn't up for buying multiple £1,000 devices. Logitech's Connect is a more portable option as it's smaller and lighter, and will work on battery power -- although it also has a lower-resolution camera with a narrower field of view.

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Why and how I still use the Logitech Revue

Its 2015... And I still use my Logitech Revue... Google TV still has something to offer and here are some of the things I use it for:

1. Universal Remote for my TV, Receiver and Dish receiver

2. Ability to use my phone as a remote

3. YouTube (with push ability)

4. Showbox 5)TV Portal 6)Netflix 7)USB ports, for inserting media

5. ViMu: a helpful little app to play MKV files and many other video format, also plays HTTP streams

6. Not having to change inputs to watch TV

What I wish my Logitech Revue had:

1. XBMC 2)Popcorn time These two apps would make it a media powerhouse 3)Speed: browsing is generally slow and opening apps takes a bit although I was able to curb this slightly by installing Smart Booster

So I would say that overall I still love my Logitech revue, sure it could be better but it has served me for years and continues to serve me... Got this Fall 2012 for $100 and got plenty of use out of it! So does anyone else still use a 1st gen google TV?