{"id":3280,"date":"2016-11-03T23:45:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T23:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2016-11-03T23:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T23:45:50","slug":"trouble-video-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/trouble-video-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"The trouble with a video conference call&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video conferencing has been thrust into the mainstream with apps like Skype and G+ Hangouts &#8211; no need for expensive VC equipment, just a smartphone and an internet connection does the trick these days.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is, it&#8217;s never quite that simple &#8211; internet connections vary, buffering or lagging can interrupt things, and video calling is a sure fire way to hammer your smartphone&#8217;s battery.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why a simple, easy-to-use, and cost-effective\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\" target=\"_blank\">conference call<\/a> is the best bet.<\/p>\n<p>But if all that can go wrong with a video conference, have you ever wondered what this would all look like during a face-to-face meeting?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>A video conference call in real life<\/h2>\n<p>OK, so \u00a0you may never have wondered what a video conference call in real life would be like, but comedy duo Tripp and Tyler &#8211; yes, the two who brought you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/trouble-conference-calling\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A conference call in real life<\/em> <\/a>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/the-trouble-with-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">Email in real life<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; have now given video conferencing the real-life make over.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;ve ever tried to match the words to the pictures as someone&#8217;s stream lags miles behind, been irritated by the person who can&#8217;t get the angle of their webcam right (zoomed in to a giant face is the worst), or had your kids gatecrash a call, then this video is definitely for you.<\/p>\n<p>And even if you&#8217;ve never hit a single\u00a0snag while on a video conference call, it&#8217;s still well worth a watch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMOOG7rWTPg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s your worst experience on a video conference call? Or has something ridiculously unlikely ever happened while you or a colleague has been on a video conference?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/conference-call-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video conferencing has been thrust into the mainstream with apps like Skype and G+ Hangouts &#8211; no need for expensive VC equipment, just a smartphone and an internet connection does<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/trouble-video-conference-call\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The trouble with a video conference call&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,27],"tags":[29,3,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3282,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}