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G+'s video quality was miles ahead of Skype's. Heck, even FaceTime's video quality was better.
by yen223 13y ago
G+'s video quality was miles ahead of Skype's. Heck, even FaceTime's video quality was better.
- coherentpony 13y agoIn my experience, FaceTime's quality has surpassed the others as of recent. Partly due to the new retina screen and HD iPhone camera.
- yen223 13y agoI suspect it's some magical data compression technique, because my overseas video calls usually suffer from serious stuttering on Skype, but on Facetime it's smooth as silk. Either that, or better bandwidth because less people use Facetime.
- Someone 13y agoBetter bandwidth is not a function of number of users, but of what you want to spend per user. I don't have personal experience comparing the qualities of Skype vs FaceTime, but I guess Apple is willing to spend more per user. That makes sense: FaceTime sells hardware, and that brings in money, while Skype seems more like a land grab, especially with this 'group calls are free, too' change. It could also be defensive, with Microsoft thinking they have to offer this to prevent would-be Office 365 users from migrating to Google docs.
- coherentpony 13y agoMaybe, yeah. I have a feeling the networking is the bigger culprit. In any case, there are definitely fewer users on FaceTime than on Skype.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago>> "Heck, even FaceTime's video quality was better." I've noticed this too. For a while I was on a really poor internet connection and on Skype calls video just didn't work. However FaceTime was practically flawless on the same connection.
- yen223 13y agoSame experience here. Facetime had near-HD quality even when chatting with people overseas on an unstable 1Mbit line. I really want to know what magic Apple used.