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Your cart is empty.- Poly Skype municator- Make hands-free Skype calls with high fidelity- Loud and clear - hear every word- Freedom: untie yourself from your headset- No more echoes: remarkable voice quality- Connects through USB cable for easy installation and use- Full-duplex voice performance for sumultaneous natural two-way conversations- Two microphones provide excellent range for group conversations- Built-in stereo headphone port for private conversations- Convenient buttons to launch Skype pick-up and hang-up calls and control volume and mute- Compact portable solution for presentation audio and playing musicPY220044000001
Metherin
Reviewed in Canada on June 4, 2016
Foolishly thought it would work on my PC because the one owned by a colleague did. Bad idea.
Customer
Reviewed in India on March 8, 2016
Super
Vijay Kumar
Reviewed in India on December 7, 2015
A pity a polycom device does not support Mac!
Palani Velu S.S.
Reviewed in India on October 24, 2015
Good product...expensive though.
Alex G.
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2014
I bought it for my company to host Skype meetings. Quality of sound is great, mike is great as well. Two issues - one is the Skype specific functionality is unstable. I am referring to the yellow/red rings. Sometimes they work, sometimes I have to mess around with Skype to get this going. The speaker is working in any case, it is the integrated features that are flaky. Also Skype has a message where it says we've detected you are using Poly, but we no longer support the APIs. Still, even with this message the app works sometimes.Second, as discussed earlier, the cable is way too thin - you must be careful
RockyRacoon
Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2012
I picked this up to add to our conference room setup at work. The room seats 20-30 people and this speakerphone is sufficiently loud and clear that the remote meeting attendees can actively participate in the meeting. Occasionally, if a speaker is more than 8 feet away and speaking quietly, the remote attendee will be unable to hear what that speaker is saying; this is expected and fine with me.I can't comment on the Skype buttons on the device, as we always have a computer up and running and on the display in the conference room.
E. Fan
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2009
I had been using an MVox MV100 and Skype as my primary work phone. I got it for only $9.99; it did an admirably job the last couple months. But the frequency range of 500-5000 Hz sometimes made it hard to hear everyone well. Even when I could understand them, they would sound unnatural. Since I typically spend hours on conference calls every week, I thought I would invest in a better device. The MV100 already does noise cancellation and full duplex, the main thing I looked for is a large range.Like many, I have had positive experience with Polycom conference phones. So after reading all the positive reviews, I ordered the C100S. Since my primary machine runs Windows XP, support for other platforms is not a factor for me. So far I must say that the 200-22000 Hz range is amazing! It sounds unbelievable if both ends use Skype. Even when the other end uses a regular phone, the improvement is still very noticeable. The microphone also works better than the MVox as long as the Polycom software is running. I also like the buttons on the devices; they are handy but not a big improvement over the Skype hot keys I was already using.I took off one star only because the software did not run on my machine at first; I almost returned the unit. But since I am a techie and since it did work on my wife's machine, I dug deeper into what happened. It turned out that the installer somehow failed where it should register the USB components. After I went through those steps manually, everything worked beautifully.I am using the "latest" software (version 2.1) released on 2007/9/17. This is the first version that is not specified to be for Windows XP only; maybe it does work on Vista now. Perhaps Vista users should give that a try.*** Update on 9/5/2011At long last, Polycom released a new AEC driver to support Vista and Windows 7 in June. I tried it on 64-bit Windows 7. Installation was a breeze and it worked great. It is a shame that Polycom took so long to provide the update. It must have alienated most of the C100S customers. I switched to ClearOne Chat 60 when I moved to Windows 7. But now that I can compare them side-by-side, the C100S sound quality is still unmatched!
Pidge
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2007
I was tired of using a headset, especially when we wanted to have a webcam session with our parents to show them their grandchildren. Having used Polycom speakerphones at work 6 hours a day I thought I would see if they had a device for the home user. And sure enough they do and it only cost around $100!The Polycom Communicator is packaged in a plastic mould within a box. Thankfully the plastic wasn't heatsealed around the edge like most PC accessories these days, so within seconds it was in my hot little hands. I was surprised how light it felt for a solid built device. Size wise it was just smaller than my hand and about 3/4 of inch thick.Accompanying the device was a nicely made wallet to store it in while traveling, the customary manual and setup CD, and a voucher for 30mins of Skypeout call time (which I thought was cool at the time but later discovered this was 30mins of cheap rates and represented about 54c of Skype credit. Oh well, it was the thought that counted).The Communicator has five buttons: one for starting Skype, two for volume, one for calling/hanging up and one for mute. The buttons are surrounded by a ring that glows when you are making or receiving a call. It has a headset jack on the side for private calls. At the back is a flap which, when opened reveals a USB cable which is neatly stowed. The flap itself serves as a prop-up stand as you can see in the picture. Being USB powered is great because it means no unnecessary power cords and no need for a power socket.Installing the software proved a little more difficult than I anticipated. The setup CD would just not work and kept coming up with a message that it couldn't find a file which as it happened was on the CD, just in a different folder. I copied all the files from all the folders into one folder on my hard drive and ran it from there and it worked no problem. Setup was very painless and quick from thereon.Having got it all setup I plugged it in, fired up Skype (which recognized the device automatically), did a test call with no hassle, and then called my mother. The call was crystal clear with no echo or feedback. My mother said it was very clear and noise free at her end too. As we talked for 20mins it became hard to believe that this little device was even there. It was like talking to her in the same room.All in all I am really happy with this device and think it is great value for money. My only complaints are the setup CD and the fact it is only compatible with Skype (I am a big yahoo messenger user too), but these are small niggles in an otherwise excellent product. Congratulations Polycom!!!
Hans
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2006
I tried Skype with a headphone/microphone that was kicking around the house and was encouraged enough to order one of these little phones, expecting a clipped, jerky conversation that was difficult to understand, like a cell phone call. Not so. With the new phone and both people using Skype the conversation is amazing. It really is like being in the same room. I never before realized how much clipping regular phone lines employ in order to compress calls. The Skype phone sounds much better than the $300 Polycom conference phone on my desk. With only one person using Skype, intelligibility is about as good as a regular telephone call, but still far better than most cell phone calls. One nice little benefit is that when both people are using Skype, the call is free. No subscription fee, no nothing. Free to Hong Kong, or Mumbai, or anywhere for as long as want to talk.However great the phone may be, its short USB cable is a pain. I'm giving these as Christmas presents this year, but including a USB extension cable with each phone.
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