Polycom Pano Review: Secure and hassle-free collaboration solution for meeting rooms

Do you remember your last meeting in the conference room? I am sure; you must have struggled with the setup. What if you enter the room and start sharing your presentation (or any other content) from any of your device. Yes, it’s possible with Polycom Pano, a portable device. It can sit in the corner of the room or can be mounted on the wall.

We got a chance to review the Pano and experience it, so let’s find out how well it performed.

Simple to get ready

Pano comes with one HDMI cable, Ethernet cable, USB, and power adapter. Connecting the device to your meeting room is three simple steps.

One, connect your meeting screen with Pano using the HDMI cable.

Two, using the Ethernet cable, connect the Pano to your existing network.

Three, power up the Pano and you are ready.
Yes, simple three-step installation lets you share your device’s screen wirelessly.

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You can connect your smartphone, tablet, and laptop. Use Miracast or AirPlay to connect your device to the meeting room. If you are using PC, even the legacy one, then install Pano app, and you are readfy to share.

Forget wires, stream wirelessly

Polycom Pano makes it simple to connect your device to the meeting room screen as well as share content. No need to plug-in any device or wire to your PC or tablet. Stream wirelessly and cast your presentation on the screen.

Also, you can stream up to 4 contents simultaneously on the screen to compare them side by side. You can replicate your device screen or can choose a particular content to cast. It let you cast your live video feed as well.

The touch effects

Connect touchscreen to Polycom Pano to make it collaborative and interactive. Connect the given USB cable to Pano and then to the screen, and you are ready, it’s just so simple.

You will get an interactive toolbar with lots of options, which is quite simple to use. With the toolbar, you can highlight, add or erase. It supports up to 5 touch impressions with the eraser tool as well as enables you to take a snapshot of the screen with just one click.

Pano allows you to turn the screen intoan interactive blackboard. For instance, if you are creating a list, then utilise the entire screen to write and then use two fingers to move the screen up, down, left or right. Also, you can zoom in or out of the screen the same way.

Polycom Pano is designed to meet the current as well as future requirements. Thus, it supports up to 4K resolution screens for maximum clarity.

The secured arena

Pano not only eases your meeting room requirements but also take care of security. It allows secure access to the meeting room and allows you to manage it from anywhere from a web browser. When you connect Pano, it shows you a Room name and Security Code on the screen. Using the PIN, the guest can connect their device to the meeting room

Also, Pano encrypts the data over the air for additional protection. As well as, you can enable and disable Windows Miracast, Apple Airplay to customize access to the needs of your business..

Video conferencing enabled

No need to use any other device for video conferencing, connect Pano to a standards-based video conferencing endpoint as a content source similar to a PC input, DVR, DVD, or document camera source. Once the configuration is done, it will stream automatically when the end user casts their screen.

Quickest and easiest solution for meeting rooms

Polycom Pano is a simple device; one can easily install it in any meeting room within a few minutes. It provides flexibility to use any PC or smartphone to share your content wirelessly. The built-in security makes it perfect to share with guest as well.

No special arrangements or wires are required, just connect Pano to any monitor and then cast up to four simultaneous streams. The touchscreen functionality adds more value to the package. It also enables the presenter to play with the content during the meeting.