Best Videoconferencing Service?

[Gildor]

Looking to video conference more with the family and thought I'd ask what service/software people like.

Conferencing will be between two PC computers and, as noted, will be for "home" use, not business. Being able to conference in other computers simultaneously is nice to have, but not a requirement. Obviously, this is not a party line and so I'd like privacy between whatever computers that are conferencing.

For hardware, both sides have Logitech HD cameras.

Quality audio is another nice to have, but I am more concerned with video quality and having a minimum a video drop-outs and freeze-ups. I can just use a telephone for audio.

I know Skype is popular, but are there other alternatives out there given what I want? What do you folks use?

Thanks!

P.S. Mods, my apologies if this is not the right forum. There didn't seem to be one with just the right fit. Move if you deem necessary.

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[ggadrian]

I've done many hours of videoconference this year usgin skype and google hangouts and skype had better quality (specially for the audio) and less freeze-ups.

It was before the summer, so maybe hangouts has improved.

 

[Gildor]

Thanks. Based on your response and poking around the internet, it seems these two are the current best solutions.

 

[Rottie]

how about oovoo?

 

[Leros]

Hangouts is my preferred choice. You get audio quality is great. It's easy to do conference calls. The screen sharing is really to use too.

FWIW, it's simple enough to use that my company has standardized on it for our conference rooms.

 

[PliotronX]

I will have to say Skype remains a solid choice. I've used video chat with Hangouts but did not realize that it has screen sharing as well. I wonder if it's proprietary to the Chrome browser however. I like software to run outside of browsers so try to use those wherever I can.

 

[John Connor]

Skype is nice and I think Viber might be another choice. I haven't had the opportunity to use Viber though since my cousin removed it. Great thing is both Viber and Skype are smartphone Apps. So you can stay connected with video chat on the go.

 

[betaletted]

Probably skype but i don't know