Topic: Video Conferencing

California Governor Jerry Brown is considering a bill to prevent prisons from replacing in-person visits with paid video conferencing. The hosts criticize companies like JPAY for charging inmates high fees for emails, music, and virtual visits.

Skype reportedly secured a deal with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions to integrate video conferencing into television programming. The discussion critiques the use of low-quality webcams in professional broadcasts, citing past failures at Tech TV where amateur video connections looked "cheap and crummy." The trend is characterized as a marketing gimmick to sell webcams rather than a programming improvement.