Zoom just released their 27 inch hardware device but.....
So zoom just released their 27 inch hardware device for those working from home right now but here is the catch. Its 600 dollars? As a business owner im much more likely to purchase my employee's a webcam and headset at 1/3 that price and recoup. On the high side they have hardware for zoom rooms that you can purchase by either adding more overhead at a minimum of $75 dollars a month or by purchasing outright at thousands of dollars per device. On the low end which also has its pitfalls you can go the webcam route but that is not the most efficient or the most pleasant p2p experience. so far we have enterprise hardware at 4000 zooms new work from home hardware at 600 and then a webcam and headset at 150-250. If you took the portal tv and then installed bulk purchased speakers (which im sure you would buy in bulk anyway), install the speakers into the device, drop zoom video on it and re release it as portal tv+ or whatever you would like for $250 then you wouldn't even be able to keep up with the demand from business owners like me trying to pick dozens of these up to equip my workers from home. This would hit dead center on an up tapped market and would probably increase the profit on your devices unless you had to reengineer the whole device to incorporate speakers but my guess is the chip inside already can be wired for them.