Meeting Presentations: Technology-Stupid No Longer

How many meetings have you attended where there was a scrabbling for the lights at the beginning and end of a slideshow? One new addition to the meeting room technology industry is interactive room-control systems. A room control system will permit you to control most of the Video Conferencing in the conference room from a single centralized place.
A room control system ends all that moving around to switch on the lights, complaints that the thermostat has to be turned down, and questions about who is nearest the projector (and who knows where the button is to turn it on).
Another more elemental addition to Video Conferencingtechnology in meeting rooms is a devoted computer. This is especially necessary for those that tend to spend a lot of time leading meetings. Instead of having to unplug and haul a computer into the conference room (or, worse, calling the tech department to set one up in there for you), all you have to do is bring a CD of your presentation, or use the presentation via the web. This makes setting up for meetings rapid and painless, and also helps with Video Conferencing, as everything is already in its place.
With the cost of travel ever-increasing, video conferencing is becoming more and more significant, especially in larger companies with nationwide (or world-wide) branches. While the traditional teleconference still has its place in a meeting, and probably always will, being able to see and speak easily to your coworkers or clients can be priceless.

Another standard in Video Conferencing for boardrooms is a digital projector. For those that have to use PowerPoint presentations as a meeting tool, a projector is a complete necessity. A digital projector will display any computer application on a white board or screen (or even a light-colored wall), helping you to reveal information, presentations, even digital films or satellite tv. Though digital projectors used to be prohibitively expensive, especially for smaller businesses, their price of Video Conferencing is falling as technology progresses, making them an easily obtainable addition to the meeting audio visual system of any business.

A new edition of the electronic white board is the PDP, or Plasma Display Panel. A plasma display panel is in essence a huge, but much slimmer, flat-screen T.V. or computer monitor. PDPs are usually 42″ to 50″, and have a very clear, vivid screen, making them great for video conferencing. Due to the fact that PDPs are a comparatively new addition to the Video Conferencing market, they’re also very expensive, ranging from about $8,000 to $20,000. For around $4,000 extra, companies can invest in an interactive overlay for the PDP. This is a comparatively small investment when compared to the price of the PDP and when bearing in mind the many practical uses of a PDP with an interactive overlay. An interactive overlay will put in touch sensibility and annotation abilities, allowing you to use your PDP just like an interactive whiteboard.

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