Training Rooms:Enhanced byCurrent Tools

It’s strange how meeting rooms are some of the last rooms you’ll find technology in the office. Sure, you’ll have the latest technology in the offices themselves. And, yes, every supervisory-level employee in the company will have a Blackberry, a sexy, quick little laptop computer, and an office with satellite tv.

Another standard in audio visual systems for conference rooms is a digital projector. For those that often 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 panel (or even a light-colored wall), helping you to share information, presentations, even digital films or satellite tv. Though digital projectors used to be prohibitively expensive, especially for smaller businesses, their price is falling as technology develops, making them an easily obtainable addition to the meeting audio visual system of any industry.

A new version of the electronic white board is the PDP, or Plasma Display Panel. A plasma display panel is basically a huge, but much slimmer, flat-screen T.V. or computer monitor. PDPs are normally 42″ to 50″, and have a very clear, bright screen, making them great for video conferencing. As PDPs are a relatively new addition to the audio visual systems market, they’re also very costly, 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 add touch sensibility and annotation abilities, permitting you to use your PDP just like an interactive whiteboard.

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