Home theatre design is changing for good. The emergence of voice control and the elimination of wired speakers is simplifying setup, while laser projectors replace TV screens to create a convincing cinema experience in the home. Here are the biggest trends shaping the future of home theatre: Projectors Projectors have been utilised in home theatres … Continue reading Home theatre design is changing for good.
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The Epson EB-L610U 6000 is a brilliant laser projector. Epson pitches it as an entry-level model, which it might be on their product list, but in reality, the EB-L610U has everything you want in in a projector – WUXGA resolution, excellent brightness, and both HDBaseT and HDMI connectivity. You can spend more on a laser … Continue reading Epson EB-L610U 6000 Projector Review
Image credit: http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/en-gb/products/interactive-flat-panels/touch-screen/all The Hitachi UHD7510 is an advanced touchscreen interactive panel designed to be as responsive as a tablet. The panel is good for 10-point multi-touch, which means you can theoretically use the 10 digits on your hand at the same time to perform various commands and gestures. The reality is you’ll use one, … Continue reading Hitachi UHD7510 75″ 4K Ultra HD Review
Visualisers allow a non-digital item to be displayed digitally by capturing an image of the item with an overhead camera. That image is then displayed on another device, such as a projector screen, interactive whiteboard or monitor. These devices are most useful for taking snapshots of paper documents, but they can capture much more than … Continue reading How to buy the right visualiser
In 1987, Epson developed and launched one of the world’s first compact full-colour projectors. The VPJ-700 was ahead of its time, presenting a video with liquid crystal panels instead of the traditional cathode-ray tube. This boosted output and video quality so much it revolutionised the projector market forever. Today, Epson is a household name in … Continue reading Epson Data Projectors Review
You probably use at least one touchscreen every day on your smartphone, tablet or computer. Interacting with a touchscreen is as normal as pressing buttons on your television remote, but it wasn’t always this way. Touchscreens used to be resistive (where you had to apply pressure for them to register touch) and it was only … Continue reading The future for interactive touchscreens
There are projectors, and then there are projectors. You know the kind – projectors that boot up fast, connect easily, display the crispest image, run quiet, and don’t get too hot. Cheap and cheerful projectors can do a job for you, but not as well as projectors like this Hitachi CP-CW251WN. The Hitachi CP-CW251WN is … Continue reading Hitachi Short Throw Projector Review
Buying a tabletop projector screen isn’t as complex as buying a TV. You don’t need to concern yourself with the resolution, peripheral support or smart features because tabletop projector screens are much simpler devices. They are effectively a blank screen which is projected on to with a separate device. Because of this, there are only … Continue reading How to buy the right tabletop projector screen
The job of teaching is one which requires plenty of plates to be spun simultaneously. From the unique challenges of managing a classroom full of kids to administrative duties, it can be difficult to keep on top of everything – especially when you include lesson planning in the workload. Any teacher will tell you that … Continue reading Why Visualisers Trump PowerPoint in Schools
It wasn’t so long ago now that the idea of collaborative working was wheeling an A1 pad of paper into a room and breaking out the marker pens. Needless to say, the modern business environment has changed pretty dramatically since then. Telecommuting, teleconferencing and a new era of digital collaboration have meant that audio-visual technology … Continue reading Why No Serious Business Can Go Without Audio-Visual Installation
Like soup without a spoon, there isn’t much use in a projector if you don’t have a projector screen. Providing a smooth, non-reflective surface for projectors to create images upon, projector screens vastly enhance the aesthetic appeal of your projections and transform any space into one where a projector can thrive. It’s for that reason … Continue reading Pull Down or Portable – Your Guide to Projector Screen Types
The modern teaching environment is almost unrecognisable from that even twenty years ago. Technology has permeated virtually every aspect of the teaching environment, solving many of the issues teachers have encountered since the dawn of their profession, whilst creating a few of its own. Nevertheless, few teachers now would swap the current teaching environment for … Continue reading Which Projectors are Right for Schools?