Review Summary
The Promethean ActivPanel Nickel is more than just a touchscreen – it is an interactive, internet-ready display pre-loaded with teaching tools. You can capture and crop images, draw and annotate content, add excitement to any activity with the Spinner and Timer, and use it as an interactive whiteboard. The 65″ 4K display is fantastic, and you can connect with Wi-Fi or LAN to ensure a reliable internet connection.
Introduction
Interactive displays let you write, draw, and annotate in real-time, empowering you with ways to create, transform and deliver content to people.
Classrooms are the biggest benefactors of interactive displays, but they also work terrifically in business environments like boardrooms.
The Promethean ActivPanel Nickel covers all the basics – writing, drawing, annotating – but reimagines the experience with incredible software. It runs Android Oreo with a proprietary skin designed to make creating content simple.
It delivers this with a Quad-Core processor with 2GB of RAM, which perfectly runs the “5” 4K display. The heat-tempered, anti-glare display is tough and enjoyable to use in any environment, making it a pleasure to use and view.
Usability and features
With a 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160) and a 60Hz refresh rate, the Promethean ActivPanel Nickel is standard for specs. However, the 178° viewing angle is far from standard – it’s up there with the best televisions money can buy.
You can expect a crisp, colourful, detailed image wherever you watch it, and you will enjoy playing with the intuitive software.
Promethean’s Android Oreo skin puts tools and controls a swipe away, giving you quick access to the following toolkit:
- Whiteboard
- Annotate
- Timer
- Spinner
- Screen Capture
- Screen Share
- Browser
- PDF Reader
- Media Players
You can write, draw, and annotate in the Whiteboard app, which turns the display into a blank canvas. Edits are saved in real-time, and you can switch between pages on the fly with a fast load feature to recall previous work.
Mirroring the panel is quick and easy, with the ability to connect up to 39 devices simultaneously. You can cast your Promethean ActivPanel Nickel display to up to 39 devices to showcase real time content.
Connectivity includes Wi-Fi and LAN. There are two HDMI ports (one at the side, one at the front) and three USB-A ports. The LAN supports speeds up to 100Mbps, so you have a great opportunity to feed in super-fast internet.
Should you have content and programmes that only run on a computer, you can use the Promethean ActivPanel Nickel as a display – simply connect via HDMI or VGA. However, the real power of this display is the Promethean Lesson Delivery Software, which lets you create lessons and deliver them in exciting new ways.
The verdict
We can’t think of a better 65″ 4K interactive display for under £3,500, including VAT. The display is top-rate, and you can mirror the screen to up to 39 devices and instantly share content over Wi-Fi. You can buy the Promethean AP7-U65-EU-1 here.
