Conference Rooms: Devoid of Technology No Longer
In most companies, the meeting room is a technology-free island. Most conference rooms consist of a table, a few chairs, overhead lights, and possibly a whiteboard. But meeting rooms are changing as Video Conferencing technology progresses… and no area of business will be left behind.
Another standard in Video Conferencing for boardrooms is a digital projector. For those that often use PowerPoint presentations as a meeting tool, a projector is an utter necessity. A digital projector will show any computer application on a white board or panel (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 companies, their price of Video Conferencing is falling as technology develops, 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 fundamentally a huge, but much slimmer, flat-screen IP TV or computer monitor. PDPs are normally 42″ to 50″, and have a very clear, vivid screen, making them great for video conferencing. Due to the fact that PDPs are a relatively new addition to the Video Conferencing market, they’re also very pricey, ranging from about $8,000 to $20,000. For around $4,000 more, 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 considering the many practical uses of a PDP with an interactive overlay. An interactive overlay will put in touch sensibility and annotation abilities, letting you to use your PDP just like an interactive whiteboard.
