MP250 interactive lectern: SMART Technologies.www.smarttech.com/sympodium Hardware, $5,199 and up Equipped with a pre-wired multimedia cabinet, an interactive pen display, a built-in audio system and a multimedia switch, this lectern enables educators to deliver multimedia presentations with all the interactive functions and digital ink capabilities offered by the company's interactive whiteboard An interactive whiteboard is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer’s desktop onto the board’s surface, where users control the computer using a pen, finger or other device. . Presenters can use the interactive pen display to control and write over computer-based material while a projector connected to an external connection panel on the lectern displays information on a larger screen so audiences can follow along. It's also prewired for an internal computer, laptop, VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. and DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. . Users can scroll To continuously move forward, backward or sideways through the text and images on screen or within a window. Scrolling implies continuous and smooth movement, a line, character or pixel at a time, as if the data were on a paper scroll being rolled behind the screen. See auto scroll. by placing two fingers on the screen and dragging them up, down or side to side, or by touching the screen with another finger for a right mouse click. Also new is the RearProjection SMART Board 4000i interactive whiteboard ($29,999), which is powered by an integrated SXGA (Super XGA) A screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels. SXGA is commonly used on standard monitors, but provides a 1.25:1 aspect ratio, compared to the more common 1.33:1 (4:3) ratio. SXGA+ has a 1400x1050 resolution, which is an exact 1.33:1 ratio. See PC display modes. + projector with a resolution of 1400 x 1050 and a contrast ratio of 1100:1. CIRCLE #507 FOR MORE INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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