All posts by Phil Marshall

Review Summary The Samsung SMHG75EJ690YB is an innovative display screen, ideal for use in hotels and other commercial settings. It offers a wide range of great features, enabling you to tailor your display content easily. However, the picture quality makes this product stand out from the competition, with consistent UHD resolution. Introduction If you’re looking for a … Continue reading Samsung SMHG75EJ690YB 75″, 4k Commercial Display Screen Review →

Portable projector screens are the secret weapon you didn’t know your business needed. Lightweight, convenient and packed with the latest tech, they can deliver numerous advantages for your organisation. Here are a few ways a portable projector screen can save you time and money. You can use a portable projector screen in any room Most … Continue reading Reasons why portable projector screens save you time and money →

Review summary While a typical lamp projector might have 2,500 lumens, the NEC P603X kicks out 6,000 lumens for the biggest spaces like auditoriums and sports halls. It’s a serious bit of kit for assuring a great viewing experience in large spaces, with a 0.79m minimum and 1.34m maximum throw. The 1124 x 768 pixels/ 4:3 aspect … Continue reading NEC 6000 Lumens projector review →

If you go back thirty years, teachers were writing and illustrating on blackboards with chalk to engage students in the classroom. Ten years later, whiteboards moved the game on with dry erase ink, but this was hardly a technological revolution. The first interactive screens, introduced in the 2010s, were a technological revolution, bringing centralised collaboration … Continue reading How to choose interactive screens for classrooms →

Visualisers are electronic devices with a height and tilt-adjustable camera on an arm that’s connected to an external display like a TV or monitor. The camera lets you display a video feed on the display in real-time for interactive lessons and learning. Visualisers have been in the classroom for over a decade however the technology … Continue reading What is a Visualiser for the Classroom? →

The main advantage of a rear projection screen is standing in front of it without blocking light from the projector. This is beneficial for presentations and increases the number of potential locations for the projector. Another advantage of rear projection screens is improved contrast and image quality because it separates the light path from the audience. Audiences … Continue reading Why choose a rear projection screen? →

The Fast-Fold Deluxe Large Portable Screen is a foldable, portable projector screen in a wheeled case. It’s available in sizes up to 4m, making it one of the biggest screens of its kind, and it is deceptively easy to use and move around. This expert review reveals everything you need to know about it, helping you … Continue reading Fast-Fold Deluxe Large Portable Screen Review →

The beauty of projectors is you can use any flat surface as a screen, but if you want the best viewing experience, you should use a dedicated surface. Projector screens come in all shapes and sizes, including standard pull-down screens, fixed screens that you bolt into a wall, and rear projector screens that display an image … Continue reading Choosing a projector screen →

School halls have relatively complex audio visual requirements. The large open space is great at eating up sound, making speaker placement vital. The acoustic qualities of the hall also need to be considered to avoid reverberation. On the visual side, the main concern is a restricted screen view. Simply put, pupils must see the screen … Continue reading AV for school halls – how to design the optimal experience →

The characteristics of meetings room audio visual are unique, with audio fed in from various sources across a large space. Add projectors and displays to the mix, and you have lots of different ways the AV experience can suffer. You might have seen films where a conference phone is in the middle of a meeting … Continue reading Meeting room AV best practices →

Sizing and specifying audio visual systems for sports halls isn’t always straightforward because of the size and shape of the space. Also, sports halls are enormous, and they are used in hundreds of different ways, from parent’s evenings to assemblies and shows, all requiring different AV qualities. What we have, then, is a dynamic space … Continue reading Best practices for A/V solutions in sports halls  →

Review summary: The Iiyama TE5503 MIS-B1AG is an excellent interactive touchscreen, with in-built software for annotations and drawing. The included dual-touch pens offer a variety of useful features, and you can directly interact with on-screen content. The 4K resolution makes the display future-proof, but it’s the higher-the-average contrast ratio of 1200:1 that delivers fantastic image … Continue reading Iiyama TE5503 MIS-B1AG 55″ Interactive Touchscreen 4K Review →