PRODUCT NEWS


CASIOANNOUNCESNEW FIVE-YEARWARRANTY ONALL ITS PROJECTORS


CASIOPROJECTORS, creator of the LEDand laser hybrid light source, introduced an extendedwarranty for all of its projector products at BETT this year. The newwarranty covers


both the light source and hardware on all Casio Green Slim, Pro, Short Throwand Signaturemodels for five years or 10,000 hours of use, whichever comes first. “No onewants their shiny


newclassroomor lecture theatre projector to cost the earth throughmaintenance fees and failing components,” saidNieve Cavanagh, Casio Projectors' senior product marketingmanager. “This type ofwarranty gives schools and universities a better idea of their long termbudgets and ensures their purchases pack more of a punch. “Casio's LEDand laser


hybrid light source technology made a huge impact on the market by eliminating the need for replacement lamps, offering years of usewithout failure and dramatically reducing lifetime costs.Now we are extending this confidence in our technology to include all parts of the projector, not just the light source.” Casio is also announced its


refresh of the Green Slimrange with seven newupdated slim and lightweight projectors. The newmercury-free laser and LEDhybrid light source projectors are just 43mm thick,A4-sized andweigh 2.3kg. Selectedmodels fromthe


updated projectors offer a wide range of newfeatures such as the ability to conduct presentationswirelessly from a smartphone or fromaUSB memory stick, and Intelligent Business Control,which automatically adjusts the projector’s output according to ambient light conditions.


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NationalDistance EducationUniversity (UNED) and schools in Dumfries and Galloway. Covadonga Rodrigo,


Casio’sGreen Slimprojector.


Why university likes Casio projectors


THEUNIVERSITY of Lincoln, rated among the top ten on student satisfaction,was among the first educational establishments to employ Casio’s newlamp-free projectors. The university’s trusted AV


supplier,Quadrant Solutions, secured one of the first Casio prototypes of their newlaser and LEDhybrid light source projectors. So impressedwith the


prototypewith performance and image quality that Lincoln placed an order for 60 projectors. PeterMennell, the AV team


leaderworkingwithin the IT infrastructure department fromthemain Brayford Pool Campus, told Technology in Education: “There’s always a certain degree of risk buying froma prototype that exhibits such cutting edge technology, but the cost of ownership benefits of revolutionary light source technology vs lamp-based alonewere compelling enough. As it turned out,wewere evenmore pleasedwith the final product when it arrived sixmonths later, straight off the Casio production line, as itwas even quieter and slimmer than the


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demonstrationmodel. “With the assistance of


Quadrant, the rollout of the first 60 units began in the university’s summer vacation, seamlessly ceiling-mounted in each roomusing the existing mounts. At the start of term, feedbackwas immediate fromboth staff and lecturers. “Our lecturerswere the first


to comment.What they liked was the immediate turn on and off time – previous units carried awarmup and cool down period that could elapse into several valuable minutes of lecture time. The projection of PowerPoint presentations themselves were notably improved – gonewas the variable, degrading lamp quality, replaced by a constant strong laser and LEDhybrid light source fromprojectors that allowhigh definition images to be conveyed fromBluRay orDVDstraight onto the projector via theHDMI port.” In fact, even the entry-level


model of the Green Slim series fromCasio delivers a native XGA resolution of 1,024 x 768 pixelswith a brightness of 2,000 ANSI lumens.


vice-rector for technology, UNED, said: “Our Polycom unified communication solution allows us to connect teacher and students at any time, any place, over any distance and enhances the distant learning experience for all our lifelong learning programmes.”


Sharing ideas Alan Cameron,


education officer for Dumfries and Galloway, commented: “Through Polycom’s solutions, we’ve seen teachers sharing ideas,we’ve been able to facilitate CPD sessionswith staff between schools and have also developed excellent international links.One school has linked up for home economics lessons in Poland and another of our schools linkswith a Caribbean school. It has been very successful and, looking to the future, it would be fantastic to have all schools kitted upwith video conferencing solutions.”


Most desirable In fact, a recent survey


of 500 top grade schools and university tutors cross Europe discovered that videoconferencing is regarded by themas the most desirableway to communicatewith parents, students and colleagues –when in-person interactions cannot take place.


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