Re: Overhead View Screens

["Paul Camp" <pjcamp@coastal.edu>]

Another potential alternative, for just a bit more, is to buy a 
_really_ big monitor. Gateway has recently begun selling the 31" 
monitor that comes with their Destination system as a separate item 
for about $1700. The resolution is not the highest (mine goes to 
800x600) but it supports standard VGA modes as well as TV signals. 
These are great in a small to medium size classroom. I use mine 
nearly every day.

Mainly I purchased it because for the price of a projector I could 
get a big screen and a computer too but now they sell the screen 
separately for those who already have a computer.

> To take advantage of the suggestions requiring 8-10 K  or even 3-4 K dollars,
> I hope my neighbor to the south has an oil well.  If I had requested such a
> projector on my "wish list", I'd have been advised to "dream on!"
>
> Although it is a seriously deficient system,  my students can view the
> graphics and pictures at websites and utilize software like IP2 using  L*TV
> Portable Pro from FOCUS Enhancements.  For about $300 I send images from our
> computer to a large TV monitor .  Admittedly,  text is very difficult to read
> from a distance.  But for now at least, it is better than having  25 students
> gather around a single computer monitor.
>
> Rosaline 
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