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The room is relatively long and narrow with a ceiling low enough to limit the use of a large projection screen.

United Visual solved the problem by placing individual 15" LCD monitors along the whole length of the conference table.

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. How often have you been in a conference room or classroom where you have had trouble seeing a projected image? While this could be the result of poor room design, some situations make it impossible to provide a single screen large enough for everyone to see clearly. Sometimes the best solution is to go to two or three screens, but more and more often systems designers are looking at as many presentation devices as there are meeting participants.

Individual LCD monitors

When United Visual, Inc., of Itasca, Illinois became involved in a boardroom project at the University of Chicago Hospitals, designers realized right away that they weren't going to be able to install a traditional AV system. The room is relatively long and narrow with a ceiling low enough to limit the use of a large projection screen. Like most executives, hospital board members are finding an increased need to view small computer text and detailed images.

Though it might seem logical to supplement a projection screen up front with a couple of large monitors farther back, this is a room where a single conversation takes place around a single table and everyone needs equal access to information. It would be difficult to find space for additional large monitors and very difficult to put them where everyone could see clearly. United Visual solved the problem by placing individual 15" LCD monitors along the whole length of the conference table. Now everyone can read small text and fine-lined schematics only two feet away.

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