Audio Visual Facilities

Projection

The display system has three independent projectors:

A full HD (1920×1080) device projecting onto a 4m wide fixed frame screen.
Two wide-screen XGA (1280×8000) devices, located right and left, projecting onto 3m wide electrically operated drop-down screens.

All three projectors are fed from a Dexon video processor, allowing up to four images on the main screen and single images on the two side screens.

Lecterns

There are two podium lecterns, one giving primary control of all AV equipment, and the other providing basic controls for a second presenter.

Control systems

he primary lectern incorporates a 22” widescreen interactive touch screen allowing full control, confidence monitoring and preview:

Lighting
Digital and analogue laptop inputs
CD
Blu-Ray HD disk player
HD television
Volume
Source selection
Projector

The second lectern has an 8.4” wireless touch panel to provide secondary controls and digital or analogue laptop inputs for an additional presenter.

Autocue

Audio equipment includes:

Two microphones on each lectern
Six radio microphones
Auditorium cinema surround-sound, from a BOSE/Martin Audio decoding system, fed from the Blu-Ray and HD outlets
CD dock for music playback
iPod dock for music and video playback

Video recording & display

Two controllable video cameras can be used to display the presented on screen or to record the presentation. The presentation is also displayed on monitors outside the lecture theatre, to deter interruptions.