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For some reason I am now wondering if overhead projectors are still called overhead projectors...
Overhead projectors don't exist anymore, they've been replaced by video projectors mounted overhead.
So... They still have overhead projectors they just aren't overhead projectors?
One is referring to the placement of the projector itself, one is referring to the placement of the mirror that projects the image.
I think it is this:
Overhead projector
Video projector
Slide projector
Film Strip Projector
Film projector
Wow. This shit is a lot more complicated than I thought.
Someone tell the german schools
I had a professor in uni in 2005 that used those. Those were called retroprojectors in Portuguese. We called him the retro professor.
Or smart whiteboard things or actual TVs
The new SMART boards (which is a brand like Kleenex) is actually IFP (Interactive Flat Panel). I work on the sales side of the industry now, but I grew up with, and worked on those SMART boards as my district had them, but they’re technically an interactive board and projector.
Also, if you didn’t know (and mannnnyyyy people in IT/Facilities don’t realize this for some unknown reason) there is major differences between TVs. Specifically consumer and enterprise/commercial grade TVs. Especially around LED/Backlight tested lifetime. Tons of education institutions have IT departments just buying off the shelf TVs. Which is horrifying for the network/unmanaged aspect alone…
It’s crazy what happened to them, and the market they could have locked down.
They are headquarted in my city, was still kicking around until late last year iirc.
SMART still has a bit of market control (last I looked they made up like 10% of IFP market), but they basically cost a fortune to buy (beyond competition) and then they still have a subscription on top of that.
I was a SysAdmin for K-12 so I pushed a lot of device agnostic stuff since I didn’t want more to manage. SMART was basically a major pain since users always wanted their old software installed. It was horrible, and it often required more than just app deployment through SCCM.
They were on the university grounds, so I don’t know where their office is now.
Remember when the teacher would bring in those fancy transparencies that had sliding handles on part of the page to animate part of the projection?
Those were the days lol
Or the fancier "elmos"
Can i still tickle him?
I think those are called Power Point presentations now.