In most companies, the meeting room is a technology-free island. Most conference rooms consist of a table, a couple of chairs, overhead lights, and maybe a whiteboard. But meeting rooms are changing as Video Conferencing technology evolves… and no area of business will be left behind.

Another standard in Video Conferencing for meeting rooms is a digital projector. For those that often use PowerPoint presentations as a meeting tool, a projector is an absolute necessity. A digital projector will show any computer application on a white board or screen (or even a light-colored wall), helping you to impart information, presentations, even digital films or satellite tv. Though digital projectors used to be prohibitively expensive, especially for smaller companies, their price of Video Conferencing is falling as technology advances, making them an easily obtainable addition to the meeting audio visual system of any company.

A new edition of the electronic white board is the PDP, or Plasma Display Panel. A plasma display panel is in essence a huge, but much slimmer, flat-screen T.V. or computer monitor. PDPs are usually 42″ to 50″, and have a very clear, bright screen, making them great for video conferencing. As PDPs are a comparatively new addition to the Video Conferencing market, they’re also very costly, ranging from about $8,000 to $20,000. For around $4,000 extra, companies can invest in an interactive overlay for the PDP. This is a comparatively small investment when compared to the price of the PDP and when allowing for the many practical uses of a PDP with an interactive overlay. An interactive overlay will put in touch sensibility and annotation abilities, allowing you to use your PDP just like an interactive whiteboard.

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