Replacing Smartboards, Interactive TVs

[elsiegee40]

They were part of Steljes - that is not in dispute - and Avocor has indeed stated that they will pick up warranties. However, the point is still valid. Had Avocor not formed out of the ashes of Steljes - the screens would not have had support from Vivid touch.

Avocor only launched AFTER the demise of Steljes - with mainly ex steljes staff.

 

 

http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/2462334/nigel-steljes-smart-crashed-the-gears-and-we-couldnt-survive

[Swansfirst]

Thank you to townsend for both replies.

 

We will check up with our ICT supplier about the warranty as it's meant to be 5 years.

We wanted to use a big name, i.e Promethean but their screen was very average and then they angered us with the cost of the software.

We then looked at other big names. One being C Touch. But they lied to us saying we had to buy their units to get octopus which we have now found out is untrue.

The vivid touch scenario scares us as you rightly say "what if" so we ended up with ecotouch.

 

They say their products are cheaper because they don't spend lots of money on marketing which is probably why we had never heard of them :-)

They have a lot of reference sites on their website so we will deffo chase those up.

If we went with iiyama, do they have any software for use in classrooms?

[Zipsterr]

Hi Swanfirst.

 

We had many demonstrations from Smart /Promethean /Genee and clevertouch. We sat down with our supplier who offerd us the best pricing on the market and information on all brands. they are all the same in a nut shell so its whatever suits your teachers/pupils. Good luck with it

[Townsend]

Bit simplistic - but largely true! - A screen can be said to be a screen! They are all searching for something to differentiate and often it comes down to the software. Do you stick or twist?