Can anyone recommend an AV/Multimedia Supplier???

[secman]

Chaps,

 

We are located in the London Area and are looking for a company to supply and install two projector systems, one for the main hall and the other for a new Drama Suite.

 

Can anyone suggest a reliable and reasonable supplier?

 

Thanks

 

Alan

[alan-d]

Have a look at USL They usually give us good prices for projectors and bulbs. Not actually used them for installations.

[CyberNerd]

http://www.forwardvisionsolutions.co.uk/

[woody]

We have had many interctive whiteboards / projector systems put in by these people:

 

http://www.tgmresource.com

 

Very competative and professional installations IMHO

[Face-Man]

Our LEA went out to tender and this company http://www.matrixdisplay.com came in with the most compeative cost and there instaltion work has been of a very high standard (we have had 44 boards fitted). However they have changed sales rep and the current one is not delivering quote etc on time I thing they have got slack thinking they won the tender. Any my manager has put a call into the MD so hopefully things will improve soon.

[Guest]

Used Matrix, never will again. Left us with 3 IWB installations that had live VGA leads. Were very unhelpful, took 2 months to get the problems fixed.

 

I now use http://www.rocheav.co.uk/ Becta Approved

[Norphy]

Bullet Point Presentations

 

Good salesmen, high quality of work, guaranteed 3 year lamp life on Epson projectors. Can't recommend them enough.

 

We've also used Panacea IT, Inmac (who subcontract out to Admiral) and V-Lan and have found them good too.

[Netman]

Can also recommended Panacea - have used many firms and they have been the best so far for us... Corin Harrison [corin @ panaceait.com] is the man to speak to... very helpful chap.

[indie]

We use Scotia for all our AV stuff. Fantastic and professional! They installed a bespoke auditorium for us, with VC, rear projection screen, interactive whiteboard, visualiser, lectern with inputs for laptops etc, induction loop, Sky Digital, DVD, VHS, Wireless Mics, Speakers, all remote controlled with a Crestron unit.

[Face-Man]

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quote]They installed a bespoke auditorium for us, with VC, rear projection screen, interactive whiteboard, visualiser, lectern with inputs for laptops etc, induction loop, Sky Digital, DVD, VHS, Wireless Mics, Speakers, all remote controlled with a Crestron unit.

 

And you let Teachers in there !! :twisted:

[indie]

I try to keep them as far away as possible!

 

It does come in handy for when the footballs on and we've now got a HD projection set up in there with a screen the size of the back wall, the xbox 360 looks mighty fine on it

[john]

LOL, I will vote for Roche AV, excellent prices and some very good warranty offers on projectors and bulbs. Got 4yrs on the projectors and 3 on the bulbs (was 3 years ago now) but last quotes I got had a similar offer. Just had to remind them today about faxing a warranty repair (5 nudges and it arrived) But appart from that very helpful guy on the phone, asked for advice on another projector from that thats sounds like Concorde starting up and running! and an identical one does not, they said fill in a form and send that in as well and we will look whilst its in warranty! What nice people!

[mart]

Try GV Multi-media at http://www.gvmm.co.uk there very good for Educational prices. We must have purchased almost 20 projectors in the last year and we got great prices ans service from them. So give them a go.

[webman]

We've used GV Multimedia before.. 3 LCD screens with speakers in the dining hall and a projector/large screen with wireless mic+amp+speakers in the main hall. No problems at all.

[krisd32]

we use a company called azzuri communications all their work has been of the highest quality, would definately reccomend.

can't think of their url right now but they are based all over the country!

[MrDylan]

We use Azzuri for our Network Support, their engineers are great.

 

The only thing to be wary of is it's a big job they may contract out to a company we've not had much luck with, but if it's their inhouse guys they're good.

 

Bit expensivr I understand.

[Vegas]

We have been using Smarter Solutions for all our IWB's and I can't praise them enough.

For our recent main hall multimedia installation we used a compay called Newday who specialise in this field and do lots of work for churches. They did a fantastic job and also with a simple one touch control panel made it teacher proof.

[naisarg]

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[john]

Ok, I have just got a Smart 540 (yes I know the 600 range are out, but the other two are 500 range, so they will all look identical) from Smarter Solutions, and I paid £350 for it! I think the school I got it for said they paid £700 for the last one they got! Now I know they are end of line so will be discounted for that, but £350 thats a steal in my view, so get them quick, as I was told it was whilst stocks last!