NEWLINE LYRA TT-6521Q 65" 4K interactive Touchscreen

[Talltree169]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has used these before and if they are any good. They look really good on paper but they don't really do face-to-face demos, it feels like its too good to be true and god knows if the board will last couple of years. Thanks

[Frodo_Baggins]

BETT would be good for this if you can make it, looks like they had a stand last year and will have one this year.

Seems around standard price vs Iiyama\Viewsonic - What's so good about them? (to play devil's advocate)

[Talltree169]

Hey, the main incentive was the price as it was £500 cheaper than promethean and Clevertouch's similar products. It comes with mirror sharing and over 100s educational apps. These boards are also very robust as they are 3cm thick.

[CHiLL]

We've just taken delivery of two of them, but they aren't getting fitted until Monday, so can't comment yet on their usage. We've bought them without a test unit, so sight unseen, pretty much because they're spec'd well and directed towards education. If they go well, we'll buy those instead of the BenQ's we've been purchasing for future replacements.

[Talltree169]

Which supplier did you go through? "Go education" or straight through "Newline" themselves.

[VeryPC_Colin_M]

Newline are a great bunch. Products are solid, with a good warranty. We'd be happy to offer you pricing and options :-)

[FragglePete]

We installed 34 Newline units over last summer around the school. Mostly 75", with a couple of 86" models for the large science labs we have here.

 

Generally, good value for money but do have the occasional issue with them where they won't shutdown, only a power cycle fixes that. Remote controls are a bit flakey, and you to be at a certain angle for them to be picked up (ie, almost straight on). But, image quality and features are very good for the price point. We had a number of them in before the big install last summer, in several batches and each time the hardware seems better than the last batch.

 

We've had a few issues also with HDMI run lengths - this could just be HDMI being really fussy if you go over a certain length, but on a few of our longer runs we've replaced the installed cables with HDMI over optical which has resolved all those issues.

 

UK Support have been very responsive, haven't hesitated in swapping out a unit if we've had an issue

 

You can sort of 'cloud manage' them as well centrally - which is a nice feature.

 

Overall, been very happy. Price point started at around £1600 installed, but this has risen over the years to over £1800 now - this being the 75" with the 86" about another £500 on top.

 

Stone Computers did all our installs so far.

 

Pete

[BenQ_Chris]

Hi Talltree169,

 

At BenQ we are able to offer value led screens (RE series) and feature rich screens (RP series), we are able to offer remote demos and depending on the opportunity we also offer on site in person demos. We will also be at Bett (stand NE10) where you'll be able to get hands on with the whole range.

 

With all the screens you get included at no extra cost:

EZWrite 6 whiteboard software built-in (with Windows and mac versions)

Network based casting solution (Instashare 2)

Cloud based device management

Cloud messaging broadcast system

Cloud based account system (allowing connection to cloud storage platforms)

Eyecare (low blue light and flicker free)

Toughened, tempered reinforced glass

De/Re-install warranty (5 year upon registration)

 

If you'd like to know more or have any questions, just let me know.