Re: Computer-to-TV devices
Rod Kissinger (ckn009@mail.connect.more.net)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 01:26:49 EST
Paul Heymont <phey@panix.com> wrote:
>I've been noticing in computer catalogs devices to hook up a computer to a
>TV through a small box, which I believe is a scan converter. They range in
>price from around $150 to $300 in the catalog.
>
>Question: are these useful for classroom use? the cost of a projector is out
>of the question for our near-future budget, but it might be possible to
>swing this. Second: what value do you get for increasing price--features,
>better image, or what?
We've bought approx. 250 TV-Ator Remotes (Antec Co.) over the past two
years and have had problems with only two of them.
The device zooms in on one portion of the screen which makes it useful when
print is too small to read from the back of the class.
Rod Kissinger
Instructional Software Specialist
ckn009@mail.connect.more.net
http://www.orion.org/ed/sgfschls