Projectors, Newcomers In

The Business World

Audio-visual type products are becoming an integral tool within a growing number of Islands office sectors, par ticularly in regions such as pro duct education.

Projectors, from people such

as Fairchild, 3M, Hanimex and Kodak, are key components of most systems.

One of the most active sup pliers in this region is the US based group, Bell & Howell, which has a separate division out of its Sydney offices set up to supervise a wide range of distributors in SE Asia and the Islands.

Ron Webb, who travels the

region frequently, heads this

division.

Bell & Howell’s Ken Jones, also of Sydney, has recently disclosed a new portable projector, which he says, is sep cifically designed for front

throw or rear-screen display.

Flexibility of projection methods permits the single piece of equipment to serve different audience sizes or types of meetings.

“No other device offers this front and rear projection com bination,” claimed Mr Jones.

“Although a self-contained unit with a built-in daylight projection screen, it will also

forward project a bright, large

picture on an external screen,” he said. “Another feature is its

unique enlarging capacity.”

The projector is fitted with a frame filler control capable of enlarging the rear-screen image from any slide by as much as 60%. The Bell & Howell product has been engineered for 35 mm and the square-format 126 slide pro grammes.

Mr Jones said the modular construction machine was find ing its way into businesses at an accelerating rate because of its ability in the staff training con

text. Companies could produce

a wide variety of in-house pro grammes at economical cost for the training of personnel in their own offices.

By design, the projector

accepts standard rotary slide trays, holding 80 or 140

As well as the whole range of audio-visual aids to training etc., the VDT, or Visual Display Terminal is begining to make its appearance in the modern office. These allow the operator a clear view of the work and to adjust layout, type size etc. before a final copy is pro duced.

lounted transparencies, and

tandard audio cassettes. It also as a tape pause control allow ig the automatic programme 3 be interrupted at any time.

“Model 796 X plays pre

ecorded pulsed tapes and

dvances the slides automati

ally, and model 797 X enables

ic exhibitor to make his own aund-track and put the pulses n without the need of ad

itional equipment,”

xplained Mr Jones.

For its light source, the

rojector uses the recently

itroduced DDM lamp

laimed to be a highly efficient 9v, 80w tungsten-halogen nth a multi-faceted dichroic lirror.

“It has a remarkable life ex ectancy of 500 hours in the sar-projection mode when it is nder-run,” said Mr Jones, and 100 hours in front projec on when operating at full ower.”

Another innovative feature the internal tray storage rea.