This year, the only AV equipment we will provide are DVD players and TV monitors in all the rooms. 

 

However, we are providing TVs with VGA input and the cables you will need to plug into your laptops or notebooks.  All you need to bring is your computer!

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The picture is NOT going to be as good as on your computer screen, and there are things to be aware of:

 

Look at TV graphics and note how simple they are.  Avoid very thin lines, small text, and serif fonts - that will stop things shimmering.  Use thick lines, bold text, and uncomplicated charts.  And experiment with colors - avoid bright reds and bright white (94% white, although it looks grey on a computer monitor, looks like white on a TV monitor and doesn't burn out). Above all it will help you if you can use the TV while creating as you can see straight away what works and what doesn't.

Conference Home

PCA/ACA Home

AC Info Main Page

This is basically the type of cable

the hotel will provide.

 

You also run the risk of losing your edges, either to cropping or fuzziness, so set up the PPT so that it doesn't run all the way to the edge of the screen.  SAMPLES:

 

Presentation Layout Example
 


Original PowerPoint

 


Original PowerPoint on TV

 


Optimized PowerPoint


Optimized PowerPoint on TV

 

ATTENTION MAC USERS:

You will need to bring a VGA/Monitor

Adapter with you; your Mac may have

come equipped with one.  If not, they're

available at computer supply stores, and

are quite inexpensive.

 

TV Monitor Information:

For those who'd like to

know (and can understand),

 

The monitors are 29" Multisync monitors.

They are high resolution data and video

CRT monitors.  VGA, SVGA, XGA, Apple,

Video (NTSC)  1024X768.

 

Create the DVD in a 4:3 standard format.