TV’s and Projectors

At the beginning, projectors weren’t very common. Instead, TV’s were used. Big CRT’s were used. Many CRT’s were removed but some still remain on the campus as of May 2018. Even when every classroom had a project, TV’s were sometime used to playback VHS’s!!!

Early projectors were Dell’s but these were unreliable and were common to overheat. That being said, a Dell projector is still being used in the current Film classroom. After the Dell projectors, the school switched to Epson projectors. That being said, the F-block MPH uses a Optoma projector

Computers would output through VGA to a VGA splitter where one output went to a computer monitor and another to the projector.

Projectors would be roof mounted in classrooms however for assemblies, projectors were mainly situated on tables or trolleys. When the primary assembly moved to the mesra, a roof mounted projector was installed however today, all that remains is the mount and cables. It’s a similar story to an ill-fated projector installation at the foyer. A smart projector was mounted off from a wall which had been resurfaced allowing to use whiteboard markers on the wall. The projector however, was barely used the remains today are is the mount and cables.

The school’s love for VGA is ridiculous. Even when they constructed F-block in 2014/2015, they still used VGA to hook up computers to roof mounted projectors. Some of the computers used at that time did have native VGA and HDMI output which meant they could have avoided the use of VGA splitters. When the teachers switched to laptops, they used HDMI to VGA adapters. That being said, more recently, some classrooms have had their VGA cables replaced for HDMI cables.

There was once occasion where a teacher wanted to output to a projector and was using a MacBook Pro (Retina) and output from Thunderbolt 2 to VGA with the VGA plugged into a VGA to HDMI USB adapter!

Most of the classroom projected onto a whiteboard. Some classrooms have manual pull-down projector screen and the F-block has a motorized pull-down projector screen.