Presentation monitors provide a direct view and good image quality, depending on the resolution. One product to consider is the Pocket scan converter (). Prices range from $200 to several thousand dollars. This technology is evolving at a rapid rate, so check out the latest equipment. The most notable difference is the lack of sharpness. The conversion may result in inferior picture quality. Video scan converters are available to enable you to convert the signal to a NTSC format. However, we cannot display digital video on a standard TV monitor without converting the digital signal to an analog or NTSC format. With regular video, we use a standard TV monitor in a NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) format. One of the problems with digital video is how to display it to an audience. Using TV monitors to display digital video The video can be recorded on a VCR if the court or attorney desires to keep a record of what is displayed.Ĭonsiderations when using a visual presenter: It is not a computer, and the video that is sent is generally not digitized. It is relatively lightweight and can be taken to the courtroom. It is easy to use and can serve as a backup in case more sophisticated presentation software and equipment has a glitch. The visual presenter is an important display technology that is relatively low tech. Images that are displayed can also be printed, whether it is a document picture or video frame. Since it is video, a VCR can capture all of the proceedings and exhibits displayed on the visual presenter for later playback. The visual presenter can be turned into a “wireless” display system by purchasing low cost transmission equipment at Radio Shack. Actual objects, pictures, x-rays, blueprints, charts, tables, hospital records, and documents can be prominently displayed with this piece of equipment. Anything can be placed beneath the camera for projection onto monitors in the courtroom. The visual (Elmo™) presenter is a video camera attached to a metal arm pointed downward to project images onto a color monitor or a LCD projector.
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To get your point across quickly, cleanly and inexpensively, transparencies may be the answer. Turning down the lights for key evidence will further focus the trial with these types of multimedia aids. Also, one can draw on the transparencies to highlight important evidence. The trial is a mini drama and if the overhead projector can add to the drama by projecting a “bigger then life” image of a document for all the jurors to see, that very well may be the piece of evidence that will be remembered by the trier of fact. Once projected, the overhead becomes the focal point of the litigants, witness, and most important, the jurors.
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Projecting transparencies up on a screen provides important control of the trial proceedings. To build your presentation, place pieces of paper over the points until they are discussed. Paper border transparencies are easier to handle, the paper blocks out projector light and one can write on the edges. After printing your transparencies, I suggest that you attach paper borders, which can be purchased at office, supply stores. With the introduction of low cost and quiet printers, transparencies can now be printed in the courtroom as the trial is proceeding.
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All that is needed to display them is a high-powered projector, which many judges permit in the legal proceeding. Transparencies are still being used to display visual aids because of the cost and relative ease of use. The equipment for a presentation will vary, depending on what type of legal proceeding as well as what type of evidence you will be presenting. The key factor in any choice one makes for presentation equipment is the QUALITY of the display to your audience. After creating your digital presentation, the next step is deciding how to display it to your legal audience and how the courtroom should be configured for the greatest impact upon the factfinder.