Competitions
Pimped up lecterns
| Submitted by | Team Alchemedia | Division of Technology, Information & Learning Support, Queensland University of Technology | ||
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| Description | The AV office lectern. As a national publication we naturally opted for the all-terrain touring version |
At QUT, we have 95 teaching spaces equipped with this lectern model.
In the large spaces, like the one in the photo, all of the presenters equipment is housed in the lectern, with the remainder housed in the biobox.
In the smaller spaces, all of the AV equipment is housed in the lectern, in a modular rack. John Vikstrom CTS |
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| Ranking | Superbly Equipped - No. 1 |
About this competition
For many of us, lecterns are a rich and important part of our daily lives. Whether it’s trying to find a luminaire that will actually reach the lectern in its current position or patiently explaining to the presenter the subtle functional difference between a Littlite and a gooseneck microphone, lecterns seem to be a regular feature of our waking nightmares.
It would be pretty hard to have missed the feature creep in specifications for lecterns over the last few years. Of course, even if your lectern stock is prehistoric, by now you will have decommissioned the SAV slide-changer remote, installed a VGA feed and a LAN connection and, if budget permits, an adjustable task light. The request for new features knows no bounds.
In recognition of the important role that lecterns (no, a ‘podium’ is something you stand on) play in the AV industry, AV magazine is holding a contest to find the most superbly equipped lectern in the Australia.
How do I enter?
Simply email us a digital image (minimum two megapixel, high quality JPEG) together with your contact details
Conditions of entry:
- You must own the copyright to the image you submit and grant us permission to reproduce it in AV magazine and here on our website.
- All entries will be displayed on this page as they are received.
- To prove that your image is genuine, get a copy of AV magazine somewhere in the picture.
Judging
In acknowledgement of the AV industry’s collective talent for image capture (and skilled use of Photoshop/GIMP), our panel of expert industry judges will award prizes in three divisions:
- Most superbly equipped lectern (un-retouched).
- Most superb temporarily upgraded lectern.
- Most superbly equipped lectern (resulting from image manipulation).
Magnificent prizes
On offer is one of Gefen’s very useful EXT-USB-2-VGA adapters (RRP: $179)
courtesy of Amber Technology.
EXT-USB-2-VGA Features:
Specifications:
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Results
Winner(s) will be announced in an upcoming issue of AV