Specifications

Learning Spaces Guidelines
AV & Teaching Station: 20
above: illustration of visualiser with recessed into worktop
Expectations of both students and staff are that regular use of video
materials will feature in many teaching interventions. Increasingly
replay of video material will be accomplished via streaming, stored
content on USB storage connected to the PC, or a portable device
connected to the teaching station.
Certain video material may however only be practically or legally
available on physical optical media. Video playback facilities are
therefore justified within the teaching station. This is accomplished
through a optical disc player for 12cm discs with the following
compatibility:
BluRay (Region B)
DVD (Region 0 and Region 2)
DVD+R finalised discs
DVD-R finalised discs
CD
CDR finalised discs
CD photodisc
Optical disc players capable of replaying DVD and/or BluRay from
other geographic regions are deployed where there is a specific
request from the users of a particular space. However it should
be noted that it is often problematic to obtain multi-region players
through manufacturer’s official supply channels and therefore the
practice of installing these players is intentionally minimised in
order to ensure business continuity by using players with suitable
warranty and after-sales service.
There is no longer any justification for providing tape based video
replay equipment.
TASK
Video
playback
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