Interactive Displays & Whiteboards

Interactive Displays & Whiteboards Buying Guide

Interactive displays turn a lesson or a meeting into something people can work on together. Write and draw right on the screen, pull up files and websites, and work through ideas as a group. Modern interactive whiteboards are large touchscreens instead of projector boards, and models with a built-in platform run on their own without a laptop plugged in, which makes them just as useful in a boardroom as in a classroom.

Interactive Whiteboards for Education

Teachers write over slides and pull up videos and websites right on the board. A multi-touch interactive board in the classroom lets students work at it together, which keeps group activities moving. Boards like the LG CreateBoard and Hisense GoBoard come with whiteboard apps built in.

Interactive Displays for Business

In the meeting room, an interactive display replaces the whiteboard, the projector, and the scramble for an HDMI cable. Teams brainstorm on the board and mark up a slide deck together. On boards with wireless screen sharing, anyone in the room can present from a laptop or phone. When part of the team is remote, all-in-one boards like the Logitech Rally Board and Yealink MeetingBoard build the camera and microphones into the display, so everyone joins the same conversation.

Choosing a Platform for Your Interactive Display

The software inside the board shapes how people will use it. Android boards like the Philips E-Line, Hisense GoBoard, and Yealink MeetingBoard run whiteboard and meeting apps on their own, with no PC required. Google certified models, the Samsung WA86F and LG CreateBoard Pro, add Google apps for schools and offices that already work in Google. And if you'd rather plug in your own computer, boards like the 86 inch LG CreateBoard Core and Optoma Creative Touch 5863RK work alongside Windows, Mac, and Linux devices.