Optoma has introduced its Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs), expanding its line of Creative Touch IFPs for enhanced interactivity and remote collaboration in education and corporate environments. The Creative Touch 5-Series IFPs are available in three screen sizes; 65” (5651RK), 75” (5751RK) and 86” (5861RK). The new 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels offer 4K UHD resolution, multiple easy-to-use annotation tools and extensive connectivity features for enhanced learning, sharing and collaboration in classrooms, lecture halls, boardrooms and other professional environments.

Optoma Creative Touch 5-Series IFPs feature a bright, fingerprint resistant panel with an ultra-slim bezel, anti-glare glass and cTUVus Eye Comfort Certification for Low Blue Light and Flicker Free operation, allowing audiences to comfortably view content from every seat in the room. With up to 20-point multi-touch IR technology and fast response times, as well as a built-in whiteboard with a floating toolbar and annotation tools to work with any video input, the 5-Series IFPs bring collaborative thinking and idea-sharing to life.

Compatible with all major platforms, software and peripheral hardware, Optoma’s 5-Series IFPs are the perfect cornerstones of hybrid or distance learning environments. With easy connectivity to popular USB webcams and Google ChromeBox, the Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels are easy to deploy, intuitive to use and provide an affordable, flexible solution to the current challenges facing educators and schools.

Engineered for simplified collaboration, Optoma’s 5-Series IFPs offer wireless content sharing with the TapCast app, and the integrated AirShare feature inspires audience engagement through immediate results analysis from quizzes, polls and surveys. The integrated Joan meeting widget and app simplifies meeting room scheduling to increase efficiency and time management, allowing users to sync with popular calendars such as iCal and Google to quickly find and book meeting rooms.

Optoma Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Flat Panel features:

• Native 4K UHD panel with 4000:1 contrast in DC (Dynamic Contrast) mode
• Built-in Android system and compatible with popular operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Chrome
• Precise dual-tip and dual-color pens instantly trigger the Team Share app once removed from the penholder, producing a quick and seamless experience that mimics a real whiteboard for easy annotation
• Optoma’s Team Share app strengthens collaboration and efficiency through features such as a floating whiteboard, quick-access toolbar and built-in templates
• Live screen recording across all inputs enable easy saving of meetings, lessons or notes for later viewing or sharing – all without any additional hardware
• TapCast app enables simultaneous image, document and screen sharing from up to four devices

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest sell-through tracking report on large-format (32-inch and larger) flat panel displays being sold by leading U.S. Distributors who serve commercial markets. The data in that report showed that unit sales of interactive flat panel display in July were up +15% year over year.