cheap whiteboard is quickly becoming a thing of the past. If you have
found yourself in the market for a whiteboard for your office, you may
have discovered that there are many features and options out there. You
can choose features such as web and PDA interactivity, premium surfaces
that don't ghost, and high-quality frames. It is enough to make your
head spin just trying to figure it out. In the following article, we
will try and help to guide you through some of the features that are
currently available in whiteboard surfaces. Hopefully, this article
will help you decide which whiteboard surface might be the best for the
needs of your office.
- Erase-ability: Depending on how frequently your
whiteboard is going to be used, you will definitely want to pay some
attention to how clean the board erases. For light, low-profile use,
such as in break rooms or factory floors, melamine is an acceptable
surface. Melamine is the least expensive marker board surface. However,
it will require the use of cleaners on a fairly regular basis for best
performance. If you are looking for a whiteboard that will be used more
frequently, it is recommended that you purchase a board with a
porcelain writing surface. Porcelain boards erase cleaner and require
much less cleaning. At the top end, there are surfaces such as
Quartet's Magnetic Total Erase system that not only erases completely,
it features a magnetic surface for added flexibility for your
presentations. - Durability: Again, the
consideration here is how frequently and under what conditions your
whiteboard will be used. Many of the lower-end surfaces such as
melamine can scratch and dent easily with even moderate use. If you are
going to be using the board frequently, or are going to be moving the
whiteboard around much, you really should invest in a higher quality
surface such as porcelain. There are some boards on the market that
guarantee that their surfaces will never dent, scratch, stain, or
ghost, and you may be wise to seek them out. Especially if durability
is a concern. - Flexibility: As we
mentioned above, magnetic surfaces can increase the scope of your
presentations. There are also higher end boards that feature grid
patterns that make writing in a straight line and drawing graphs or
diagrams much easier. The grids are very subtle and are usually not
visible or distracting for your audience. - Interactivity:
At the forefront of whiteboard surfaces is the interactive marker
board. One example of this type of board is the Quartet Idea Share
Computerized Whiteboard. It features a gray porcelain surface and fully
integrated electronic imaging technology. This type of board really
pushes the envelope when it comes to collaboration and flexibility. You
can use an interactive marker board to host web-based meetings, print,
share, or save data to a computer or even connect your board to certain
kinds of PDAs.
There are, of course, many other things to consider when you are
shopping for a whiteboard, such as portability, appearance, and
available accessories. However, these four features should provide you
with a good starting point when choosing a dry-erase marker board for
your organization.
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