Epson Interactive and Projector Technologies Win 2011 EdTech Digest Awards

 

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2012 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide¹, has been recognized by the 2011 EdTech Digest Awards in three separate categories – the BrightLink^™ Solo and PowerLite^® 96W projector were selected as winners and the BrightLink 455Wi was selected as a finalist.

 

“Epson’s focus is to deliver outstanding classroom solutions that allow teachers to easily and effectively enhance classroom learning,” said Heather Litus Johnston, product manager, K-12 Education Marketing, Epson America, Inc. “These awards underscore our commitment to providing affordable, high-quality technology to help educators and students get the most from their lessons.”

 

Epson’s BrightLink Solo and PowerLite 96W were both selected as winners in the Classroom Hardware Solution and Presentation Solution categories, respectively. In the Interactive Whiteboard Solution category, the BrightLink 455Wi was chosen as a finalist.

 

“Innovation in education is alive, well and expanding like never before,” said Victor Rivero, editor in chief, EdTech Digest. “Quality, access and real results are the defining characteristics of our honorees, and will be precisely what moves education forward into its next iteration.”

 

 

The BrightLink SoloInteractive Module is an innovative, cost-effective classroom tool that connects directly to Windows or Mac computers via USB and provides an easy solution for integrating interactive capabilities with any new or existing projector, while eliminating the need to purchase and install dedicated interactive whiteboards (IWB). To maximize classroom space, the BrightLink SoloInteractive Module can be used on any existing whiteboard, wall or other smooth, light-colored, hard surface.

 

The PowerLite 96W is a budget-friendly classroom projector that offers a robust built-in speaker, exceptional brightness and HDMI digital connectivity to deliver high-quality audio and video with one cable. The PowerLite 96W offers 2,700 lumens color and white light output² with WXGA (1280 x 800) resolution, allowing teachers to fully leverage widescreen notebooks or tablets and widescreen DVD content.

 

The Epson BrightLink 455Wi is an interactive projector + pen combination. It is an ultra-short throw projector that offers image size flexibility and advanced connectivity options to transform a whiteboard, wall, table, or other smooth, light-colored, hard surface into an interactive learning space.

 

All of these products are offered through Epson’s Brighter Futures^® program, a unique sales and support initiative that is available specifically for schools. Designed to help educators select and implement the best products for their classrooms while making the most of their budgets, Brighter Futures offers special pricing, extended Epson limited warranty coverage for three years, dedicated education account managers, and toll-free technical support for all Epson projectors.

 

For additional information about these award-winning products, visit www.epsonbrighterfutures.com. To see the complete list of 2011 EdTech Digest Awards winners, visit EdTech’s website.

 

 

EdTech Digest celebrates all the latest technologies moving education forward, delving deeper into the stories of the people behind the technology to discover what truly drives them to conceptualize, create, develop, and deploy their ideas to the masses. Featuring movers and shakers in and around education who are dedicated to making a difference for our future generations, editorial focus is on the topical and current to thought-leader broadviews. The EdTech Digest Awards Program recognizes the best and brightest people and transformative technology products and services in education. To learn more, visit www.edtechdigest.com.

 

 

Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader dedicated to exceeding the vision of customers worldwide through its compact, energy-saving, high-precision technologies, with a product line-up ranging from printers and 3LCD projectors for enterprise and the home, to sensors and other microdevices. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 78,000 employees in 99 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. To learn more about Epson, please visit: http://global.epson.com.

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¹ Based upon Q3 2011 worldwide front projection market share estimates from Pacific Media Associates.

² White and color light output will vary depending on mode selected.  White light output measured using ISO 21118 standard.