Multimedia is a broad term that covers various forms of video, text and audio compositions.

In its most basic form, it can be looked at as any presentation that uses text, photo and sound. At its most elaborate, multimedia can be a movie, video game or a night at the opera with fireworks. Multimedia presentations are used in almost every profession, from business to the entertainment industry
Presentation devices Once the multimedia project is assembled using different multimedia element, then it is time to present before the audience. If the project is designed for a single viewer, the desktop computer is sufficient. But when we have to show too many people or a group, then we have to use other presentation devices such as multimedia computers, T.V. screens, projectors, cordless mouse and kiosks. Multimedia Computer : The multimedia computer is desktop computer having various components such as microphone, speakers, audio and video cards etc. Audio card and Video card are hardware parts like cards, which must be added to the motherboard of the computer to read and write audiovideo signals. If the multimedia project is designed for a single viewer, then the desktop multimedia computer can be used. If we have to show the project to more people, then we can connect the computer to a projector to obtain larger images on the wall or screen. We can also use an LCD panel to get larger images. Television Screen : To show multimedia project to a group of people, then larger television screen are the best useful devices. Because it is very expensive to produce large computer screens, large TV screens are commonly used. But we have to use scan converter an adapter card which converts digital signals to analog ones, because TV is an analog device and computer is digital. The TV screens are not good for displaying text matter but it is good for color and motion. Slide Projectors : When we have to show multimedia presentation to a very large audience, then we can use slide projectors, for example, Ektapro by Kodak. This Ektapro slide projector can be controlled by a computer. We can create slides on computer and can display them on projector screen. we can connect such 16 projectors using computer's serial port.

 Cordless Mouse : This mouse is similar to the computer mouse but slightly different inshape. It has a gyroscope to move the mouse pointer about the screen and can held in hand like a small torch. It has very fine hand movements. This is very useful when you walk around the room during presentation.

Kiosks : Kiosks are the stand-alone terminals with computer screen and can be installed in any corner to provide information to the visitors. These kiosks can be installed in museums, hotels, supermarkets, train stations, grocery stores etc. These kiosks can work round the clock, even in the middle of night. Some kiosks are also provided with printers so that uses can have the printed copy of the information. .. Misconceptions

If a presentation includes only one form of content, as in a music CD, it is not considered multimedia. If the disk includes both music and video, as in the many music videos by various artists, it is then considered a multimedia presentation. Only by the inclusion of at least two different forms of content can a presentation be considered a multimedia experience.

Benefits

The use of multimedia can be used to capture the attention of the viewer. In many cases this can help the user enjoy the experience or can help the user learn new information in a pleasurable way. As technology grows, the use of multimedia to create everything from home movies to classroom learning can only expand and become easier for even the computer novice to master.

A CRT projector is a video projector that uses a small, high-brightness CRT (or picture tube) as the image generating element. The image is then focused and enlarged onto a screen using a lens kept in front of the CRT face. Most modern CRT projectors are color and have three separate CRTs (instead of a single, color CRT), and their own lenses to achieve color images. The red, green and blue portions of the incoming video signal are processed

and sent to the respective CRTs whose images are focused by their lenses to achieve the overall picture on the screen. Various designs have made it to production, including the "direct" CRT-lens design, and the Schmidt-CRT, which employed a phosphor screen that illuminates a perforated spherical mirror, all within an evacuated "tube." The image in the Sinclair Microvision "flat" CRT is viewed from the same side of the phosphor struck by the electron beam. The other side of the screen can be connected directly to a heat sink, allowing the projector to run at much brighter power levels than the more common CRT arrangement.[1] Advantages

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Long service life; CRT tubes maintain good brightness to 10,000 hours.

High-end CRT projectors can precisely display images up to 1920 x 1200 [3][4] with accurate color reproduction. A few projectors can scan at even higher resolutions up to 3200 x 2560, although their ability to resolve fine detail at this resolution is greatly reduced. Superior black level compared to LCD and DLP based projectors. As with CRT monitors, the image resolution and the refresh rate are not fixed but variable within some limits. Interlaced material can be played directly, without need for imperfect deinterlacing mechanisms. Very fast response time (especially when compared to LCD-based projectors), resulting in minimal (if any) motion blur when showing video with fast motion. CRT projectors do not show a Rainbow effect seen with single chip DLP projectors.

[edit]Disadvantages CRT projectors are both considerably larger and heavier than comparable LCD and DLP projectors.[5] CRT projectors require far more time to set up and adjust than LCD and DLP based projectors. Absolute ANSI brightness achievable with CRT projectors is lower than with comparable LCD and DLP projectors. Low-end or poorly tuned CRT projectors may suffer from color divergence or geometric distortion (for example, straight lines may not

always appear completely straight, especially near the corners). CRT projectors use more power / cost more to run than LCD and DLP units. Unlike LCD or DLP projectors, CRT projectors are somewhat prone to burn-in. This can lead to issues in brightness uniformity on projectors that frequently use both a full 4:3 and widescreen aspect ratio. LIGHT VALVES

A light valve (LV) is a device for varying the quantity of light, from a source, which reaches a target. Examples of targets are computer screen surfaces, or a wall screen in the case of a light projector. There are two basic principles of achieving this. One is by deflecting the light on its way to the target (a reflective LV). The other method is to block the light (atransmissive LV). The blocking method has found its way into liquid crystal flat screens (LCDs), video projectors and rear projection TVs. In this type of screens and projectors, the source light is first polarised by a filter in one direction and then passed on to another filter, filled with liquid crystals. By changing the voltage applied to this crystal filter, it will work as a switching polarising filter, giving different gray scales of the light coming out. The light is changed only once for each image frame. The light valve thus consists of the two polarising filters, where one has a voltage controlled switch function thanks to the properties of the liquid crystals. This type of valve is often referred to as a liquid crystal light valve. The other principle, the reflective LV, works by either reflecting the light towards the target or deflecting it away. The portion of light that is reflected on the target decides the gray scale. This re- an deflection occurs many times a second. Should this happen at a too low frequency, the human eye and brain would perceive it as flickering, but due to sufficiently high frequency, a human will be "tricked" into viewing it as a continuum, a smooth shift in brightness. Examples of the reflective LV type, are the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), Eidophor's oil-film based system.[1] and the Grating Light Valve An LCD projector is a type of video projector for displaying video,

images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface. It is a modern equivalent of the slide projector or overhead projector. To display images, LCD (liquid-crystal display) projectors typically send light from a metal-halide lamp through a prism or series ofdichroic filters that separates light to three polysilicon panels one each for the red, green and blue components of the video signal. As polarized light passes through the panels (combination of polarizer, LCD panel and analyzer), individual pixels can be opened to allow light to pass or closed to block the light. The combination of open and closed pixels can produce a wide range of colors and shades in the projected image.

Metal-halide lamps are used because they output an ideal color temperature and a broad spectrum of color. These lamps also have the ability to produce an extremely large amount of light within a small area; current[when?] projectors average about 2,000 to 15,000 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) lumens. Other technologies, such as Digital Light Processing (DLP) and liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) are also becoming more popular in modestly priced video projection.