I can’t speak for what’s happening in other venues, but I haven’t seen a ceiling projector in a control room, or any other critical facility in many years. Possibly, the only exception are smaller emergency operations centers where the budget is limited and the rooms are only used during emergencies and for relatively short duration.

I’ll go through the list of draw-backs to using front projectors in a 7/24 environment, however the difference in purchase price, installation costs and cost of ownership when compared to one or more large LCD panels settles the argument without going any farther. Continue reading →