ViewSonic IFP8650-5 - 86 inch - 400 cd/m² - 3840x2160 - 40 point - touch display

The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 is one of the manufacturer's new interactive collaboration displays. The focus of the IFP8650-5 is primarily on schools: students and teachers should be able to work together productively and easily . The new ViewSonic IFP8650-5 has been developed for the modern classroom, offering teachers an interactive user interface that can be operated intuitively. The 86-inch IFP8650-5 interactive display uses Ultra Fine Touch IR technology with 40 touch points (for Windows, 20 touch points for Android), providing an excellent way to collaborate together interactively. Included with 2 touch pens, the IFP8650-5 also features flicker-free technology and an integrated TÜV-certified blue light filter for all brightness levels, protecting your and your students' eyes. Simply connect the IFP8650-5 via a single USB-C cable and seamlessly connect and control your devices as they continue the lesson. User-friendly is the keyword with the IFP8650-5.

The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 uses 40-point infrared touch technology (on Windows, 20 points on Android), giving the a natural and precise writing experience. This means that writing on the screen is just as fast and feels like writing on a piece of paper. Use your fingers or one of the two supplied pens to add comments to in a presentation highlight important changes and print out results via a network printer. Write directly in your Excel spreadsheet or work with your class on a Word document. Of course, you can also work with PDFs and have the form filled in on the display. You can then share the result with all students via an installed e-mail programme at , thus ensuring that your information is not lost even after the lesson is over and you no longer need to rework   . The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 comes with two passive pens (VB-PEN-009) ; additional pens can be ordered at any time. Let's return briefly to the pen, because the pen is not only a writing instrument, but can also be used for marking or drawing. Since the pens are "only" passive pens, they are much cheaper to buy, which is a very important criterion, especially for schools.

With the purchase of the ViewSonic IFP8650-5 you also automatically receive access to "myViewBoard": This means that nothing stands in your way of cross-location collaboration. myViewBoard is the DSGVO-certified cloud software from ViewSonic, with which you can log onto your platform from anywhere in the world and have access to all your content. Of course, you can immediately save learning content that you have created directly on the IFP8650-5 display to myViewBoard or connected applications (including Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive) and use it as needed. However, you can also prepare your lessons completely from home and upload to the cloud. At school, you then simply go to an existing ViewSonic display and log in, e.g. via QR code, securely and easily on the device and you have all your personal documents, content, videos, homework and much more immediately at hand. myViewBoard is therefore a central platform that combines various services and systems and more or less becomes your new assistant. But myViewBoard is more than just a central collection point for your presentations. myViewBoard is also a digital whiteboard solution. Using this whiteboard solution, an unlimited number of users around the world can view and interact with your digital whiteboard by sending you messages, pictures or other files. You can even receive the entire screen from other myViewBoard.com users and display it on their whiteboard. To securely protect your data from unauthorised access, myViewBoard uses the AES-256 encryption standard.

myViewBoard has another feature for schools that we are not aware of from any other manufacturer. Let's assume you want to create a presentation for your students and insert images from the Internet. However, these images are usually subject to copyright and for this reason may not be used. ViewSonic has thought of something here and includes an image search function that only displays graphics that may be used freely. But that's not all, because there is another special feature that sets myViewBoard apart from other providers: Let's just assume you are standing in front of the school class and would like to play a video at . You might go to the website of a school or college and play a video. To do this, you might go to the website of one of the large providers on the market. But this is exactly where the problems start, because sometimes advertisements are shown before or during the video, which you do not know in advance and may not be suitable for children. On the other hand, the videos are not checked by the platform for content and one or the other video is then a cheat. At for these reasons, among others there is an option on myViewBoard to display only educationally tested videos. In the meantime you can find hundreds of videos in German on the special myViewBoard platform and the variety is constantly being expanded.

In addition, there is the myViewBoard whiteboard software: which allows you to make the most of the IFP8650-5 for the entire teaching period. It allows you to use customised tools such as pop quizzes, an immersive reader, digital spinners and timers for effortless lesson planning and activities. It doesn't matter if you teach in the classroom or online. Students can use the ViewBoard, which is divided into up to six mini-whiteboards to enhance learning by doing.

* =The mini whiteboard features in participation mode are available on the Whiteboard for Windows.

Let's move on to another user-oriented feature of the ViewSonic IFP8650-5: it comes with ViewBoard® Cast software, which allows you to connect the IFP8650-5 to PCs/laptops (Windows/Mac/Chrome) as well as mobile devices (iOS/Android) via the vCastReceiver app and intuitively share images, videos, files and audio with the entire class. No need for cumbersome wiring of your devices! Simply download the vCastSender mobile app and connect to the shared ViewBoard® screen. Teachers and students then connect via a one-time password, giving them full access to the display's presentation and collaboration tools. All Android and iOS users, regardless of their location in the room, can mirror and annotate the content displayed under ViewBoard® in the same DNS (Domain Name System). The teacher has the option of sharing connected PCs, laptops or smartphones on the display at any time (moderation function) and, if desired, connected end devices can also be remotely controlled via the display. This can include iOS, Windows and Android devices. Your students can also send individual content to the display, which the moderator can then release and display as desired. In the end, the teacher always has the upper hand and can control what the students are doing on their devices at any time. Up to four Android devices can be connected to the IFP8650-5 at the same time; there are no restrictions for Windows devices.

Using technology in the classroom is still sometimes a challenge nowadays: teachers often lack the technical know-how and don't have the time to prepare and familiarise themselves with the new technology anyway. Good thing you don't have to worry about that with the IFP8650-5. The display connects easily with just one USB-C cable for images, data, videos and power and you're ready to go. As a teacher, use the plug-and-play connection and have your presentations, whiteboard use and collaborative functions immediately at hand. This ensures uninterrupted and, above all, flowing lessons, which are sustainably supported by the display and make learning more fun for the students.

The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 touch display not only has an integrated Android 11 operating system, but can also be "upgraded" at any time with a powerful slot-in PC . In this way, you can transform the IFP8650-5 into a perfect all-in-one solution in no time at all, which is also state-of-the-art in terms of performance. You can seamlessly switch between the Android operating system and the Windows PC at any time, even during operation and at the touch of a button. ViewSonic has a real unique selling point: If you write something on the Android surface and want to use it on the Windows surface, you can simply copy the text and edit it further. The same applies in the other direction, i.e. from Windows to Android. The following ViewSonic models can be used as slot-in PCs for the interactive touch display: VPC25-W33-O1-1B, VPC25-W53-O1-1B, VPC27-W53-O1-1B, VPC27-W55-O2-1B, VPC12-WPO-16.

The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 screen provides brilliant, crystal-clear images and video every time that will delight you and your students. For video conferencing, you can always purchase the optional VB-CAM-001 video camera to collaborate with other schools or classes. The camera can be easily attached to the top of the IFP8650-5 and, thanks to the integrated microphones, you have created a fully-fledged video conferencing system. To ensure that all participants can enjoy perfect sound transmission, a 2.1 loudspeaker system has been integrated into the display. However, the camera and display are not only perfect for video conferencing, but you can also use them to record lessons at any time. This allows you to review the lesson afterwards and draw further conclusions from it.

Let's move on to connectivity: You can connect the ViewSonic IFP8650-5 to your school network at any time via a LAN interface. ViewSonic displays can be connected via LAN and all students can connect to the display wirelessly using Airplay, Miracast, etc. However, all devices must be on the same network. However, all devices must be on the same network. This is very difficult to implement in schools or companies because the displays are usually connected to the school or company network . This would be a security risk . However, the ViewSonic display offers the possibility of setting up your own hotspot, for which you need the optionally available WiFi dongle. With this, the display can remain in the school network, but you create a hotspot on the display and thus give the devices their own WLAN access without access to the main network. We therefore recommend ordering the WiFi dongle VB-WiFi-005 directly with the display. Safety first!

To enable your students with laptops, mobile phones and tablets to connect wirelessly to the display, you would also need to purchase the WLAN module VB-WIFI-005. The wireless module supports a dual frequency bandwidth of 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz as well as the 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax standards for transmission. The VB-WIFI-005 also provides high-speed Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity for one-to-one file and data transfer. The WiFi module is connected to the existing port and screwed to the display. This not only guarantees a stable connection, but also provides theft protection at the same time.

To enable you to display your content quickly, the display has a wide range of connections: 3x HDMI 2.0, to connect modern notebooks, media players or computers to the IFP8650-5. A range of USB connections completes the package: 2x USB 2.0 type A, 4x USB 3.0 type A, 1x USB-C 3.0 (DP 1.2, USB2.0, PD65W, Ethernet 100M) and 2x USB type B for touch feedback. For additional flexibility, you have the option of connecting an optional OPS module via the existing OPS slot. Two 15-watt loudspeakers with 1x 16-watt subwoofer are available for the necessary sound.

By the way, all content and lectures that you hold on the ViewSonic IFP8650-5 can be recorded. This function is particularly practical if you want to make the content available to all participants as a video afterwards. Such a feature is particularly welcome at distance learning schools.

Our opinion of the IFP8650-5:

The ViewSonic IFP8650-5 offers you a powerful overall package even without an external PC. With the optional slot-in PC, you can easily turn the display into a Microsoft PC with touch function and then use the to its full potential. The DSGVO-certified cloud solution myViewBoard offers you the opportunity to prepare everything from home and access it on demand on the display, and it doesn't even have to be the display in a designated classroom . You can go to any display with myViewBoard software installed and all the documents, images and videos are at your fingertips. This approach not only sounds great, but is already proving its worth in many schools. With ViewBoard Cast, not only can you share content quickly and easily, but you can engage your students in lessons in real time and even students abroad could easily participate in special lessons remotely. More than just an interactive display, the IFP8650-5 offers sophisticated and secure software that is perfectly adaptable and deployable in educational settings. The price-performance ratio of this interactive monitor is hard to beat and from our side there is therefore a full recommendation to buy the IFP8650-5 from ViewSonic.

Are there any security concerns about the pre-installed Android operating system?

No. The installed Android operating system is encapsulated and users / users cannot simply install arbitrary apps. For example, access to Google's PlayStore is excluded, so neither teachers nor students could install apps on the display themselves. Only by installing apps would the Android operating system become insecure. From this point of view: although Android serves as the basis for the IFP8650-5 display from ViewSonic - so that you get a wide range of functions and possibilities even without an external PC or slot-in PC - it is self-sufficient and therefore cannot be compared with the problems and risks that mobile phone users can have with the Android operating system. The operating system is not accessible from outside and thus meets all the important criteria for secure operation.

The myViewBoard is located in a cloud. Is that allowed at all and how secure is it?

The topic of "cloud" still has a very negative connotation in Germany. Basically, we Germans are initially sceptical about things that we cannot control ourselves. For us, the issues of security, protection of intellectual property and the fear of high costs have always been at the top of the list. But in the meantime, cloud services have become indispensable and the market has developed enormously. Today, for example, cloud telephone systems, cloud software, cloud storage locations, etc. are available, which do not cut any corners when it comes to security and data protection and are indispensable for large companies and public authorities. ViewSonic relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its cloud solution, on which, among others, e.g. German security authorities rely. Amazon AWS Germany is DSGVO certified and the data that a user uploads from Germany to the AWS servers is also always stored in Germany. The special feature of AWS, however, is that a user from America does not store the data in Germany, but it is automatically stored on the American AWS servers . This way, the applicable law of each country is observed. In this way, the applicable law of each country is observed and you do not have to worry about anything. With AWS, you can build on the most secure global infrastructure and be sure that you always own your data and can encrypt, move and manage your data. AWS regularly gets audited by independent third parties to maintain the highest security and compliance standards for finance, retail, healthcare, government and beyond.