P R I S M A 

The Unique COLOR portable video magnification camera

 

Colorful, Portable, and Affordable

The affordable mini desktop-style read and write camera
 

                                                   
                 AFFORDABLY PRICED!
                 Prisma Camera (TV monitor model)
                 $995

Value your Independence and Privacy

If you often struggle to read with a magnifying glass, then you’ll enjoy reading comfortably with Prisma.  Whether you have Macular Degeneration, Stargarts, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Cataracts, RP, Detached Retina, or some other visual impairment, Prisma can help you retain your independence, maintain your privacy, and enjoy your lifestyle! 

Magnificent Color

Enjoy brilliant color magnification

 

At Home – Magnify your world in true color!

·        Appreciate family and vacation photographs

·        Browse cookbooks, gardening and other hobby magazines

·        Shop through catalogs

·        View stamp and coin collections, and other hobbies

 

Students – View school books in their original color!

·        Identify highlighted text

·        Biology and other science diagrams and photos

·        History and Geography maps

·        Artwork

 … Even younger students can view picture books

At Work  – Connect with your PC at the office

·        Read office memos

·        View invoices or purchase orders

·        Review your daily mail

 

Read with Ease

Choose the image contrast that’s best for your vision,

either:

- White letters on a black background

                        or

- Black letters on a white background. 

• Read your personal mail in privacy

• Browse the newspaper, even the Stock page or Sports section

• View the TV Guide program listings

•  Look up cooking recipes

• Read instructions on prescription and medicine bottles

•   Scan the ingredients on canned or prepared food items 
  
   

 

Write Again

See where and what you’re writing!

·        Sign your own checks and balance your checkbook in privacy

·        Correspond with friends

…. Even fill in crossword puzzles again

 

Variable Magnification Range

Connect Prisma directly to any standard TV monitor (via the RCA video-in or RF input connection) whether 14”, 20” or larger.  Change the magnification level by simply adjusting the camera height.

 

·        3x – 30x on a 14” monitor

·       4x – 40x on a 20” monitor

 

High Contrast Image Quality
Prisma incorporates a highly sensitive ambient light digital camera providing a high contrast reading and writing image in most settings.  To accommodate low light environments, Prisma features discrete assistive white lights enhancing image contrast without glaring reflections.

 

 

Lightweight, at just 3 pounds

Small, with a footprint just slightly larger than a sheet of paper Compact, collapses to a mere 2 inches in height

Prisma isn’t just another desktop CCTV … it’s the lightest, smallest, and most compact tabletop camera available anywhere.  Take Prisma anywhere between monitor locations.

·        Students between home and school, or classroom-to-classroom

·        Mobile professionals between home and work, or from office to meeting room

·        At home from the kitchen to the den, or from your home office desk into your workshop in the garage

 

Attractive Styling

Prisma is designed with an ergonomic and modern appearance that will look attractive, yet discrete, inany home, office, or school setting.

Portable, even comes in a hardsided briefcase

Of course, Prisma may be collapsed and its cables disconnected to be moved from one monitor location to another in a home, office, or classroom.  Or, Prisma may be packed in its canvas softcase for portability between home and school, home and office, to a son’s or daughter’s house for the week or weekend, or even on a vacation trip or on a cruise).  Prisma easily unpacks from and repacks into its  canvas case.

 

 

Connection to a TV Monitor

How do you know if your TV is video compatible with Prisma?  Prisma will connect to most standard TV sets.  Most TVs have a Video feature that allows them to display like a monitor.  Look for the Video-In or Video Input connector, usually located on the back of your TV set, although some TVs have this connector on the front or on both the back and front of the TV set.  This connector is also referred to as a RCA video connector.  It can also be identified by the yellow-colored rim around the connector (this yellow-colored rim is the international symbol for the Video-Input connector).

Even if your TV doesn’t have the RCA Video-Input connector, Prisma may still be connected.  A Video RF Modulator box from Radio Shack (Catalog # 15-1244 priced around $29.99) will allow a TV without the RCA Video-Input connector to display the Prisma.  The Video RF Modulator will automatically switch between the Prisma camera display (when Prisma is powered on) and the TV channel broadcasat display (when Prisma is powered off).  Installation instructions are included with the Video RF Modulator box, or ask your local Radio Shack store representative when you purchase the Video RF Modulator box.

 

Is a LCD TV Compatible with Prisma?

Both a CRT TV and a LCD TV are Prisma compatible provided the TV has a Composite video input (a Component video input will not display the color image, so be sure the TV you select has a Composite video input).  LCD TVs are thinner and lighter than CRT TVs, so many users are attracted to LCD TV due to their smaller and more aesthetic appearance.  However, there are video quality differences you should be aware of.  A CRT TV generally is brighter than a LCD TV which some users prefer, while a LCD TV may be more comfortable and less glare sensitive for other users.  The higher brightness and contrast of the CRT monitors generally produces a more vibrant and truer color image when viewing pictures, photographs, colored charts or graphs, etc.  LCD screens may exhibit a slight fading of the text image when moving the print under the camera while reading due to differences in the brightness, contrast, and response time specifications of LCD TVs compared to CRT TVs.  There is a price consideration as well.  LCD TVs are still 2 to 4 times higher priced than a similar size CRT TV.  If you are a user who is primarily interested in image quality, we would recommend you connect Prisma with a CRT TV monitor.  If you have other interests like transportability of the monitor, very limited desk space, aesthetic priorities, and the like, you may want to consider connecting Prisma with a LCD TV monitor. 

Connection to a VGA Monitor
Add the Prisma VGA Converter accessory to the standard Prisma (for TV monitor) to allow the Prisma camera to connect to a VGA monitor.  The Prisma VGA Converter will connect to a CRT monitor or LCD flat-panel monitor so long as it has a standard 15-pin VGA connector.  Connection to a VGA monitor is a decision of choice or monitor availability, not necessarily image quality.  Like the comparison of CRT and LCD TVs, CRT and LCD VGA monitors have similar differences, although a PC CRT monitor is not a bright a display as a TV CRT monitor.   

 

The Prisma VGA Converter may also be connected to the PC's video card's 15-pin VGA output with the PC connection cable included with the Prisma VGA Converter.    A footswitch is provided with the Prisma VGA Converter that allows the user to switch between the Prisma print magnification image and the PC display.  Note:  The PC's display will not be magnified unless computer screen magnification software is installed in the PC (search for "screen magnification software" on the Internet, or for screen magnification software products like ZoomText or Magic)..   

 

One Year Limited Warranty
Prisma is covered by a ONE-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship (valid within the U.S.A. only).

Prisma is a product of Ash Technologies, Ltd.
Specification are subject to change without notice

 

To order Prisma, call JBliss Low Vision Systems at 1-888-452-5477.