Audio playback systems will always be separate and might include a Dolby surround sound system. These rooms are equipped with large, very high quality screens. Again, installations are normally performed by outside contractors. The cost of 35mm film and Dolby systems is not included below. These numbers do not include screens that vary in cost.
Classrooms are accessible for extended hours and there is a security problem.
Computer technology is changing quickly, so it is not feasible to keep each room equipped at the highest level, and faculty have a wide variety of needs requiring different platforms and configurations. This allows faculty to have a system set up in the way they desire. These machines can be issued to a different person each semester, with people having lower needs being issued older equipment. These machines may have several peoples' data on them and the user can bring data in via diskette, Zip disk or over the Internet. A growing equipment inventory and the technical support requirements associated with bringing multi-media capabilities into classrooms generate increasingly higher demand for staff support.