Elegant GalaxyInteractive Smart Board Buying Guide: Screen Size, Touch Points, and RAM Explained
An interactive smart board looks like a giant tablet on a stand, but a classroom, a training room, and a boardroom each need a different size and spec. Here's what actually matters before you buy one.
An interactive smart board replaces the whiteboard, the projector, and often the classroom PC with one touch enabled display running its own operating system. The idea is simple, but the spec sheet is not, since the right screen size, touch technology, and memory depend heavily on the room it's going into. Here is what to actually check.
Screen Size: Match It to the Room, Not the Budget
The biggest sizing mistake is treating a smart board like a TV, where bigger is simply better if you can afford it. A smart board also has to be reachable for touch input, which changes the calculation. A 55 to 65 inch board suits a standard classroom or meeting room where someone stands close enough to write on it directly. A 75 to 86 inch board suits a larger classroom, training hall, or auditorium where visibility from the back row matters more than close range touch reach.
Elegant Galaxy Interactive Smart Board Range
| Size | Model | Power Consumption | Net Weight | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55" | EGIP-55 | 198W | 24kg | Standard classroom, small meeting room |
| 65" | EGIP-65 | 248W | 36kg | Larger classroom, training room |
| 75" | EGIP-75 | 330W | 54kg | Coaching centre, boardroom |
| 85" | EGIP-85 | 400W | 66kg | Large training hall, auditorium front |
| 86" | EGIP-86 | 400W | 66kg | Same use case as 85", alternate panel size |
| 98" | EGIP-98 | 598W | 82kg | Large auditorium, corporate town hall |
| 105" | EGIP-105 | 515W | 87kg | Ultra wide 21:9, dual content or video wall use |
| 110" | EGIP-110 | 785W | 96kg | Largest venues, 120Hz for fast motion content |
Touch Points: Why 20 Point Multi Touch Matters
Every Elegant Galaxy smart board uses infrared touch technology with 20 point multi touch and a 5ms response time. In practical terms, that means up to 20 fingers or styluses can be registered on the screen at once, which is what allows two students or two presenters to write or annotate at the same time without the board losing track of either input. A lower point count feels fine in a demo but becomes a genuine limitation in a real classroom with group work.
What to Check Before Buying
Touch point count. 20 point multi touch supports genuine group use with more than one presenter
Touch response time. Under 10ms feels instant, anything higher introduces a noticeable lag between the pen and the mark
Surface protection. Anti glare tempered glass resists scratches from daily marker and stylus use
RAM and storage. Enough to run the built in whiteboard app, a browser, and a video call app together without lag
Speaker wattage. Built in audio needs to fill the room without an external sound system for most classrooms
Refresh rate. Matters more for video heavy content than for static whiteboard use
If two or more people will regularly write on the board at once, a training room run jointly by two trainers for example, don't compromise on touch points to save on screen size. A smaller board with strong multi touch performs better in that scenario than a bigger board that struggles with simultaneous input.
RAM and Storage: Enough for the OS, Not for Heavy Multitasking
Our smart boards run Android 11 with 4GB RAM, expandable to 8GB DDR4, and 32GB of storage, expandable to 128GB eMMC. That's comfortable for the built in whiteboard software, a browser, and a video conferencing app running together, which covers the vast majority of classroom and meeting room use. If the board will also run a heavier third party teaching platform or multiple apps simultaneously as a daily habit, the 8GB configuration is worth the upgrade over the base 4GB.
Don't undersize RAM if the board will be used for video conferencing alongside a presentation app. Running a video call and an interactive whiteboard app together is the most memory intensive combination a smart board typically handles, and it's where a 4GB board can start to lag.
The 105 Inch Ultra Wide Panel: A Different Use Case
The EGIP-105 breaks from the 16:9 aspect ratio the rest of the range uses, running a 21:9 ultra wide panel instead. That shape is not simply a bigger version of the same classroom use. It is built for showing two sources side by side, a video call and a presentation, or a document and a whiteboard, without switching between them. It suits a boardroom or a control room more than a standard classroom.
Common Specs Across the Whole Range
Regardless of size, every board in the range shares the same panel type, an a-Si TFT-LCD panel rated at 450 cd/m² brightness with a 5000:1 contrast ratio and 1.07 billion colours, along with RJ45, dual band Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity, and built in 2 × 15W speakers. Sizing decisions come down to the room, not a compromise in core display quality.
Compare Every Smart Board Size
See full specifications, dimensions, and pricing across the entire Elegant Galaxy Interactive Smart Board range, from 55 inches to 110 inches.
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