Top Projectors for Large Speaking Events or Conferences

August 29, 2017

Conferences and projectors go together like bread and butter. Large scale speaking events or conferences will naturally need a visual element to maintain the focus of the audience. When you’re sitting in a large room with hundreds of other people listening to various speakers, you need something to look at!

The size of the hall or auditorium is another factor when it comes to creating visuals. Projectors are capable of producing high quality images at a much larger scale. Here is a look at some of the top projectors available for large scale speaking events or conferences.

BenQ MH741

This is a projector model that is aimed to be used for the business market but also has the potential to be used for video and gaming, because it’s both powerful and flexible. That makes it ideal for conferences, not least of which because of it’s video capability. With 4000 lumens of brightness, it won’t let you down in most rooms you plan to use it in, and while it can do a good job with video, it’s built for showing data and images in presentations, so you can expect excellent, crisp text quality. Everyone in the room will no problem seeing the images you want to show.

Epson EX7235 Pro

If you’re always on the move to and from big conferences and need to supply your own equipment, this Epson model is perfect, especially since it comes with a carry bag of its own. It doesn’t weigh too much, it’s neat and compact as you can expect without sacrificing too much of the quality. It has 3000 lumens, which means that you won’t need to worry too much about brightness, and also has good connectivity. It may not be a premium model but you’d struggle to find a better portable option.

ViewSonic Pro8520HD

In large conference rooms, it’s very difficult to guarantee that it will be as dark as you would like, because there may be too much natural light coming in. So in these cases, you need a projector that packs a real punch when it comes to generating brightness. This ViewSonic model has 5000 lumens, which means that it will power through almost any level of natural light and still deliver a perfect picture quality. It does create a bit more noise than other models, so you might need to speak up, but it will make up for it in so many other ways.

Once you have chosen your projector, you’ll need to make sure you have back-up lamps available to replace if you have problems during an important presentation. MyProjectorLamps offers the largest market of lamps, so whatever model you choose from, we can help you stay prepared. Shop with us today and save!

Top projector features for Outdoor concerts and Events

August 22, 2017

For concerts and live events, any visuals you want to show on or around the stage need to be enhanced at a much larger scale so that everyone in the crowd can see them. This is particularly important if it is a popular, high budget show in front of a larger audience. Visuals can play the crucial role of making people standing a long way from the stage feel like they’re still part of it and closer to the action.

When your goal is to get visuals at that kind of size, generally projection is the way to go, but using a projector at a large outdoor concert comes with its own challenges. You need to make sure you’re using the right kind of projector with the right features, otherwise you will end up with poor quality video that actually distracts from the main event.

Here’s a look at the top projector features to have for showing video during an outdoor concert:

Brightness – This is absolutely essential. If you are wanting to show video during a concert outdoors, the weather won’t always be on your side. Most events will start in the daylight, for one thing. After the sun goes down, the projector needs to be bright enough to cope with many other lights surrounding the stage. Typically an outdoor concert projector needs to have around 20,000 lumens, which rules out most standard home projectors, of course.

Portability – Even if the outdoor concert is a one-off, rather than a tour, you need your projector(s) to be easy to set up and take down and move around, often in a busy and chaotic environment. Not all projectors are built to be used in this way, many are intended to be placed in one location and never moved again, so you need to take this into consideration.

Durability – You’ll want to protect it from the weather, but it would also be a good idea to avoid buying a model that is known to be fragile, as it’ll be moved around a lot outdoors.

Connectability – As well as being easy to move and set up, you need a projector that will hook up to many other inputs of various devices, particularly on a tour, where the set up and connections might be different at each location. So your projector needs to be flexible and adaptable.

When using a projector for outdoor concerts, you’ll also want to be sure to have spare and replacement lamps available. MyProjectorLamps offers the largest market for them, so whatever model you choose from, we can help you be prepared. Shop with us today and save!

Top Projectors for Producing a High Quality Image

August 17, 2017

The obvious advantage that projectors have over almost any other kind of display for images and videos is the sheer size of the picture they can create, but size isn’t everything. Sometimes you need to emphasize quality as well as quantity, receiving the impact of the picture size without losing any resolution.

This application might be used for displaying the work of a professional photographer or visual artist, or for use as part of a major exhibition at a museum or gallery. These are times when nothing but the best will do, so anyone looking to achieve the right kind of image quality needs to know which projector is up to the task.

Here’s a look at our list of the top projectors for showing a high quality image slide show:

BenQ W2000

This BenQ model is an excellent all round projector and comes at a relatively affordable price for all that it delivers. The only area where it lacks high specs is in brightness, with 2000 lumens, which is still reasonable when used in darker rooms, but you may need to look elsewhere if this might be an issue. For everyone else, the W2000 has 1080p resolution with great color depth and will make your slideshow shine, while also offering a whole host of other great features.

Epson BrightLink 536Wi

The Brightlink 436Wi was an excellent model and this new version maintains all of its strengths while adding brightness of 3400 lumens, giving it the edge over the older model and the BenQ one listed above. It’s also a short throw projector, offering more flexibility for getting a large, high quality image even in a smaller room. The image quality is excellent for what is also a reasonably inexpensive model.

Optoma HD28DSE

A compact projector that offers real image quality, this Optoma model has 1080p resolution and 3000 lumens of brightness, but also has Darbee Visual Presence image processing, which boosts the picture and video quality to what looks almost like 4K. There’s lots of flexibility in the adjustments you can make to the image as long as you’re confident with such things, allowing you to tweak to your heart’s content.

Epson EH-TW9300

A more pricey option than most of the ones mentioned so far, this Epson model isn’t quite as costly as a full 4K projector, but it does offer the ability to get almost 4K-like image quality for your slide show. It’s a 4K Enhanced projector that is set up to deliver much better picture than 1080p with amazingly crisp images and warm colors that will enhance any image you want to display. As you’d expect for the price tag, it comes with plenty of premium quality options and features and the only possible downside is the size of the projector itself, which means you will need to find a permanent home for it.

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Best projector features for hosting a conference or banquet

August 8, 2017

Projectors are an extremely useful tool for any person or business looking to host a conference or banquet. Whether you’re planning to project key information onto a large screen for a business audience or looking to add decoration and entertainment at a banquet, there is no better way to do it than with a projector.

Of course, you will need to find the right projector, and in order to do that, you need to know what to look for. Different projectors have different features that make them more or less useful for certain scenarios, so it isn’t simply a case of going for a top-of-the-line model and assuming it will work for you.

Below are some of the best projector features to have for hosting a conference or banquet:

Lumens (lots of lumens)

Lumens are units which measure the amount of light emitted from a projector and can determine the level of brightness. So the more lumens your projector can deliver, the brighter the image. This isn’t necessarily essential for all projector uses, as you can get a perfectly fine image from a projector that doesn’t offer much brightness if you are watching it in a darkened room. For conferences and banquets, darkness can be more difficult to achieve because the rooms are usually much larger. That means you need to get a projector that will deliver a higher level of brightness, ideally around 5000 lumens, but certainly no less than 3000.

The right image quality

By this we mean that if you are planning to primarily use videos rather than static images, you need to factor that into your decision-making. A projector that has the ability to play high quality videos might not necessarily be the best one for also showing images in the best resolution, so you need to weigh the benefits of what you want and check for the specifications that deliver what you need.

Multiple inputs

A projector to be used at conferences and banquets needs to be flexible, particularly if it is to be owned by the venue. This means that presentations can be shown, no matter what type of different features are used, so the projector needs to have multiple input options, allowing laptops, USB sticks, etc to be plugged in and connected.

Long lamp life

A projector that is going to be used at conferences and banquets is one that will be switched on frequently, so as well as ensuring it isn’t a model that will overheat, you need to make sure it has a long lamp life so that you won’t have to make replacements very often.

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Best projectors for watching summer time Major League baseball

August 1, 2017

When it comes to Major League baseball, the best way to watch is to be there in person, we all know that. However it’s not always possible to get to the games; they’re expensive, they can be far away and if you have a family, it can be hard to commit to the time spent away from them. This is why so many of us watch at home, and the second best option is to watch the ball games with the biggest, brightest picture available.

In the summer time, there’s not much better than getting friends and family together with some cool drinks and watching the game, but if you’ve got more than a few guests, even a decent-sized TV screen can seem a bit underwhelming. Why not try using a projector? It can give you a much bigger picture with amazing quality, as long as you have the right equipment.

The first thing you need to think about is where you want to use your projector. If you live somewhere with long, hot and dry summers, you might want to use a projector for outdoor screenings of baseball games (and movies) in your back yard. If so, you’ll need a very different model, one with at least 5500 lumens (as you’ll be watching games in the day time mostly to offer enough brightness.

Here’s our list of the best projectors for watching summer time Major League baseball:

BenQ W1080ST+
If you’re watching indoors and want a big picture without a lot of required space, a short throw projector is most likely what you will need, as it will deliver a large, high quality picture without needing to be placed a good distance away. 2,200 lumens of brightness is enough to give you high definition on the action even in the summer time, especially if you can make your room a bit darker. It’s easy to set-up and reliable and is a good all-round option.

Epson EH-TW9300
A 4K picture would certainly bring the game into sharper focus (which may not be what you need if your team is losing), but the price tag for those projectors is still rather restrictive. However, you can get an image that comes close to 4K without breaking the bank and this Epson model delivers that with its LCD technology. It’s still costly and is big enough to need to be a permanent fixture in the room, but if you want your guests to feel like they’re really at the stadium, this might be the one.

Sony VPL-HW45ES
This is a pricey model, but it really delivers incredible quality when it comes to video, whether in 2D or 3D. Sure, the days when broadcasters like ESPN offered 3D coverage of sports seems to have passed, but you’ll be using your projector for more than just baseball right? It doesn’t have quite the brightness of the BenQ projector, with 1800 lumens, but this will still be a good option for rooms you can keep dark, while the Motionflow technology delivers an impressive frame rate to ensure that no matter how fast-paced the action is, your picture won’t falter.

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