If you’re on the market for a new home theater projector or a
business projector, this projector buying guide for 2016 has you covered. We
discuss the essentials of picking the right projector for your needs, including
types of projectors, resolution, brightness, and more. The right multimedia
projector could mean the difference between a great or poor presentation.
Brightness
Projector brightness is rated in ANSI lumens, and most
projectors range from 700 to 5,000 lumens, with a higher lumen count meaning a
brighter picture. Brightness affects how well you can see the projected image
in your environment. The more ambient light a room has, the brighter your
projector needs to be to compensate. Otherwise, the image will look washed out
and barely visible. The ideal room setting for a projector is perfectly dark,
where even a low brightness projector can produce a brilliant image.
If you don’t know how bright of a projector you need, the
general rule of thumb is to purchase the brightest one in your budget and
reduce the brightness as needed. Since a projector’s brightness is tied to its
price, one trick to lowering costs on the projector is to reduce the amount of
ambient light in the room.
Resolution
Projectors
range in resolution from as low as 800 × 600 for business models, to 4K for
theater use. Most home theater projectors tend to support full HD 1080p
natively. For displaying PowerPoint presentations, multimedia, and web pages, a
720p-capable projector will do fine. Only consider a 1080p model if you plan to
display HD movies.
Keystone
Correction
When a
projector isn’t mounted properly—too low to the ground or too close to the
ceiling— the projected image will appear as an odd trapezoid (keystone) rather
than a perfect square or rectangle. Most projectors can correct for this effect
to a point, using what’s called keystone correction.
Keystone
correction is done on the software level, like digital zoom on a DSLR camera.
And like digital zoom, image quality deteriorates as more correction is
applied. If you cannot adjust the positioning of your screen and projector,
you’ll want to get a model with good keystone correction or lens shift—more on
that below.
WiFi
Wireless Connection
You can
connect your iPhone/iPad/Android device/Mac with the WiFi projector wireless.
Only Support: Android Device system version 4.2 Above / iPhone & iPad &
Mac iOS system version 7.0 Above/ Windows version 8.1 Above
Wireless
Projector are coming for
you!
This article originally by Tronfy.com
