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Buying guide on projectors

With the development of technology and science in the field of commerce, entertainment and education, projectors have become a part and parcel of life in today’s scenario. They are now an indispensible part in office, educational institution even at home with the coming up of home theatre systems. It’s an apparatus or a hardware device that integrates a light source and projects an enlarged image or a video onto a flat surface for various display purposes.

A projector is just a key word that covers a large variety of types according to the need of the consumer.

Starting with the basic overhead projector, there can be LCD projector, digital projector, slide projector, video projector, front projector, light valve projector, DLP projector, movie projector, cine projector, CRT projector, dip projector, home theatre projector, or very latest pico projector etc. as a consumer you are pampered with a wide variety of brands that manufacture projectors. That also leads you to a kind of confusion as a layman. But, you can excess all the information regarding the various brands of projectors that are available in the market, the types that suit your needs and also the criteria that you should consider before you buy a projector.

The Main Players:

The main brands that are in the field of manufacturing projectors are Aiptek, Acer, Casio, Canon, Dell, Mitsubishi, Microtek, Hitachi, Toshiba, Yamaha, Lenovo, IBM, HP, Panasonic, Xerox, Toshiba, Sanyo, Sharp, Epson, Samsung, Sony, BenQ , Infocus, Optoma etc. These brands will offer you different types of projectors with all modern features to suite your personal and professional needs.

The Popular and the Latest:

Projectors can primarily be divided into two categories; home projectors and professional projectors. Accordingly, they are subdivided into various types according to their functions and features. Overhead projectors are the most common projectors that are widely used in classrooms and presentation halls. They are recently being replaced by CRT (cathode ray tube) projectors and vary widely by LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) and DLP(Digital Light Processing) processors. LCD and DLP are the two techniques used by digital projectors. HP and Samsung are the market leaders in both these technologies. Digital projectors are widely used in home theatre systems as well as educational and business purpose, because of their user friendly features and good quality images. Pico projector or led projector is the latest technology tiny projector that you can carry in your pocket. They are being offered by brands like Optoma and Aiptek.

Things to look for:

The main features or specifications that you can look for while buying a projector are its features, design, convenience and cost. They are, however, directly related to the purpose of your use; i.e. whether you will use it for your home theatre system, or for a classroom, a big conference hall or an office. A business Projectors will not perform well in a home theatre system.