High spec projector needed

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Hi all,

This is for a local project so needs to be quite a high spec, I might be in the wrong place to get ideas.. but we'll see -

6000+ Lumen
Decent contrast ratio
Good life expectancy (will not be easy to access so dual bulb is a consideration)
HDMI/VGA/BNC/Component connections
It will be mounted on the ceiling in a venue so input should be selectable via remote
A long warranty would be nice

Anybody have some know how and can point? :)
 
what kind of price range are you in? we use jvc projectors for our lower value cinemas very nice picture for the price (approx £6k)

Not sure were you can pick them up from tho.
 
My guess is that your install is commercial, either a lecture theatre, bar, club, shopping site or similar with high ceiling heights. The JVCs are lovely domestic projectors with an excellent contrast ratio but they're not really suitable for commercial use. Price and brightness are the two issues. 1300 ANSI for £10,000 just doesn't make sense for commercial applications where there's likely to be ambient light to contend with.

Canon makes decent projectors but the lack of a basic video input might rule out the WUX6000. It has HDMI, DVI and VGA. You'll also find that most of the 6000+ ANSI lumen projectors come with a 3 year loan support warranty. The rub is that this doesn't include them breaking out scaffolding to get a faulty unit down. That'll be your job.

I don't know of any high-brightness twin lamp projectors in your price range. Part of the issue with inaccessible projectors is filter cleaning (although this is less important with some designs than others) and lamp replacement. Most high brightness lamped projectors have an estimated lamp life of 2000~3000 hours. One alternative technology starting to make headway in lecture theatres is Laser-based projection technology. There's an NEC for around the £3K mark that uses this technology. The advantages are very long lamp life (20,000hrs!) and no filters because the unit runs cool.

Every high brightness projector is going to come with infra red remote control. They'll often have RS232 control as well. This gives you the ability to address the projector from a PC and also tell its status too.
 
Hi guys,

Correct mostly :)

It is for an auditorium that is used for church services on a Sunday and general use throughout the week as a meeting/conference room.

We have the scaffolding to get it up there (~30 feet I would say) but won't be going back to it very often!

Budget can be flexed a little but we can probly use an input selector at one end and cut down on inputs on the device itself? The room generally will be quite light, especially so on a Sunday morning so what would be your recommendations? :)
(aimed at both of you, I value all suggestions)
 
An "input selector" won't simplify the connection cabling unless it has the ability to transcoding and resize those inputs that aren't already in a format compatible with HDMI or DVI-D. If you plan to connect a basic laptop via VGA (15 pin D type plug) or a video camera/CCTV camera/VCR on composite video then it's a toss-up whether it will be more cost effective just to run the additional cable or buy a Video Scaler which is the device that converts video and VGA to a digital signal at the correct res for your projector. In fact you really need to cost out the connection side of things. It can be much more expensive than you realise.

As for screens, don't go huge. It will just spread the light too far and make the picture look dull. For hymn words you're looking at 6 to 8ft diagonal for a 100-200 seating area. Put the words up in verse and chorus rather than just the entire hymn page.

A basic matt white business electric screen will do the job.
 
I put up a Panasonic PT-EZ570 a few years ago. Really impressed with it, think I ended up paying aroud £2600 with a spare lamp and filter (ex. VAT) which was amazing at the time. Proper mechanical shutter, decent lens shift options etc. Makes mounting it simple.

Picture with an HD feed onto a 32' screen was excellent, more than bright enough in a darkened (not pitch black) room.
 
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