Projector buyers guide

Choosing the right projector can be a difficult choice, you may be governed by the projectors application or by your budget. With that in mind Medium UK can help, below is a brief guide to helping you chose the right projector . If you have a specific application and need some technical assitance, call our experienced sales team on 020 8813 5777.

ANSI-Lumen

Is a unit of measurement for the brightness of LCD projectors based on ANSI (American National Standards Institute). An area of 1 sqm on a screen is divided into 9 equally sized rectangles. The mathematical average of the light intensity in the centre of each area equals the ANSI lumens value.

Things to consider when choosing brightness?

• How many people will typically be in the room?
• How much light is in the room
• What kind of projection screen is available
• What is your application?

Resolution

The sharpness and clarity of the picture on the screen is determined by a projectors resolution. Resolution is simply the number of pixels the projector uses to create the image. The more pixels it has the "higher" the resolution.