Projectors

[Steve-o]

I needing to purchase about 8 projectors for work purposes. Ideally, I'm looking for ones that can easily be carried around to different sites, and are therefore quite robust and simple to use. There main purpose will be for just giving presentations hooked up to a laptop.

Can anyone make any suggestions, or point me in the direction of a reputable seller?

TIA,
Steveo.

[V8 EOL]

We use Dell, and found them good & reliable.

Take care how you use any projector. Lamps are fragile and expensive.

Also whoever you get it from, make sure you get a *good* discount / free stuff. 8 good projectors will come to a tidy sum.

[simpo two]

Hi Steve,

When you've decided on which make/model you want, I'd be very pleased to see if I can pricematch; as a very modest reseller I can supply such things and as a PHer I have petrol to buy

[roy the boy]

A couple of suggestions:-

The NEC LT25 is a good one for numpties as it has auto focus and auto keystone so you just turn it on and point it at a screen but it is around the £600-700 mark.
I have it on good authority that Optoma projectors are good as that's all they make. You can pick the Optoma EP719 up for less than £500 - great spec.
A little cheaper but not as bright is the Epson EMP-S4 but it's selling point for me is that replacement bulbs can be had for around the £120 mark.

www.nec.co.uk/New_MultiSync_LT25.aspx

www.optoma.co.uk/optoma/uploads/brochures/EP719R-B-en-gb.pdf

www.epson.co.uk/products/video_projectors/EMP-S4.htm