Yesterday, Jerry Cochrane, Craig Barnum, and I met with David Herzog
(Midwest Computer Products), Tim Laing and Michael Cho (both Epson
reps).
We all met at College Community's new building that will house 7-9th
grade students. Craig was interested in comparing the Dukane 8755H-RJ
projector(co-op price is $605.26) and the new Epson PowerLite 84 (Co-
op Price is $641.70).
Craig was also interested in seeing the 60"x80" Draper wall screen
installed to view these both of these projectors.
FYI -- The Epson PowerLite 84 is the replacement for the PowerLite 822.
The Dukane 8755H-RJ and the Epson PowerLite 84 were chosen because
Craig will be networking these projectors. There were several points
that we compared on these machines:
1. The Dukane displays 2200 lumens vs the Epson's 2600 lumens.
2. The lamp life on the Dukane is 2000/3000 hours vs the Epson's
5000/6000 hours (Yes, 5000 hour lamp life on high brightness)
3. Both are network capable, however, the Epson has new network
software that is easy to set-up and use. You can contact anyone
present for their opinion on the software, but I thought it looked
like a very complete package that will allow you to do most anything
you want when it comes to monitoring a network ... there is even some
software available that allows your control of the projector via a
teacher's computer, if the remote control is not available.
4. Warranty ... Dukane has a 5 year with the first year replacement
warranty vs Epson 3 year with a 3 year express replacement warranty.
5. Overview of the Projectors:
The Epson, of course, looked brighter at 2600 lumens, and from where
Craig had the ceiling mounting bracket located, the Epson filled the
60x80" screen and had some zoom adjustment both in and out ... the
Dukane slightly over-filled the screen and only had zoom adjustment to
make the image larger.
The color on both was reviewed. Maybe it was because of the extra 400
lumens but the Epson 84's colors were much better and more vibrant
than the Dukane's. The 84 also showed much whiter whites. The overall
quality of the image on the Epson was better.
The Epson PowerLite has a 10 watt speaker vs the Dukane 7 watt speaker.
New on this Epson Projector is a mini-plug microphone input, so you
could connect a teacher mic and use the projector's speaker.
The Epson PowerLite 84 also has a USB port that allows you to connect
the projector directly to a computer's USB port instead of using a VGA
cable.
The Epson 84 has filter and lamp access on the side and top so when
you ceiling mount the projector, both are readily available. The
filter is cleaned with canned air or is replaceable. The projector
will alert you with a colored light to show that the machine is
heating up and filter needs cleaned.
Here is the Epson link to their new projectors:
http://www.epsonbrighterfutures.com/products
If you look at Epson's "Special Offers" link http://www.epsonbrighterfutures.com/specialOffers#offer05
You will see a BUY 7 GET 1 FREE offer ... available for a limited
time period.
I received word from Craig Barnum this morning that he will be
ordering 75 or more of the Epson PowerLite 84 projectors and 60"x80"
Draper wall screens.
The AV Co-op also offers 17 other projectors from several
manufacturers in SVGA, XGA, and WXGA resolutions with brightness
ranging from 2000 to 3500 lumens. As Scott has pointed out the ultra
close-focus Hitachi CPA52 and EDA100 projector will shoot a 60" image
at less than 1 1/2 feet away from the screen. The catalog also has
mounting brackets for all of these projectors.
If you are in the market for any of these, please give me a call. If
you will have a large quantity order, give me a call and I will check
for better pricing.
FYI -- the Epson 400W has been upgraded to the Epson 410W. It will
still use the Epson wall arm bracket but Epson is coming out with a
new wall arm bracket that will make installation of this projector
easier than ever.
Bud Carruthers, Coordinator x1157
Mary Allaman, Secretary x1287
AV&Computer Co-op
http://av.co-op.k12.ia.us
Iowa Educators Consortium
www.iec-ia.org
3601 West Avenue Road
Burlington, Iowa 52601
319-753-6561
319-752-7525 fax
[email protected]
On May 13, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Scott Fosseen [Prairie Lakes AEA] wrote:
I always recommend purchasing from the AV Coop. Twice a year we
"Shoot-Out" over 50 projectors so each projector has been looked at
before it is put on the Coop catalog.
IMHO:
Currently DLP projectors have a significant lifetime savings vs LCD
projectors as DLP has no filters to clean. LCD projectors recommend
filter cleaning between 100-500 hours of use. This last shoot-out
we are seeing a trend that LCD projectors are going to a one filter
cleaning between bulb changes, and I expect that in the next year or
two LCD projectors will only require a filter clean/change at the
time of bulb replacement.
If you look at projectors side by side there is a visual difference
between LCD and DLP. If you looked at each one separately I don't
think I would be able to tell the difference. In previous years DLP
a solid yellow block looked brown, but a year ago most DLP
projectors moved to "True Color" that corrected that issue.
If price was not an issue my recommendation for the last year is the
Hitachi Ultra Close Focus projector. The projector is mounted 1-2
feet from the screen. The big benefit is that the teacher does not
have to look into the projector while working at the screen.
From: Paul Heyer
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [info-tech] projectors
I know we have had the discussion of mulitmedia projectors vs
everthing else, but for those that are using projectors what brands
are working for you?
Paul (Wally) Heyer
Technology Coordinator
Titonka CSD
www.titonka.k12.ia.us
