Epson projectors?

[Craig Knights]

Hi all, 

What do people recommend for a good value projector?

Doesn't need all the wireless projecting stuff, just a good number of lumens for a big classroom with lots of windows.

I've been recommended Epson, we already have a couple of short throw Epsons among an aging fleet of Sony's, but need to replace a non-short throw one.

thanks,

Craig

[Mike Etheridge]

Got a Panasonic, pretty much an update of the Sanyo models that are everywhere but they disappeared n rebranding exercise. Seems pretty good, cheap too. Found Epsom lamp life to be much less than the Sanyo, and presumably the new Panasonic.

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[Kevin Whelan]

got mainly epson here now,really good bang for buck and have never had an issue, some are 6-7 yrs old now We always get wxga models
wouldn't hesitate to buy epson

[Alistair Baird]

Mainly Viewsonic here. Have 3 year warranty and very good service agent in Christchurch. Our 7 year old ones stil going, they can fix them still if it's economical.

see monitortech.co.nz

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Alistair Baird

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[Simon Wright]

I 2nd Panasonic.

Flick Paul an email and tell him i sent you ;)

Paul.D...@nz.panasonic.com

The last ones we got were the PT-LW362A

If you want to see them in action, you know where i am.

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On 11 July 2017 at 12:06, Alistair Baird <bai...@stpeterspn.school.nz> wrote:

Mainly Viewsonic here. Have 3 year warranty and very good service agent in Christchurch. Our 7 year old ones stil going, they can fix them still if it's economical.

see monitortech.co.nz

On 11 July 2017 at 11:54, Kevin Whelan <kwhel...@gmail.com> wrote:

got mainly epson here now,really good bang for buck and have never had an issue, some are 6-7 yrs old now We always get wxga models
wouldn't hesitate to buy epson

On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 11:14:17 AM UTC+12, craig.knights wrote:

Hi all, 

What do people recommend for a good value projector?

Doesn't need all the wireless projecting stuff, just a good number of lumens for a big classroom with lots of windows.

I've been recommended Epson, we already have a couple of short throw Epsons among an aging fleet of Sony's, but need to replace a non-short throw one.

thanks,

Craig

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St Peters College 

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[Sam McNeill]

HI Craig,

When I was still at St Andrew's we started to standardize on the Epson short throw projectors that we could network for both centralised management/reporting and also "wireless" projection across the LAN. We found them to be excellent and (at the time) the wireless projection was more reliable than the various WiDi/Miracast options around but I think this has improved considerably over the last 12months.

I wrote a blog at the time if you're interested:

https://eblog.stac.school.nz/2016/03/24/networked-projectors-offer-easy-access/

With a number of new buildings coming online at StAC and existing block refits they probably have around 80 of those Epson in place now.

Cheers

Sam 

[Matt Strickland]

For our standard classrooms we changed to Epson - and not the expensive ones.

EPSON EB-955WH 3LCD ~ $1250+GST

I had 2 requirements: 2 or more HDMI and audio out/return.

1 HDMI for teachers desk, other for Apple TV, miracast, Chromecast device.

Audio out is returned to an amplifier at the teachers desk, connected to ceiling speakers.

So for us, all our classrooms will have audio return, HDMI and network run to each projector (All our runs are <10m so just using patch cables)

I also have resorted to trunking even tho we are new build, as the ability to change cables in the future if required is easier.

Matt

[Blake Richardson]

We are a 100% Epson school. We bought a bunch of their EB-485wi projectors, I was so impressed by the quality of image and hardware as well as lamp cost that we replaced the lot when we bought new buildings.

We have mostly 95% ultra short  throw, a few standard throw and 3 G series projectors.  Where are you based Craig?

[Craig Knights]

In Dunedin.  Which model of standard throw are you using?

thanks,

Craig

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Blake Richardson <bla...@stmargarets.school.nz> wrote:

We are a 100% Epson school. We bought a bunch of their EB-485wi projectors, I was so impressed by the quality of image and hardware as well as lamp cost that we replaced the lot when we bought new buildings.

We have mostly 95% ultra short  throw, a few standard throw and 3 G series projectors.  Where are you based Craig?