Projector Accessories Photography
Shack Guide
Projector Accessories Including Your Projector Lamp
By Nikos L Maxwell
If you're serious about building your own home theater,
then it's probably a good idea to find a trustworthy,
competent dealer to help you with all your projector
accessories. Buying the actual home theater projector
and projector screen is only half the battle. Every
three months you'll need to change your air filter and
every 2,000 hours or so, you'll need to buy a new projector
lamp.
You may need connector cables to hook your game system,
your Blu Ray disc player, your cable box and your stereo
system together. You may also need a universal remote
control to pull off your film viewing experience flawlessly.
Don't forget the wall mount to safely secure your projector
too!
Short Bulb Life
Projector lamps can be a major investment. Just ask
the people who purchased Toshiba lamps that dimmed out
after a few months, forcing customers to purchase new
$300 to $400 bulbs! Those people won a class action
lawsuit, thankfully, and that event is, by no means,
the norm; although, short bulb life and the continued
expense of these projector accessories is a complaint
for many current home theater enthusiasts and a deterrent
for prospective home theater builders.
Of course the manufacturers clued in to this and they've
come up with new technology involving LED lights and
laser light technology to power your video projector
for its entire lifetime (or about 60,000 hours, they
say).
The Most Frequently Purchased Projector Accessories
Projector lamps are one of the most frequently purchased
projector accessories and the biggest ongoing expenses
with your home theater projector. Most lamps have a
life span of 2,000 hours, so here are a few rules to
ensure you get the full lifespan out of them.
First, never ever unplug your projector or jam it into
a carrying case before it gives you the okay (usually
1 or 2 minutes while the lamp cools down). Secondly,
clean your filter every 100 hours or every three months.
As you can imagine, it's hard to radiate energy through
all that extra gunk!
Leaving Space Behind And Above The Projector
Thirdly, be aware of your placement, as a ceiling mount
less than six inches from the ceiling can really cause
overheating. Be sure you leave 12-18 inches of space
behind the projector too. Lastly, consider running your
projector in low power mode if you have it. The difference
is hardly noticeable!
The universal remote control is one of the least mentioned
projector accessories, yet it's also an important one.
Do you really want to deal with the Blu Ray disc player,
the cable box, the video projector and the sound system
all on separate remotes? Occasionally, home theater
projectors will come with a universal remote but not
always. The prices vary greatly for universal remotes;
from less than $100 to over $1,000.
Some good options are Universal Remote Control MX-500
($149.95), Logitech Harmony 670 ($149.99), Logitech
Harmony 550 ($129.99), Universal Remote Control MX-900
($449.95), Logitech Harmony 880 ($249.99), Universal
Remote Control MX-980 ($599.95) or the Philips Pronto
TSU9600 ($1299.99).
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More Projector Facts....
What was the first type of projector?
The very first type of projector
was known as the "magic lantern" and was used to project
images onto a wall. The very first mention of this magic
lantern was by Giovanni Battista della Porta in 1558.
In 1671 there were references found dating back to the
mid sixteenth century of people using an oil lamp that
had a lens. Images were painted on glass plates and
would be projected onto an area where the images could
be seen.
As technology began to improve,
optics began to refine the pictures and their images.
A huge boost to projectors came when photography was
invented. The slides of these pictures were far more
readily available than the hand painted images found
on glass pictures. In fact a series of these pictures
would be put together to form a sort of story, like
as in a motion picture.
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