Donna, what I did the last time I purchased digital projectors for my
district was to look under Consumer Reports and found a highly rated
projector within the price range that I needed. There are other factors to
consider - the lumens affect how dark/light the room is, which is more
important is your room is really bright (lots of windows w/ no coverings) or
the room is really large. We have several brands of projectors, and haven't
had problems with any of them - I think they've been around long enough that
overall you shouldn't have any problems regardless of which one you choose.
One other thing you can consider, which is great for really tight budgets,
is to purchase an AverKey, which hooks your computer to a TV. This is what I
have in my room, mainly because of my distance learning class. I also have
my document camera hooked up to this set up and I use it ALL the time,
switching from computer to document camera. I'm just suggesting this option
since the AverKey is around $200, and if your district is like mine,
teachers who use TVs a lot in their curriculum can usually check one out for
the entire semester and just keep it in their rooms.
~Michal
3-12 Kansas Art Teacher
HS Digital Communications
Technology Integration Specialist
http://www.geocities.com/theartkids http://spotlight.digication.com/maustin
>I hope some of you can give me good advice about purchasing the best
> (performance wise and $ wise) digital projector. I remember a good
> discussion was had a year or so ago, but if anyone has up to date
> information, I would certainly appreciate that. I hope to purchase my own
> for my watercolor demonstrations/classes. I had used an overhead
> projector
> for transferring drawings to canvas, but using my own photos, then
> projecting them digitally makes more sense to me. Unless, of course,
> anyone has a better idea.
