Choosing the Perfect Projector lamps

Projectors are gaining more and more popularity these days. The technology has developed quite rapidly, and the price is becoming more and more affordable. There are several issues, however, that restrains deeper market penetration of projectors. One of the main questions frequently asked by customers is projector lamps. Projector lamps consist of projector bulb and a set of assembly functioning as housing. There are myths about projector lamps easily turn to series of misunderstandings. Projector lamps are essential in projectors' operation, and it does have a certain life span. Nevertheless, projector lamps and myths surrounding it is really not something you need to worry about, and I'll explain to you why.

As mentioned earlier, projector lamps have certain life span called lamp life. It shows how many hours a projector lamp can operate under its ideal environment and usage. Some people think that limited lamp life, plus projector lamps is quite expensive. These facts make replacement lamps seems expensive. What most people don't know is that projector lamps life span can be up to 2,000 hours. With the price of projector lamps averaging at $300, the operating cost of projector lamps could go as low as 15 cents per hour. It is really not as expensive as most people imagine.

Next, there are two types of projector lamps mainly used in most projectors available on the market. The first one is Metal Halide Lamp mainly used in LCD projectors. It has less brightness and contrast ratio, but most LCD projector lamps would last longer and cost slightly cheaper. The newer technology of projector lamps is called Digital Light Processing (DLP) projectors. It is brighter and has more contrast, but, as you would expect, its lamps has shorter life span and a bit more expensive. Those technical mambo-jumbo simply says that LCD projectors would be more suitable if you are searching for projectors with more economical operating and maintenance cost.

You can also extend the life span of projector lamps. There are certain maintenance tips that you can practice in order to prolong the possible usage time of your projector lamps. Most people still believe that buying just the projector bulbs is cheaper than changing the entire projector lamp. This is a complete misunderstanding, since replacing only the bulb might could cause the housing set to exceed its designated life span an could potentially cause greater damage to the projector. Projectors also have exhaust fan that function as cooling system. You might want to clean these exhausts to ensure your projector lamps don't get overheated. Projector manufacturers also equip their latest products with "Economy Mode" that will surely increase projector lamps' life span.

It is true that projector lamps use up most of projectors' operating cost, but there are several ways to actually reduce the cost and keep projector use economical. By using your projector properly, you can prolong its life span and reduce the overall cost. Besides, the cost of projector lamp use per hour, as we discussed before, is really not as expensive as we use to think, right?

Choosing the Perfect Projector lamps

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