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| Epson Powerlite 450w |
So I wanted to take a sec to share something that I think is really cool and is going to work well for us at Central. About a year ago (just before I came) the music ministry at
Central raised some funds to purchase some type of choir confidence monitor or projector (so the choir/praise team/worship leader sees what the congregation sees). Originally they had talked to some folks at TRBC about the plasma type tv monitors that they use. The issue at Central is the balcony. It prevents the typical (from the ceiling approach) use of a hung projector. As I researched what types of flat screens that we might could use I could either not find one that would fit our budget, or it was too small. Basically, anything over 62 inches or so is no longer being produced for typical consumers, so the big ones that you can find are expensive (typically well over 2,000). Eventually though we found our solution, an ultra-short throw projector. Maybe you have heard of this, but I had not. It is a newer type of projector technology that allows an image to be projected from really close. I even had a sales rep not understand what I was talking (major company who should remain nameless) about when I said I needed that type of projector that could projected from 20 inches, that's right, inches not feet. At any rate we mounted an Epson Powerlite 450W to our balcony and it looks like it is going to work great! Here are some pics so you can see what I mean:
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| View from Choir loft (about 73 feet) |
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| Image is projected directly below the unit. |
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| Check out the detail on this image, my camera doesn't even do it justice. |
The unit reminds me of Weebo (flying robot from the Flubber movie with Robin Williams) for some reason. While it is not quite as handy, it is pretty cool. It is capable of projecting an image that has up to a 96 inch diagonal from just being extended 2 ft off of its boom. (This does depend on the Aspect Ratio you are using 16:9, 4:3 etc.) Our setting right now is getting us an image that is in the 70's. The until also is great (and more typically seen) in a classroom because the teacher can teach free of any shadow. Pretty cool. You can find out more about the unit
here. Yes that was semi-nerdy, but that's all for now.
