New Projector

[camel]

No, Casio are providing a 10,000 hour or 5 year warranty for education. And replacing projectors before their death? Not here we don't! No way, no how.

 

Not even when the cost of the replacement lamp is more than the cost of a new projector? Yes the casio would negate that fact.

 

Most projector looms can have a USB cable included - most of ours are less than 5m from the pole, and if they are more than that we can put in an active USB cable, meaning the USB can be used from the board.

 

You say most (yours?), but the ones I've inhereted do not and would require replacing the looms or adding the extra cables. Need to do that anyway as some of the IWB placements & looms are laughable.

 

And again, you are under-quoting the lamp hours. Most of our LCD projectors in school here are around 5 - 7 years old now. I don't imagine we'll be replacing them for another couple of years either. We certainly get more than 6k hours out of them!

 

Again, back to the cost of the lamps and also maintenance, after several years their costs do go up, and yes we would certainly try to get 5-7 years out of them. But lamp costs being the prohibitaing factor, plus the costs of maintaining LCD projectors should be taken into account too. I would expect at least 2 maintenance cleans in 5-7 years and they're not cheap. Could be done inhouse?

 

Why would you replace a working projector? And see above for the warranty issue - it still works out cheaper with the Casio's.

 

That is a fair point, the 5yr lamp warranty certainly sells it. Though again, it comes down to the expense of a lamp or the expense of a projector when out of warranty on either part, which is a decision of the person planning, buying and then managing the equipment.

[SimpleSi]

I think we could do with a 3d spreadsheet for all this

 

But I'd just like to clarify - we are getting a 5year guarantee in education with the Casios - aren't we?

 

And just another point - I had to send a Casio back recently and Mr Casio in the UK is def not up to speed in this respect and wanted signed notes from my Granny (and the original box!) whereas I reported a fault on a projector to Mr Epson on Thurs and under their 3 year warranty, he popped in Friday and replaced the projector without any effort from me

 

That sort of service is worth a lot to me/school (downtime 24 hours compared to 2 weeks for Casio) and next time I need a new projector I'm going to think a bit more carefully about it and not just jump and get a Casio.

 

regards

 

Simon

[camel]

I think we could do with a 3d spreadsheet for all this

But I'd just like to clarify - we are getting a 5year guarantee in education with the Casios - aren't we?

 

Lol, As far as I'm aware, the 5 years applies to the lamp source only, the unit is still 3 years, but that is pretty good going as most other units are 3 years anyway. You make an interesting point on the level of service though.

[MYK-IT]

The casios are fantastic, weve got about 35 of them now, and we have even replaced the theatre projector with one whilst is being repaired and itworking fantastic. they are not noisey when in eco 1 or 2 but the fans are louder when eco is off, but you shouldnt ever need it off to be honest as theyre bright enough as it is.

 

Awesomeness

 

I agree, we've just had 18 XJ-A140 projectors installed, and a XJ-A150 to be installed next week.

 

They are great...staff can use the IWB AND have the curtains open!

[john]

Lol, As far as I'm aware, the 5 years applies to the lamp source only, the unit is still 3 years, but that is pretty good going as most other units are 3 years anyway. You make an interesting point on the level of service though.

 

I thought if you bought the Edu version of the Casio it was 5 years on-site swap out warranty you got with them, if you buy the commercial one you get lesser warranty.

[localzuk]

I thought if you bought the Edu version of the Casio it was 5 years on-site swap out warranty you got with them, if you buy the commercial one you get lesser warranty.

 

This was my understanding also.

[teejay]

If using with an IWB, you shouldn't use a projector above 2000 lumens and preferably well under that, unless it's a short throw projector for health and safety reasons as user will have the projector shining at them when they're facing the class.

[localzuk]

If using with an IWB, you shouldn't use a projector above 2000 lumens and preferably well under that, unless it's a short throw projector for health and safety reasons as user will have the projector shining at them when they're facing the class.

 

Does that not depend on the angle the projector is installed at, and whether the teacher stands in front of the projected image whilst looking at the class? We have 2500 lumens projectors pretty much everywhere and have no complaints at all about being shone in the eyes - as they stand to one side of the board when talking.

[teejay]

I'll try and dig out the stuff on it after the weekend, but it's more to do with long term effects and the level of the light energy.

[SGreen679]

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Edited November 18, 2010 by Dos_Box