Re: multimedia projectors

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

Lumens are the thing.

I bought my digital projector about five years ago with advice from a 
projection pro. It has 2300 lumens and is a Dell model. It has been bright 
enough to project well even in a large room that is not completely darkened. 
Now there are newer models at half the price with equivalent or higher 
lumens. The newer ones connect to your laptop with a USB cord. Some will 
even project your show or images directly from an image card. Last year my 
rock garden chapter bought an Epson model with 2300 lumens that does a great 
job. The cost was under $600 -- the equivalent model is probably less now. 
It is more than adequate for a room seating a hundred or a hundred fifty 
people.

For PowerPoint, get someone to show you a few pointers and it will save you 
hours of studying manuals and watching tutorials.

My tip (borrowed from garden writer Beverly Fitts) is to make the background 
black. Then the image shows on screen without distractions or unwanted 
borders, just like slides. Labels at the top of the image are easier for the 
audience to see.

I had a crisis with my Dell. Its bulb glowed orange and flickered instead of 
turning on.  I hated to but decided to buy the $400 replacement bulb. When I 
googled the bulb model number I found a Dell help site that said to vacuum 
out the inside of the projector because dust in there would disable a 
perfectly good bulb. Well what did I have to lose -- I got out the vacuum 
and this solved my problem. I am still using the original bulb.

Good luck, Ray!

Betty Mackey
B. B. Mackey Books
www.mackeybooks.com

From: "RAYMOND ROGERS" <rayro@optonline.net>

 who'd like to recommend a
> reliable projector? I want one with enough lumen power to be useful
> in a good-sized room (say a couple hundred in the audience or more)
> but not some super-duper expensive thing that only institutions can 
> afford.
> http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
> 

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