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London may be bracing itself for the excitement of the 2012 Olympic Games in two years time, but right now in Vancouver, Canada, the 2010 Winter Olympics are taking place. The Winter Olympic Games aren’t just about competitiveness, they’re also about installation art, water displays and projected images.

LiveCity Yaletown is a festival being held at the same time as the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and as a tribute to the Olympics a special Olympic themed show will take place each night during the games. LiveCity Yaletown will see many musical acts perform for the public, free of charge, but once the musical performances have ended at the end of each night, the Olympic Games will take centre stage and form part of a unique installation art experience.

The experience will consist of a fireworks and water display, using light and video projection. The fireworks will be set off every night as a video projection screen made of water is fired up into the air. The moving projection screen will then see video and images from the Olympic Games recorded that day projected onto it, as the screen waves and bends with the power of the water jets. The water powered projector screen will be 140 ft wide and 65 ft high and will be fired into the air by Falls Creek.

Scott Givens, the creative director of LiveCity, enthused about the video projector display:

You'll see some cool stuff happening around the Games.

The water itself comes from the pumping station, which is in place to guard against earthquakes. Givens talked about the projected images:

I get to have a hand in it. But a lot of it will have to do with what is really spectacular, what folks think is a great moment and what works on the water screens.

With such a public display of projected images, you can be sure that plenty of spare projector bulbs will be required to ensure that nobody goes home disappointed.

In the fast moving market of display technology it is not surprising that one of the most significant sectors in recent years to have seen plenty of change and a wider usage that comes from a larger and more diverse number of customers are projectors and projector lamps.

It wasn’t very long ago when businesses seemed to be the main customers buying projector units and projector lamps. Projector lamps were originally produced as halogen bulbs for a cross section of the business market, such as those who used projectors for sales pitches, informative staff and client meetings and various other functions.

The original halogen projector bulbs are becoming a thing of the past as digital projector lamps take over as preferable light sources.

Read more: The age of the digital projector lamp

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen tragically died recently. Police have stated that they do not suspect foul play and there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the fashion designer’s death. He has been eulogised by everyone connected with the fashion industry, as well as by many celebrities that he designer for, such as Jessica Alba and Cheryl Cole.

One of Alexander McQueen’s greatest stunts in the fashion world was when he helped to re-launch the career of Kate Moss with the user of a video projector at a fashion show in 2006. Kate Moss has just lost a number of high profile contracts as a result of her well publicised private life, and Alexander McQueen decided that she would be the perfect figure to star as his first ever ‘holographic’ catwalk model.

Using a 3D holographic projector, Alexander McQueen made a holographic Kate Moss appear at the Ready-to-Wear fashion show, held in Paris in 2006. There is normally a lot of pressure associated with a fashion show, and using a video projector to make one of your models appear in 3D on the catwalk only adds to that pressure.

The technique used by Alexander McQueen wasn’t strictly a 3D projected image, but instead was a technique called ‘Pepper’s Ghost’ which was first used way back in the 19th Century. It was used in a production of The Haunted Man, by Charles Dickens.

Alexander McQueen will be sadly missed, as will his original ideas on fashion and the ways that fashion could be presented.

The Sony LMP-P201 projector lamp is the manufacturer’s original and recommended projector lamp which should be used as a replacement for the following Sony projectors: VPL-PX21, VPL-PX32, VPL-VW12HT, VPL-PX31 and VPL-VW11HT.

The Sony LMP-P201 projector lamp can provide a lamp-life expectancy of 1500 hours and wattage of 200; it is a UHP bulb (ultra high performance).

The Sony LMP-P201 projector lamp is a high pressured tension glass bulb and has been manufactured in strict conditions.  The involved process of producing the Sony LMP-P201 projector lamp means that because the elements which are used to produce the projector lamp are specialised, so is the manufacturing procedure, meaning that projector lamps are more expensive than normal light bulbs.

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In recent years the home projector has become popular for watching television on a large screen. As a result, projector lamps are more sought after than ever before.

A projector lamp’s life lasts between 2,500 and 4,000 hours, however, there are some people who find that their projector lamp lasts a lot shorter, and when replacement projector lamps can be expensive this is not a nice surprise to find. In the case where a projector lamp has not lived up to its life expectancy it is normally because it was not treated with the care it should have.

Basic tips to prolong the life expectancy of your projector lamp:

The projector must stay stationary as much as possible. The lamp filament is very fragile so when the projector lamp and projector unit are hot it makes the glass even more delicate - in this situation movement of the unit will likely damage the lamp so leave the changing of your projector lamp until the projector has cooled down after a presentation.

Read more: Projector lamps for an affordable home cinema experience

Projector units and projector lamps are used widely in the world of current display technology.  Projector lamps are particularly important when it comes to their application within education, business and even churches but the category of use that has seen the most change in the popularity of projectors is the home cinema market.

Projector lamps will support the visual aspect of light and imagery which is being relayed to a large screen, such as a pull down screen or whiteboard, for public viewing.

A projector and projector lamp are the standard equipment which is supplied to all education establishments and is required for the most basic of lectures, it has been discovered that students will learn and retain information much better when it is supported by visual imagery.

Read more: LCD and DLP projector lamps for the home cinema customer

The NEC NP01LP Projector Lamp is the genuine, recommended replacement projector bulb for the NEC projectors NP1000 and NP2000.

The NEC NP01LP Projector Lamp is able to provide 2000 hours of lamp life and a high wattage of 300 watts.

Always take care when handling and installing the NEC NP01LP projector lamp, as with any type of projector lamp it is made from high tension glass. This projector bulb, as with any other, should not be handled with your bare hands because it can damage and reduce the power and even mean the projector lamp may blow when in use.

Read more: The NEC NP01LP Projector Lamp

The Hitachi DT00731 projector lamp is the original and genuine manufacturer’s recommended replacement projector lamp for the Hitachi projectors CP-X8250 CP-X8255 and CP-X240.

The Hitachi DT00731 projector lamp provides an average lamp expectancy of 2000 hours and 180 watts. It is a UHB lamp.

Projector lamps produced by any manufacturer, from Epson to NEC, have all been through a complicated manufacturing process which provides a high tension bulb capable of throwing a powerful light.

Read more: The Hitachi DT00731 projector lamp

We all understand the importance of the role that quality projector lamps play when it comes to projecting a clear picture onto a screen or whiteboard.

Projectors that are used for educational purposes deployed within schools, colleges and universities up and down the UK now provide an essential and fundamental part of the education process. Projectors and their projectors lamps are now a part of the standard equipment required for basic lectures and regular lessons in school. This is due to the size of the imagery projected, along with a visual reference for students to refer to as a teacher is speaking, are said to boost learning and interest within pupils.

Read more: The evolution of projector lamps and current technology

The Sanyo PLC-SW35 projector lamp is the genuine replacement projector lamp for the Sanyo PLC-XE31 projector.

The Sanyo PLC-SW35 projector lamp has an average lamp life of 2000 hours and a wattage of 160. It is a UHP lamp (ultra high performance).

There are a few ways you should note that make it possible to ensure your Sanyo PLC-SW35 projector lamp will give you the best value for money.

The projector lamp will come with instructions on maintenance and installation, which you should read before you begin to install the replacement lamp.

Read more: The SANYO PLC-SW35 projector lamp