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There are a wide range of different applications which a projector lamp can be used for.

Projector lamps can be used for business presentations and are commonly used within educational establishments everywhere.  In recent years replacement projector lamps have become a necessity for those who are using projectors at home, as home cinema is a sector which over the past few years has grown in popularity.

There are a primary selection of three main types of projector lamps which fit the following projector type: slide, overhead and multimedia.

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The NEC VT80LP projector lamp is the original manufacturer’s genuine replacement projector lamp for their NEC projectors VT48, VT49, VT57, VT58 and VT59.

There are a number of ways that it is possible to ensure you get the most lamp hours from your NEC VT80LP projector lamp so that you get full value for your money.

Firstly, carefully read your manufacturer’s guidelines that came both with the projector and the projector lamp. One main thing to bear in mind is that you must not handle the NEC projector lamp with your bare hands as much as you can avoid doing so because it will reduce its power and impact on the number of hours of lamp life you will get from it. Handling the NEC VT80LP projector lamp is a sure way to damage it.

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Whether it is in the classrooms of schools, colleges and universities across the UK or for nationwide business conferences; if you don’t have a projector and fitted projector lamp your presentations and communication could prove rather limp to your audience.

These days it is easier for most people to use a digital overhead projector which produces better results in terms of image quality and projector lamp brightness.

Before you decide anything, here are some basic tips:

Understand the difference in digital projector functions provided by all major manufacturers.

Read more: Choose major brands for digital projectors and projector lamps

The Hitachi DT00757 projector lamp is the manufacturer’s genuine replacement for the Hitachi projectors EDX10 and EDX12.

The Hitachi DT00757 projector lamp is a UHB, powerful 200 watt bulb rated by Hitachi as having an average lamp-life of 2,000 hours.

There are a number of ways to assure long-term use from your Hitachi DT00757 projector lamp which include a few tips on the correct handling of your projector and projector lamp.

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What do you get when you cross a computer with a projector? You get the Light Touch interactive projector. It’s not very funny, but it’s accurate – and it was demonstrated to the public for the first time earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show, which took place in Las Vegas.

The Light Touch interactive projector (not available anywhere yet) is a computer that is controlled via touch screen, only the screen is actually ‘projected’ onto a surface via the computer’s own projector lamp. There is no mouse, no keyboard and no physical screen as such. All of the computer’s functions are controlled by the projected screen.

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Giving a presentation can be very nerve racking, whether you’re getting up to speak in front of a handful of people at university, a room full of people at work, or in front of hundreds of people at a conference or exhibition.

Public speaking is very difficult on the nerves, and some people are better at it than others. However, wherever you need to perform a presentation there are a number of things that you can do to calm your nerves, and ensure that your presentation goes off without a hitch.

First of all, you need to prepare. Preparation is essential in any walk of life, no matter what you are doing. In giving presentations, preparation is doubly important. You should know what you are going to say, you should have rehearsed it, you should know your facts and figures and you should also anticipate any questions you might be asked, having answers for them on standby.

Read more: Tips on using projectors in presentations

We generally assume when we buy a piece of technology that it will last for as long as it should. However, this isn’t always the case with technology, especially with consumable technology such as projector lamps, or the tubes in TV sets.

While the televisions and projectors themselves can reasonably be expected to last for ten years or so, the parts inside them, such as the lamps and tubes, do wear out with extended use. This is accepted, but there are ways to prolong the life of projector lamps.

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It is thought that Pico projectors could be the next big thing in the mobile phone market – though obviously when we say ‘big’ thing, we mean tiny. Pico projectors were shown off to the world at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, and amid all of the displays of large screen TVs and massive electronics products, it was the miniscule Pico projectors being touted by Microvision Inc that really captured the imagination.

Pico projectors, the small products with the tiny projector lamps capable of proving presentation quality images from a device the size of a phone, are still very rare at the moment. However, Microvision and Texas Instruments believe that they will become big business and will form one of the must-have gadgets on the next wave of mobile phones, such as iPhones and BlackBerries.

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The NEC LT30LP projector lamp is NEC’s genuine replacement lamp for the NEC LT25 and the NEC LT30 projector models.

The NEC LT30LP projector lamp is a UHP (ultra high performance) and delivers 200 watts of power and is capable of 2,000 hours of lamp life in low brightness mode (when used in your projector’s eco mode it produces 2,500 hours of lamp life).

Whatever the projector you are using, it is always important that you have a spare projector lamp, which will ensure you have an emergency back-up should your current lamp run out of power.  Any projector lamp is going to run out of power at some point, however, if you treat it correctly and with care it will provide you with the average lamp life that is suggested by the manufacturer.

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Whether you need a Sony projector bulb or an Epson projector bulb, whatever brand and model you use, at some stage, you will need to buy a replacement projector lamp.

Replacing a projector lamp from a genuine manufacturer e.g. Panasonic projector lamps or NEC projector lamps and so forth is relatively simple, however, so are costly errors. Changing projector bulbs, whether branded lamps such as Mitsubishi projector lamps or compatible projector lamps, there are a few safety tips worth noting.  The safety tips provided here (and in your projector manual) are to ensure you treat the high tension glass of your projector bulbs with the best care to protect you, your projector lamp (and its future performance) and your projector.

A crucial tip to note is that any projector lamp must never be touched on its glass section; this is the most common way that people end up damaging projector lamps. All too often the handling of a lamp’s glass portion whilst it’s being replaced causes unseen damage which may only be realised when it provides a substantially shorter lamp life (than average lamp life stated by the manufacturer).

Read more: Safety tips guaranteeing maximum life expectancy from projector lamps