needing business projector advice

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I'm just starting to research business/classroom type projectors for use in a conference room with quite a bit of light. I'm not sure what my budget will be, right now i'm just getting some prices and options together to show my boss and get then I'll probably make a recommendation. I'm guessing right now $600-700 usd or so. I've found these so far:

This is a viewsonic:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116410

This is a BenQ:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014183

This is an Epson:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824157047

These seem pretty comparable, any advice on which one would work best for this setting? Or does anyone have experience with these projectors?

This one also caught my eye, it's a short throw projector. it sounds like a useful function, but I've never used it before. does anybody have experience with these?
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/123906/PROJECTORS_ALL/BenQ/9H.J0T77.Q4P.asp

Thanks for the help!
 
1. How big of screen are you using.
b. Size of the room and number of people.

2. How is it being mounted.

3. How are you getting input too the projector.
 
the screen is about 150inches, I'll measure it next time i go in.
The room seats about 20 around a long center table.
I guess i havn'et thought about the mounting, suggestions? could put it on the table or ceiling mount it.
The input is composite video.
 
Aren't lamps supposed to last a few years with projectors?
About the ceiling, on second thought i don't think i could ceiling mount it, there isn't a support beam running through it. table should be fine though.

What about short throw? It seems to be a newer thing as far as business projectors go and I'd like to look into it in depth before I make a decision.
 
Yes but Lamps become hard to find in a few years.

I general don't suggest short throw onless client's room is super small to justify the extra cost.

Room in question has push ties right?
 
You know that composite video is a very low res poor quality signal path right? You will only be seeing about 640x480 pixels and those pixels will be highly degraded by the cable. Svideo or component would be better choices for sd video (though still 640x480). Your best bet is to use VGA as that will pass the full res to the projector (or if you are showing blue ray or HD TV you can use HD component or HDMI if the projector has that type of input). If you are only planning on using composite, you could use a much cheaper low res projector.
 
cheaper projector would be mistake as it wouldn't be very wash out as he needs 3500 lumes for his size room and screen.
 
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