Projector hire for fun.

In recent times it has become quite an exciting idea to have a home cinema. Some have even had the idea of running a cinema which charges guests to view movies at their mock cinema.(always check the legalities before considering this)
There are many things to consider when approaching such a project.
While having a projector show a video in a corporate environment is quite common, the home theater , especially the outdoor version is not.

Having a big screen and big sound system in your living room is not a home theater. What makes a home theater is the fact that a larger amount of people than would normally be in a living room would be able to view the video.
In many very wealthy people's homes, a home cinema can be easily identified by the close similarity to an actual cinema, with as many as 50 seats in one room.Some are smaller with just10 seats or so but the sense of cinema is very clearly visible. A home entertainment system is not a home theater or private theater.
If you have friends and family perform a play in your living room , does that make it a theater? Of course not.

 Where some have come up with the idea of an outdoor cinema, which is similar to a drive-in theater, the idea does move closer to a cinema but is still not a cinema as there are no seats or places to park cars.
So it is in fact still not a theater. This, however, does not take away the fun of pretending that it is.
Some groups of people have made family fun movie nights by having children and parents construct cardboard cars which they have placed in a hall to create the sense of a drive-in theater for the kids.

This kind of event can be great fun. When searching for projector hire companies in Johannesburg, keep in mind that many of the hire companies do not like to have projectors outdoors.
The moisture of garden air can damage the projector. The same applies to the sound system .With sound hire in Johannesburg, many of the sound hire companies will caution against using sound outdoors , especially at night.

Sometimes the equipment is left out over night to the next morning, resulting in dew forming on the equipment and potentially damaging the equipment.

There are however some sound hire companies in Johannesburg and even video production companies in Johannesburg who will offer to provide the complete projector and sound hire but under supervision of a technician who can quickly move the equipment, should it rain and also pack equipment away after the evening is finished, removing the problem of early morning dew.

Also keep in mind that a sound system outside can cause sound to travel much further than a sound system inside. Also the PA system or sound system is likely to be much more powerful than your average home entertainment system.If you have neighbors close by or relatively unfriendly neighbors , you may have a problem.

Although the home movie night or outdoor movie sounds like a great idea, and it can be, always make sure you have the know how to have the system work without problems, while avoiding any legal or other problems.

Difference between projector , overhead projector and DATA projector.

As technology changes and brands come and go , there are certain terms which remain as a result of them catching on.Often the success of a product or piece of technology is linked to the catchiness of the name.
That is why there are still so many people who ask for a Proxima and not a projector. A proxima is a brand name and not a description of a piece of equipment. The word "projector", however, is sometimes not used because of its close association with movie projector and overhead projector.The opposite also applies where many people still ask to hire an overhead projector.It is extremely rare these days to find any overhead projector hire Johannesburg companies. The overhead projector is simply a box with a glass lid to place the slide on and a mirror to direct the projected image.The technology is not manufactured anymore and the slides and pens used for them are becoming rare too. It is simply not viable to use an overhead projector anymore.It is also very difficult to transfer computer information onto the transparency slides. For this reason, data projector hire Johannesburg companies have become more popular.

To understand the difference between a video projector and a data projector , we simply have to look at semantics.The correct term is "video data projector" or"data video projector" This shows that they are one and the same. What makes the difference is the way they are used. As a result of most corporate projector use, being to connect to a laptop or computer, which is considered a "data" device, the term "data projector" has become widely used.On the other hand using a projector at home or in the work place to watch movies or video clips results in the device being called a video projector.
Where the specifications start to show up as part of this difference is in whether the projector is intended for home use or conferences.

As much as HD or 1080P has become a standard for most video, this does not mean it is what you will find it in either home or office use.
The reason is that 1080P is a type of wide screen, while most laptops and DVD players were not set up as wide screen devices until recently.
The result is also from a cost perspective.While companies have larger budgets for Av equipment, home users tend to have smaller budgets.
This means that SVGA (super VGA) projectors often are used for home use and XGA projectors are used for corporate use. You might ask why HD is not used in the corporate environment that much.The reason is that many projections are done on very large screens and at distance from the viewer.That makes the difference between HD and XGA very difficult to notice. When you are close up to a screen, the pixals are easy to see while just a few steps back can completely hide them.
As HD is still a fairly new introduction to projectors, the cost does also have an impact. HD projectors can be more expensive than equaly bright XGA projectors.
Also what is important to note is that it is not realy a connectivity issue. While many laptops originally had VGA connectors, they now mostly have HDMI connectors.

The HDMI connector however does not designate a projector to be HD but simply allows the conectivity of HD devices to XGA projectors.
Therefore whether you laptop is HD or not, the XGA projector can handle it.projector hire johannesburg companies who supply rental projectors will mostly supply XGA with HDMI inputs as well as VGA (XGA)