Sanyo multimedia projectors reliable enough. With the introduction of LCD projector about a decade ago it was only a matter of time before high quality projector prices will fall enough to make them affordable. The result continued a long dream of many home theater enthusiasts came a step closer, like buying a projector no longer means you have to get a second mortgage on the house.

The amount of light projected on the screen with a projector is measured in ansi lumens. Actual amount contained in a projector's spec sheet is that the 2000-ansi-lumen projector has a lumen output greater than 1000-ansi-lumen projector. But it does not say anything about the picture quality or whether the 2000-ansi-lumen projector is better than the 1000-ansi-lumen one. For every one projector and the quality of the reading of the projected image depends on the amount of ambient light and the size of the image we project.

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If we like to project in a dark room, the 2000-ansi-lumen projector will not have the advantage as the 1000-ansi-lumen projector will have enough lumens output under these conditions to create a clear and sharp images. The reason why is very simple, because there are no, or not enough ambient light to affect the projected image. Conversely lumen output no matter how well, if we like to project in a well-lit room, for example, a company board room, it will be more lumens defined means a better picture, so the 1000-ansi-lumen projector at a disadvantage here.

But we must not forget that in order to be able to comment on the readings and the projected image quality we need to factor in the projected image size. If we, for example, 2000 saw another year-ansi lumen projector and have it project an image of 2 x 1.5 meters and we enlarge the image size to 4 x 3 meters, the surface area of the projected image has been multiplied by four and thus the image brightness projected only a quarter of the original 2 x 1.5-meter images. Thus, the lumen output of a projector is important, but only if you factor in room lighting conditions will be used in and the image size that you will project. In the case of home theater, the lumen output is not really important factor, because we are always projecting in a dark room and the size of the image is known. Most home theater setup using projector with output of about 500 lumens ansi-lumens for not saturated and reduce the contrast of projected images.