I need to buy a projector (should really buy two) for training purposes. I will be travelling to businesses and training people and need a projector for my laptop. I have a spare laptop for redundancy but would be buggered if projector broke so I need two.
Don’t want to spend a fortune maybe £150 for both. Is this feasible? Doesn’t need to be brilliant quality.
Anything have any recommendations?
£150 for one
decent one isn't feasible TBH. Questions to ask yourself:
How large an image will you need to project? This has a very strong influence on the next question:
What brightness do you need? Is it for a small projected image in a darkened room or a large one in daylight? For a darkened room I'd say minimum 800 lumens, and for daylight 4000+ Lumens.
What resolution do you need? Will the viewers be reading large text & crude graphics or fine text with a view to acquiring detailed information? Projectors tend to have a lower resolution output than typical computer screens, and even then may not provide a sharply focussed image if the optics are less than great.
What distance will you be projecting over? Projector lenses need to be designed for short or long throw.
Do you need to put audio through it?
What kind of connection/output does your computer have? HDMI seems nearly universal now, but if it's older then it might have VGA.
Prices are much lower now than they were a few years back, and you might find something usable for £200. The last daylight projector I sourced was about £480 around 3 years ago, and before that £900 around 6 years ago.
This might be useful:
https://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/projectors/tr-top-10-best-home-cinema-projectors-1291490 best budget model at £360.
I've had a quick look on HUKD, and if you don't mind ordering from a Chinese store (select ships from GW4 for a European warehouse) there is this for £115:
https://www.gearbest.com/projectors/pp_775859.html? No idea if it's actually usable though.