When choosing a wireless streaming device for your office, going for Google Chromecast might seem like a good idea to you. While this consumer solution performs great in a living room for entertainment content, it is not necessarily suitable for the business environment where data security is essential.
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How to Choose the Right Wireless Projector
- BenQ
- 2022-04-11
The rise of hybrid workplaces has given rise to new demands and needs. Simpler and cheaper options may not be well-equipped to handle this changed reality, and you may be better off with a more bespoke solution, even if it means spending more.
When assessing which item to purchase, and this includes smart wireless projectors for business, it’s essential to evaluate every feature and understand the reasoning behind the asking price.
Shared Basics of Wireless Projectors
When you set off to look for a wireless projector, your main goal is to revamp your meeting rooms and make them neater and more efficient. All wireless projectors help reduce cable clutter and thus go toward achieving these basic objectives.
Sure, a basic $599 business projector with Chromecast will do most of that, but not quite. It may not have sufficient smart features to function as a hub for your meetings on its own, and thus may need to depend on an external PC, such as your laptop, or require extra gear for video calls. Also, with rising awareness of the Future of Work in the post-COVID era, or FoW, your company or organization may have very complex needs as we mentioned above. Complex in the sense that simple and basic tools may not be enough. At first glance keeping costs down sounds appealing, but again, in the long run you may be shortchanging yourself by reducing the efficiency and productivity-enabling factors of a really good smart wireless projector.
Define Your Wireless Meeting Room Scenario
The most basic wireless projector scenario is streamlining meeting rooms, as we showed above. And yes, lower cost, basic models can do that quite well. But that’s about all they can do.
BYOD: interactivity with a wide range of devices is now a must in a reality. Seamless interconnect with smartphones, tablets, laptops and other devices is absolutely vital. And those connections need to be stable and reliable, meaning high quality components and proper quality testing. These are not traits found on budget models, and the last thing you need is to have important sharing interrupted by inconsistent connectivity or compatibility concerns.
Video conferencing: if your organization has shifted to a hybrid work model, then you’re much more dependent on Zoom calls and other forms of video conferencing. Basic wireless projectors can’t support these on their own and need add-ons such as Poly Studio X, Neat Bar, or Cisco Room Kit Mini. These come with their own costs and together with the wireless projector result in a hefty price tag. Truly smart wireless projectors have the conferencing assets you need already integrated, all you have to do is to purchase a simple web camera and that is it. This saves you money plus the inevitable set up hassles that arise from trying to get multiple devices to work together.
Cloud access:. Meeting rooms to training sessions and classes, having immediate access to content on the cloud is no longer a nice bonus, but an essential part of productivity. Just like connectivity in the BYOD realm, here too you need fast, reliable, and intuitive access with no complex setup or interruptions.
Security concerns: You don’t want your wireless projector to be the weak link, which can be easily exploited by malicious parties to enter your network and steal confidential content or hijack systems. Full compatibility with Miracast protocols enables a wireless projector to embed safely even in very strict environments thanks to universally-acknowledged Wi-Fi Direct compatibility. On top of this, the Miracast standard and BenQ Smart Projectors Series support WPA2 128 bit encryption for even better data protection and overall security.
At a Glance BenQ and EPSON Model Comparison
To further assist you in making the best purchasing decision, we’ve lined up some of the top selling wireless projectors and compared their key features. We hope this proves helpful and allows you to choose the projector that’s most suited to your needs.
| Wireless Meeting Room Scenario | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens |
BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens |
Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens |
BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens |
BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario Cable Free | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens + wireless dongle + app | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens + wireless dongle + app | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens wireless module built-in | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens wireless module built-in | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens wireless module built-in |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario B.Y.O.D. | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens + wireless dongle + app | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens + wireless dongle + app | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens YES | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens YES | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens YES |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario WPA2 Enterprise Data Encription Network | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens - | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens - | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens YES | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens YES | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens YES |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario WiFi Direct | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens - | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens - | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens YES | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens - | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens YES |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario Video Enabled | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens - | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens - | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens + video conferencing devcie | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens YES | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens YES |
Wireless Meeting Room Scenario Cloud access | Epson Home Cinema 880 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens - | BenQ MH733 Meeting Room Projetor DLP, 1080P, 4000 lumens - | Epson PowerLite 1795F Wireless Mobile Projector 3LCD, 1080p, 3300 lumens - | BenQ EH600 Smart Projector (Andriod) DLP, 1080p, 3200 lumens YES | BenQ EH620 Smart Projector (Windows) Coming soon in Q3.2022 DLP, 1080p, 3400 lumens YES |
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