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What Are the Three Best Airplay Projectors For Business?
- BenQ
- 2023-11-30
Here are the most advanced business projectors that can be used with Apple Airplay in any meeting room and cost less than $1500.
Looking to replace a projector and considering for the right one for your collaboration space? While the old LCD projectors with expensive mercury lamps are still available, new projector technology is available today that improves picture quality, reduces power consumption, and doesn’t require you to clean messy filters anymore. The best part – they are all affordable and can use wireless dongles and presentation systems to run Apple Airplay and other wireless protocols. Here are the three best projectors available today for a wireless meeting room.
- A Workhorse projector under $900
- A Laser projector that uses 50% less power
- A Color Accurate projector that can run 24/7 for years
Over the last few years – more than 50% of projectors sold to companies used a mercury lamp. These require replacing the lamp every few years – or just throwing the projector away. Now you can get a projector that can last up to 30,000 hours, that is bright enough for most small and medium-sized rooms. By using 4LED technology, the BenQ LW600ST can last up to 5 times longer than similar lamp projectors – without the hassle of messy cleaning filters every couple of months.
Prior to Covid 19 – a 4000 lumen meeting room projector cost over $2000, used a whopping 375 watts of power, and required you to spend hundreds replacing the lamps. The latest power saving SmartEco laser projector not only uses less power at full brightness – it reduces the power automatically when you have a dark background on your slide. Priced at $1199, it’s less than half the price of those old projectors, doesn’t require any maintenance, and lasts longer than 10 replacement lamps. Here is a comparison with an older popular projector that may still be in your conference room.
Projector Model / Feature |
BenQ LH650 | Hitachi CP-WU8440 |
Projector Model / Feature Brightness | BenQ LH650 4000 lumens | Hitachi CP-WU8440 4200 lumens |
Projector Model / Feature Power Consumption – Full Brightness | BenQ LH650 200 watts | Hitachi CP-WU8440 375 watts |
Projector Model / Feature Typical Power Consumption using a dark background | BenQ LH650 120 watts | Hitachi CP-WU8440 375 watts |
Projector Model / Feature Lamp Life | BenQ LH650 Up to 30,000 hours | Hitachi CP-WU8440 2500 hours |
Projector Model / Feature Maintenance Free | BenQ LH650 Yes | Hitachi CP-WU8440 No |
Projector Model / Feature Street Price | BenQ LH650 $1199 | Hitachi CP-WU8440 $2899 |
If you use a projector for video conferencing or have a logo like Tiffany, Starbucks, or Lufthansa, you need a color-accurate projector. Outside of a $20,000 model, only home theater projectors could produce them – and they were not bright enough for business. Now with 4LED technology – you can have bright 4000 lumen color – and near perfect color accuracy without breaking the bank. The new LH730 projector will deliver nearly all the colors of the Rec.709 standard – and do it while running 24 hours a day seven days a week. PC Magazine calls it the “Energizer Bunny of Projectors” and Tech Radar said it “might just be one of the best business projectors available .” It’s available everywhere for $1299.
Projector Model / Feature |
BenQ LH730 |
Epson PowerLite 1288 |
Projector Model / Feature Brightness | BenQ LH730 4000 lumens | Epson PowerLite 1288 4000 lumens |
Projector Model / Feature Rec. 709 Color Accuracy | BenQ LH730 98% | Epson PowerLite 1288 No |
Projector Model / Feature High Color Saturation | BenQ LH730 Yes | Epson PowerLite 1288 No |
Projector Model / Feature Use 24/7 | BenQ LH730 Yes | Epson PowerLite 1288 No |
Projector Model / Feature HDR 10 Support | BenQ LH730 Yes | Epson PowerLite 1288 No |
Projector Model / Feature Maintenance Free | BenQ LH730 Yes | Epson PowerLite 1288 No |
Projector Model / Feature Lamp Life | BenQ LH730 20,000 Hours | Epson PowerLite 1288 5500 hours |
There are three typical ways a business can connect to a projector using Airplay. Each has its advantages and tradeoffs so depending on how you are using your meeting room, one of these methods should work.
Wireless Adapter
The simplest way to wirelessly connect to a projector is through a simple wireless adapter. They are inexpensive, and some models will support both Airplay and Miracast connections- handy if you have both PC’s and Macs. The downside is that these are typically the least secure of the choices.
Apple TV
For the last few years, every Apple TV has had a conference mode that enables anyone with a iPhone or Mac to wirelessly share a screen. However, since Apple TV was primarily designed for home use, it only works with Apple products. If you want a way to have secure wireless support from all types of notebooks to an Airplay projector – you may want to consider a wireless presentation system.
Wireless Presentation System
These are more expensive than an Apple TV – but offer the ability to share a screen from nearly any type of device to a projector. Mac users can use a button or Airplay, and the best wireless presentation systems are certified under the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS 3.0) to ensure that no one outside the room can wirelessly view a confidential presentation they’re not supposed to see.
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