When I was in school, we didn’t have projectors in the classes. If we needed to see something projected on a screen we had a filmstrip device or one of those transparency things that showed a clear piece of paper on the screen and put out about a billion BTUs of heat. We also had to walk to school up hill (both ways) in the snow with 75 pounds of books in our backpacks without a cell phone or MP3 player, life was hard.

My son’s second grade class has a projector connected to a computer that is used for showing things to the entire class at once. Epson has announced a new projector aimed at classroom use called the 410W, which is the follow-up to its 400W projector. The 410W is a short throw projector for smaller rooms.

Resolution for the 410W is 1280 x 800 and it has a 16:10 aspect ratio. An image 60-inches in size can be projected from only 2 feet away from the screen. The device also has modes that allow it to show images on blackboards or whiteboards for rooms without a dedicated screen. The 410W has 2000 lumens of light and a lamp that is good for up to 4000 hours of use.

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