Brightness 1000 lumens LED light source for 09 years for home machine

October 21, 2008, Optoma released the world's smallest handheld projector in Beijing, Optoma PK-101. The use of the LED light source of this product will be the size of the phone to achieve the size, not only increases the portability, but also to make the projector's most expensive supplies - light bulbs cost savings. So in the upcoming 2009, Optoma in the LED light source technology research and development have a breakthrough?

December 5, 2008, Zhong Yiliang, general manager of China's Optoma projector to Zhongguancun online projector channel revealed Optoma's LED light source technology planning. According to Zhong Zong introduction, LED light source brightness is expected to increase from a few lumens to 800 - 1000 lumens. As a technology leader, Optoma will take the lead in the application of this technology in the home theater projector, then, the majority of consumers upset the projector bulb replacement this problem will be solved.

At present, the service life of the LED lamp can reach at least 20 thousand hours. To use 8 hours a day to calculate, the projection of the LED bulb for 20 thousand hours can be used continuously for nearly 7 years. This for three or four years for a product replacement cycle of the projector, the bulb replacement cost of 0, for the user to save the cost of replacing the projector light bulb and pay. While the use of LED light source, lamp life mainstream projector is about 3000 - 4000 hours, used for 8 hours per day, less than 2 years to replace a replacement, and a projection lamp is at least 2000 yuan, after the visible LED light source, will substantially reduce the user cost.

As for the use of LED light source household projector model, Optoma bell did not disclose. But we can foresee, experienced in 2007, two years in 2008 to test the water, in the year of 2009, LED light source will enter a relatively mature technology development era.