There are several types of projectors available in the markets that serve different purpose. Depending on your requirement you need to choose a projector. If you want to have a projector for you home it wound be some what different to what is used in educational institutions and offices.

Before buying the product a little research will help you get the best and it would be real worth for your money. The brightness of the projector is measured in Lumens and ranges from 700 and 2,000 lumens. Only brightness does not determine the quality of the picture, you may get from the home projector but it also depends on the environment of your home.

If you have a special room for TV with controlled lighting you do not need a projector with more brightness. A projector with 700 lumen or more would be sufficient if the projector is supposed to be kept in living room with ambient lighting or open windows choose the one with more brightness of at least 900 lumens or more.

Go for the projector where it is easily possible to change brightness, color, switch between HDTV and NSTC. For this reason ask your sales person for home projector units with a remote control. If you want your projector to be handy then go for light home projector that would be easy to lift from place to place and in fact to can take it anywhere you want.