ViewSonic PS502W 4000 Lumens WXGA Short Throw Projector with HDMI and USB Type A Connectivity for Business and Education

Great projector
I like the quality and sharpness of this projector

Good and bad
Let’s start with the good. This is a good projector for many things. I think for basic projection, displays, meetings, lectures, in a controlled environment, very good. This is a very close projector and requires very little distance between it and the screen. You can get a very large display with very little distance and it works well. The picture is clear, focus is excellent and most of the automated features work well. It is bright enough to see even in a room lit by lamps but I wouldn’t try it in a sunlit room. The darker the environment the better. There is a wide variety of inputs so you can use almost any video source you like.It is small, reasonably lightweight and compact. All cables can be disconnected so if you got a small storage bag or box, it would be very portable.Now for the bad. The menu is a little difficult to navigate and although you can get to all parts of the menu without the remote control it is not easy. It is a bit noisy, there is a fan that has to run to cool the bulb and that fan is not very quiet. The noise is enough that it can be distracting. The design is such that the projector really works best if it is at the same height as the bottom or top of the screen you are using. If you try to put it more toward the middle top to bottom, you can adjust the picture but it doesn’t really work very well. I tried rear projection and it does work but it’s not as effective, there tends to be a bright spot in the screen where the projector is located.All in all. I think it’s a good value for the money, the picture quality is good for what it is and in most cases for most uses it will get the job done. I would say that for home use where space is limited, it could be a good projector for video but probably not so good for gaming. For use as a display for lectures or presentations, it would be adequate and would give good color and graphics if used with a good screen or white wall.

Bulb popped with little use
The bulb popped with less than a year of use. Only two hours a week and supposedly a bulb life of 20,000 hours. Disappointed. Brightness and image is okay for the price.

Corta Vida ùtil/explosión lampara/puntitos blancos (2 proyectores)
En la iglesia compramos 2, la idea era unirlos y proyectar como una pantalla ultrawide, desde el principio uno daba un tono distinto al otro.A loa 6 meses el que mejor daba la imagen explotó la lampara (costaba $100 el repuesto).En mi pais pocas personas trabajan con esta marca por lo que lo mas que pude conseguir del tecnico fue un cambio de lampara, no me dieron diagnostico.El proyector lo usamos invertido, desde el techo, sujetado por tornillos en la base. No se obstruyeron los ductos de ventilacion en ningu momento, los tecnicos de elctricidad dicen que la electricidad siempre estuvo bien.Luego de poner una vez mas las pantallas a correr, nos encontramos con pequeños punticos blancos en la pantalla, a penas tenemos 8 meses con ellos, y han sido un dolor de cabeza. Qué vergüenza de la compra. Por lo que veo pronostico que en menos de un año necesitaremos otra alternativa. No tendré cara para sugerir mas despues de esta vergüenza.

Used for a golf sim. Once I figured out all of the setting it is perfect and for the price you can’t beat it!

La courte portée n’est pas assez courte pour 3 X 4. Je regarde pour un autre projecteur pour une ultra courte portée (Ultra short throw) maximum 2 pieds.