We replaced all the projectors in our school 18 months ago for the XE31 projectors, we have had to replace all the bulbs already! and they are originals from Sanyo on the voucher offer, but they still don't seem to be as bright! and when playing DVD's the picture is terrible and can hardly be seen. The projectors replaced the Sanyo SE10's and I'm wondering if the throw from the original se10's (as these were ceiling mounted) needs to be altered? Can you help?

You need to go into the menu to adjust the lamp brightness, the image brightness and the contrast. and if the zoom doesn't make the throw work, you will need to move the mounts.

My friend, i'm sorry and i hope your sitting down. The person who made the decision to change out the products was not educated about projection enough to make this decision. Let me explain. Your previous projector was 3000 lumens, and had better contrast, but had a lower resolution. The replacement projector was 1500 lumens and poor contrast, but higher resolution. You have basically halfed, your output brightness. The decision maker went the wrong way for this product selection. Brighter is better in the education enviorment.

The good news is lcd projectors only last about 4000 operational hours so you can replace them with a dlp product that will last 8-10 years. good luck

Good luck