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The projector market in India and overseas has seen a sea change with the advent of various companies. In an Interview with Jaydeep Saha, Abhilesh Guleria, Country Head IT Platform and Display Solutions Business, NEC India speaks about their reign amidst leading competitors in the modern-day market
NEC Projecting Future Trends Please comment on the factors driving the projector market in India in the education sector. What is the scope of growth in the education space? Education market has already been covered by the projector wave. Almost 40 per cent of the academic market is under the impact of the global leader NEC for the affordable price; the projectors are 3D enabled high contrast with stereo solutions. Besides green IT philosophy, these projectors have an eco and anti-carbon meter which portrays the nature-friendly mode. These intelligent projectors au-
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tomatically understand and deliver the beam as per the wall colour. These TCO certified products are easy to set up and works at an altitude of even 5000 feet. The built-in LAN is compatible to other machines and helps connect easily. What are the emerging technologies in this segment for education? We have Ultra Short Throw projectors, NP600S, which throw a big image from a short distance. It can fill a large screen in a small room. It is set close enough to the screen to avoid shadows from someone walking between the projector and
the screen. It can throw its minimum diagonal size image of 60 inches from just under 3 feet, a 100-inch image from five feet, and its maximum 110-inch image from 5.4 feet. What are the opportunities and challenges in the projector market, with specific reference to the education sector? NEC is uniquely positioned as a holistic IT solutions provider to the education space and has a wide product and solutions portfolio that helps education institutes increase operational efficiency