How to Show Movies With a LCD Projector
- 1). Locate the surface you want to project on. This should be a projector screen, but a white wall or a sheet taped to a wall can also work.
- 2). Point the projector at the surface and power it on.
- 3). Find out what the image ratio (the shape of the picture) of your projector is. 4:3 ratio is almost a square, like an older tube television. 16:9 and 16:10 ratios are both longer rectangles and are pretty close to being the same. 16:9 is used primarily for movies and video games, and 16:10 is used for computer monitors.
- 4). Adjust the screen proportions and zoom settings of the projector until it is a properly proportioned rectangular image, depending on your aspect ratio. You can find these controls in the projector's configuration menu. If you have a 4:3 ratio but plan to show a widescreen movie, you may want to zoom in more so that the portion of the screen that displays the widescreen picture is larger.
- 5). Connect the DVD or Blu-ray player to the proper video and audio input.
- 6). Switch the projector to the input the player is plugged into.
- 7). Connect the external speakers to the projector's headphone jack if your projector doesn't have built-in speakers.
- 8). Power on the external speakers.
- 9). Turn on the DVD/Blu-ray player.