Montana church brings services to life with Hitachi
Published: WORSHIP
USA: Purchased through CCI Solutions of Olympia, Hitachi projectors are bringing services to life at the Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman in Montana, USA. The audiovisual consultant has recently installed three Hitachi projectors at the church’s sanctuary, which technical ministry director Kyle Blackmore reportedly relies on to ensure every member of the 1,500-strong congregation can engage in faith.
‘It’s the quality,’ states Mr Blackmore, of the newly acquired projectors. ‘When you’re talking about projectors, there are distinct categories. We’re not in the rock concert realm but we are at the high end of the business use category. We need HD and we need the lumens. Hitachi has that nailed.’
At the front of the sanctuary, two Hitachi CP-WX8265 projectors display words and live video of the sermon in progress. At the rear of the sanctuary, another Hitachi unit is used as the confidence projector – beaming sermons, lyrics and any material the person behind the pulpit needs to see. Those three projectors reportedly do the bulk of the church’s heavy lifting, frequently operating for 12 consecutive hours on Sundays.
In addition to the three primary projectors, the church also has three more Hitachi units mounted in classrooms and two that are stationed in portable carts and moved where they’re needed.
Mr Blackmore cites a number of reasons for favouring projectors from Hitachi, including the fact that they are networked. This reportedly allows him to program each unit to generate an email if it’s left running, which prompts someone in the building to shut the computer down, saving power and extending the life of the bulb.
‘Our church was built in 1986 with a vaulted ceiling,’ he concludes. ‘That causes a big problem because the heat rises up and gets condensed right where the projectors are.
‘In addition to being affordable, requiring minimal maintenance and having the high lumens that provide a great picture, our Hitachi projectors keep operating even in higher temperatures. All of which helps us continue to deliver what our members and people from the community have come to expect of us.’