How to handle lack of perception?
Our church hosted a denomination meeting a while back. We have a “traditional” worship space that doesn’t have a permanent screen.
In addition to a worship service, there was also a business meeting with slides. We setup our (somewhat) portable screen. It was while testing the setup that I learned that our church’s projector was not only not very bright but was also SVGA and the slide deck for the business meeting where 16:9.
I brought my projector from home. Not much brighter than the one at the church, but 1080p. The pastor didn’t understand why I brought mine in because the church has a projector and as far as she’s concerned, a projector is a projector. She told me she couldn’t see the different in the images.
I’m not sure what to do with this as I would think most people with eyes can see the difference between 800x600 and 1920 x 1080, not to mention how putting a 16:9 image through a 4:3 projector looks.
We’re talking about potentially adding a permanent screen of some kind (it will likely be a TV instead of a projector), but how do I make sure we get the right thing when people can’t SEE the difference in the options. The church bought the projector during COVID, so there were better options available then that would have still been affordable. This was purchased because someone chose it (I wasn’t here then).
Thoughts?