摘要 |
A projector includes a discharge lamp, a discharge lamp lighting device adapted to supply the discharge lamp with a drive current for driving the discharge lamp, a timer section adapted to count lighting time of the discharge lamp, and a control section adapted to control the discharge lamp lighting device to select and then perform either of a plurality of operation modes different in drive current to be output to the discharge lamp from each other, and the control section selects the operation mode based on the lighting time counted by the timer section. |