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Projector Recommendation?
6233638:
--- Quote from: glynor on December 06, 2013, 12:31:24 pm ---I have substantial experience with this, and I would say there is a massive difference between projecting on a flat white wall and projecting on a typical (cheap) Dalite projector screen. That's not a fair comparison.
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Well it depends on the wall and the screen I suppose. I had no problems projecting onto a flat white wall before I bought a nice screen - you end up with a completely flat uniform surface that is spectrally neutral (if you buy a good screen) but I wouldn't say it was a major difference as far as gain is concerned. Dalite seem to focus on cheaper high gain screens than neutral ones though - I was not particularly fond of the samples they sent out, they had too much of an obvious texture and speckle to me.
--- Quote from: glynor on December 06, 2013, 12:31:24 pm ---I did recommend he spring for a decent screen, and said that best results would come from a darkened room (to which he agreed, but said he wasn't able to accomplish that as he has a massive wall of windows, and that the projector would be primarily for watching things in the evening anyway).
Quality was NOT his primary concern. The source he'd be playing from was going to be crappy anyway. His main goal was to set up a place to watch the World Cup games, which he was going to stream here via VPN from his house in Germany (because they don't air them all here). So, we're looking at craptastic "streamed via the Internet" quality anyway.
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Fair enough. Especially when quality is not his concern, I would have been spending less on the projector and more on a screen that would produce a good image from it. Something like a Da-Lite High Power might have been a good choice because they have a retroreflective surface and at least do a somewhat good job of rejecting ambient light compared to most other white screens, if you're not buying an expensive high contrast one.
--- Quote from: glynor on December 06, 2013, 12:31:24 pm ---In any case, thanks for the advice. I actually made my recommendations about three weeks ago though, so... ::)
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You know, I only noticed that the topic had been replied to, not that it was a few weeks old. :-[
--- Quote from: glynor on December 06, 2013, 12:41:18 pm ---Now, opinions on "high end" projectors can vary. I'd call the $25k Christie I have here at work high-end, but from their perspective it is one of their lowest-end models. And, for example, I don't know that I'd call any of the current JVC projectors truly high-end, but again, that's a matter of perspective. In any case, though, I don't think most people would really call a $3k projector "high end". Not in my field anyway.
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That's true - when I say "high end" I'm thinking high-end consumer projectors and the top-range JVCs qualify there I think. (though I'm not sure that I'd have one myself)
Theater projectors and the like are obviously a different class of product, focusing on high-end optics and high light output to support giant screens, rather than focusing on things like contrast - theater projectors are only calibrated to 2,000:1 anyway.
And of course there are also boutique brands like Sim2 which are very high-end but not really aimed a general consumer market.
glynor:
--- Quote from: 6233638 on December 06, 2013, 01:21:50 pm ---Dalite seem to focus on cheaper high gain screens than neutral ones though - I was not particularly fond of the samples they sent out, they had too much of an obvious texture and speckle to me.
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They do have a lot of options if you go to a showroom, but yeah, especially at the low end, I agree. They're great for business class projectors, though.
--- Quote from: 6233638 on December 06, 2013, 01:21:50 pm ---You know, I only noticed that the topic had been replied to, not that it was a few weeks old. :-[
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Yeah, no worries. Like I said, thanks for the discussion.
For the record, here's what I recommended he consider:
1. Panasonic PT-AR100U:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/Panasonic-PT-AR100U.htm
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?ci=1&N=4291296566+4294546233
2. Optoma HD25-LV:
http://www.projectorcentral.com/optoma_hd25-lv_home_theater_projector_review.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Optoma-HD25-LV-3D-Home-Theater-Projector/dp/B00BQWX1P2
daveman:
I juts got the Sony VPL-HW40ES
very bright and priced well
dave
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