On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:51:05PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > in a "home theatre" (i.e. no windows, etc.)? I know I have heard people > say they did the projector thing and went back to the tube, mainly for > brightness/windows/daylight issues. > > What res. does yours go to? I figure if I'm buying one I'd buy the full > HDTV res. but then those get pretty pricey.
If someone uses a little smarts you can use a projector anywhere. If you're going to go buy a $600 sams club 800x600 projector with 800 ansi lumens and project in on a 14 foot wall in the brightest room in your living room you will think it's worthless. :) The problem is that most people think projects require a big screen. A local company has a setup of a $3k plasma screen (40 inch) and a $1500 projector. When projecting an image onto a 40 inch screen right next to the plasma, the projectors image looks brighter, more colorful, and more clear. The also hid the projector in a coffee table so you couldn't see which image was the plasma and which was the projector, unless you walked infront of the projector. Personally, I think plasmas are a bad choice and LCD has too slow of a pixel response time. DLP is by far my choice for best picture. Single unit (rear projection) units use projectors in them anyway. I find the fact that the viewing able is critical in them so the image isn't too dark from a side, or when sitting on the floor. A projector and screen give much better results for view angle. Sharp is coming out with a new type of screen. It only reflects pure red, green, and blue. You can place the screen in direct sunlight and it looks almost black, but still a very dark gray shade. When you use a DLP projector that sends out only pure red, green, and blue, the screen will reflect the image well, even in direct sunlight (Sunlight is not pure red/green/blue so it's not reflected). This will become more commonly found in homes in another 10-15 years, but for those who can spend a few $k on a screen, it will be sold soon. There are also "light cannons" which have a very high ansi lumen output and work well for showing in well lit rooms. The best bet though for lit areas are presentation lines of projectors which output more more light than a home theater projector. --Brandon
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