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Le Chuck:
I've only used projectors on deployments.  They seem to be coming along nicely tho, anybody using them for MAME?  For a build?  

Any recommendations on what to get would be great.  I'd like something that i can use with the lights on if that's even possible.  How important is it to have a dark room to play in?  
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on April 28, 2012, 06:57:21 pm ---I've only used projectors on deployments.  They seem to be coming along nicely tho, anybody using them for MAME?  For a build? 

Any recommendations on what to get would be great.  I'd like something that i can use with the lights on if that's even possible.  How important is it to have a dark room to play in? 

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I do a lot of projector work for classrooms, and honestly, if you can't get the room completely dark, it's always going to look washed out, especially if there is any light hitting the surface you are projecting on.
fallacy:
I have the Acer H5360BD DLP Projector which I bout for me little Media\Game\Computer Room not to long ago. It’s defiantly bright enough, no screen blur, if you have the space you pretty much can make it look like you have a 120” TV.




Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 28, 2012, 07:29:16 pm ---You can snag a 55+" flat screen for <$1,000 all day, every day.  The arguments for projectors are moot.


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That's a fair statement.  I'm not going for size so much as disguise tho, picture quality and illum will play a bigger role in decision making than price and size.


--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 28, 2012, 07:07:50 pm ---
I do a lot of projector work for classrooms, and honestly, if you can't get the room completely dark, it's always going to look washed out, especially if there is any light hitting the surface you are projecting on.

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Crap.


--- Quote from: fallacy on April 28, 2012, 07:49:07 pm ---I have the Acer H5360BD DLP Projector which I bout for me little Media\Game\Computer Room not to long ago. It’s defiantly bright enough, no screen blur, if you have the space you pretty much can make it look like you have a 120” TV.


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Any no flash pics of the projected surface with ambient light?
drventure:
I've had a Panasonic Ae900u for about 3 or 4 years now. It was an older model projector when I bought it, so I only paid about 350$ originally.

For screen, I picked up a really nice motorized tab tensioned screen from a guy clearing out old equipment from a college that was being refurbished. It's an 80" diagonal (which is just about as big as the room it's going in will allow).

We +really+ like it. It's the only TV in the household (other than computer monitors on computers) and we use it daily.

But Yotsuya is right, the room needs to be pretty dark or the screen will wash out. No prob for where we've got it, but that could be an issue.

I like it because the projector is tiny and the screen can be rolled up into the ceiling when not in use. We put a large framed pic behind it and presto, disappearing home theater!

I really like the panasonic for two reasons
1) it's HD but it's really affordable.
2) it doesn't have that "screendoor" effect that a lot of projectors seem to have (where you can actually see the pixel outlines even from normal viewing distances).

If I upgrade, I'd probably go to the ae4000, but those are still pretty $$$

Or I'll hold out till they get the paintable OLED screens perfected  :)

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