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I'm looking for a theatre display again.....
Gray_Area:
I have room to get one now, so am looking to buy. I was leaning toward 50" plasma. Anybody have any makes and models in particular to comment on?
Does anyone have an alternative hardware suggestion? And, why?
saint:
HD projector! Double the size of your screen :) Note some dissent in this thread:
--- Quote from: saint on April 29, 2012, 09:37:57 am ---For something close like that I'd go with a monitor. However, I disagree with PBJ's assessment of a projector in general. The 100" screen is the centerpoint of entertaining in our house frequently. 4 player Gauntlet, NFS Porsche Unleashed Racing, X-box and Wii gaming, freaking awesome with our HD projector. A 55" tv just wouldn't be the same at all.
Photos of course do not do the image quality justice. When we had a standard def projector it was good, but when we put up the HD projector it's a mind blowing picture. First thing we did was fire up the Planet Earth blu-ray and our jaws dropped.
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saint:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 30, 2012, 01:13:34 am ---Why does the dissent always have to be me?
:-[
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Not sure, check your mirror :)
I just wanted to make sure he knew that not everyone shared my opinion on projectors so he could make a good decision for his needs.
drventure:
+1 on the projector.
We have a motorized, tab tensioned screen that I mounted into the ceiling. Hides away when you don't want a great big tv dominating the room, but rolls out quickly.
The important things about projectors, to me anyway, are:
1) the general ambient light level where you plan on putting it, even bright Projectors tend to need a darker room.
2) how easy is it to run cabling. Remember that probably all your stereo equipment will be near the screen, but the projector will be on the other side of the room.
3) the screen door effect. With many projectors, you can easily make out a grid of lines between pixels. That just annoys the heck out of me. But there are some that don't.
4) the required throw in the room. This is pretty important, esp if you have a peculiar sized room or a very large screen. Projectors have a "throw range" which just means that, at a particular distance from the screen, the projector can only make the image from x to y in size. So, if where you have to mount the projector would preclude getting the screensize you want, you either would have to move things or get a different projector.
I found
http://www.projectorcentral.com
to be an invaluable resource when researching projectors a while back.
Necroticart:
Also have to give a +1
Right now i'm running an HD33 it was relatively inexpensive and preforms great. The black lvls could always be better but for the the price it was hard to pass up. Plus bulbs only run around $230- $250. also keep in mind if you don't plan to mount the projector then lens shift is something you might want to look into and another thing D-ILA vs DLP vs 3LCD each type has it's pros and cons I've always gone DLP given the sharper image and the fact they have no convergence issues since they use a single chip design which also benefits 3D viewing no crosstalk caused by misalignment.
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