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Difference between multimedia and home theater projectors?
By pfhometheater | December 22, 2009
Looking for something to watch movies and game on. I was looking at projectors and noticed the insanely low prices on multimedia projectors at best buy. And this one i’m checking out has a component video adapter! Would this compliment my xbox 360? Or should i look elsewhere?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8993565&type=product&id=1218007083180
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Topics: Projectors For Home Theater | 2 Comments »
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I believe that the basic differences are brightness and HDMI inputs. A multimedia projector is more geared towards computer display in an office training/conference room environment where you may not have control over the lights. A HT projector won’t be as bright unless you get into the $30k+ range, so you ‘ll need dimmable lights and window treatments; but virtually all of the HT projectors now have HDMI inputs which is substantially better then component video. The projector that I personally have and have been selling for HT is the Panasonic PT-AE2000U, but the new PT-AE3000U starts shipping this week and it’s $1,000 less then the 2000! ($2,499 MSRP) It’s 1600 lumens with 3 HDMI inputs. Good Luck!
Dan O
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Unfortunately, it’s an LCD projector which are known for projecting the “screendoor” effect’ [small grid lines in the background]. And even though it may be rated with a contrast level of 2000:1, the real contrast level is 400:1. You would be better off looking at a DLP projector, such as those offered by Viewsonic, Infocus and Optoma which inherently have true 2000:1 contrast levels.
Good luck!