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By pfhometheater | December 14, 2009
Best brands and types. LCD or DLP. Projectors only. No TV answers. Thanks.
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December 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
For a good front projector don’t look to spend less than $4000. So it is expenive, which does not include a screen. The room must be completely black so not to wash out the picture.
Drawbacks include the previous reason’s as well. It is difficult to have a complete black room and it is very expensive to purchase a projector and quality screen, But the quality and size you can achieve is fantastic.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
They are VERY expensive and the bulbs are expensive to replace. Pros are you can have up to around a 103″ screen. DLP will be your best investment, however. SXRD (Sony) is also very sweet.
December 14th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
The very best in a reasonable price range are the Sony “Pearl” SXRD:http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/10/sony_vplvw50_pe.html
or the JVC D-ILA http://www.jvc.com/press/index.jsp?item=543
Both are LCOS in the $5,000 – $6,000 price range. The only others that come close (Sharp, Yamaha DLP) are in the $10,000 – $12,000 range.
Advantages of a front projector: movie theater experience, big screen. Disadvantages: must be in a darkened room; not for casual TV viewing.
Don’t project on a wall; get a decent screen designed for the type of projector you get (Da-Lite, Stewart Filmscreen).
December 14th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Focus on brightness, resolution, and cost.
Brightness: 1000 – 1500 lumens (1000 is fine if you can make your room totally dark). Make sure the projector is a home theater projector and not a business projector. business projectors are measured in data mode.
Resolution: 720p are the best value right now. 480p projectors will be a little cheaper, but not worth the savings.
Cost: You don’t need to pay over $2,000 unless you want 1080p resolution.
http://www.projectorpeople.com/projectors/HDunder2000.asp
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LCD vs. DLP
It is really a personal choice. DLPs have deeper blacks and the image looks slightly softer, and more colorful. LCDs are true to life color. You’ll see more of the details, but the colors are often not as rich. Both will have visible pixel structure if you sit too close, particularly on cheaper ones.
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Brands
Panasonic is the best selling projector right now, also Mitsubishi and Optoma are popular. But any of the major brands will be good.
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This is a great deal!
http://www.projectorcentral.com/Hitachi-PJTX100_UltraVision-prices.htm
December 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
We’ve got this model (actually the “4800″): http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/InFocus-ScreenPlay-Entertainment-Projector-SP-4805/sem/rpsm/oid/113968/catOid/-13322/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
Even though on PAPER, we shouldn’t be able to tell a difference between DVD and Hi-Def, the difference is INCREDIBLE…The “4805’s” built-in VIDEO SCALER makes even the VCR look clear.
We did NOT buy a screen…We went down to LOWES and bought a $10 sheet of construction mylar and trimmed it down…We drew a 1-inch border around it with a couple of “Sharpies”…Looks great at 64 inches diagonal.
And yes, getting the room dark enought in the day took a little work…(dark curtains are hard to come by)…The REAL problem was finding the STUDS in the ceiling for mounting…THEN running 5 (five) video cables across the living room…And of course you have to get POWER to the silly thing (seperate from the VIDEO cables, of course).
It wasn’t too hard to find a 50-foot VGA cable…It was hard to find a decent 50-foot power cord that wasn’t “Safety Orange” so it would blend with the ceiling…But the for the VIDEO cables we just used whtie “RG6″ cables capped with “RCA” connectors…Check it right here:http://www.whydoesmyhometheatersuck.com/budgetcables.html
Before all that, we just set the projector on a little table in the middle of the living room…We put it away when we weren’t watching it…But now that it’s all set up with the cables run we wonder how we ever lived without it mounted on the ceiling.