RE: Projectors

[rj@xxxxxxx]

I can 100% agree with everything said below, you really need both a
smallis=
h
TV and a projector, as there are defiantly times where the projector is
mor=
e
trouble than its worth, we ended up mounting a 29" TV behind the
projector
screen for watching general day to day stuff and then on with the projector
for the movies (which were only really watching in the night anyway)
there'=
s
nothing worse than your mate calling you up saying "quickly turn the
TV on
and look at channel whatever" then having to wait 5 mins for your
projector
to warm up.

=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 January 2001 11:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Projectors



> > Will you be watching in blackout conditions or dim light?
>
> see above. I'd also like to be able to watch it in normal daylight if
> that's possible.

This is the bit that's the real killer ... no projector (and I really do
mean *NO* projector) is able to do a good job of producing an image in
daylight. No matter how bright it is. The darkest black that you can get
from a projector is that of the ambient light reflected off the screen. If
there's any stray light then you're destroying any black level you might
have.

I'm kinda tempted to suggest that although it's a great idea to have a
projector as a huge telly the compromises required to use such a thing are
such that they do tend not to be all that wife friendly. My partner
tolerates mine in the living room because she knows that I'm going to
convert the garage once she's had her kitchen done ... she hates sitting in
the dark watching a film though, she hates the huge greyness of it, she
hates the screen mounted to the ceiling.

If you're wanting a true 16:9 projector that has any hope of producing
anything watchable in normal daylight then you're looking at probably
somewhere in the order of =A35k - =A36k for a Sony VW10HT (which isn't
goin=
g to
be brilliant in daylight) and an electric screen + cables + ceiling mount
etc.

Phil