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Discuss Latest, greatest affordable projector? in the Home Theater | Audio and Video forum; Latest, greatest affordable projector? paints wrote: My primary viewing chairs are 15 ft back from 110" screen. There is a couch where the 1st ...


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Old 03-09-09, 09:24 PM   #26
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My primary viewing chairs are 15 ft back from 110" screen. There is a couch where the 1st person sitting would be 8 ft away from the screen and they have never complained about pixels or uncomfortable viewing.

My projector is the Panny AX200U and it gets two thumbs up from me. I went with the Panny and the Black Widow screen because I like a bit of light in the room so I'm not tripping over my friends while watching sports. Watching movies is a whole other beast. With all the dark scenes. It's always best not to have any lights on.

Good luck on picking a projector.
You can sit closer to a Panny then a typical PJ because of the smooth screen technology. You can still get pixelization in the image, but you won't see the screen door.

For 720p you should look at sitting in the 1.5-2.0x screen width and for 1080p you can sit closer then that. However you can still see some benefit to 1080p from as far back as 2x the screen width. There is a very good spread sheet put out by Carlton Bale that really helps clarify some of these questions. Google Carlton Bale and Projector and it should come up.

http://www.carltonbale.com/home-thea...er-calculator/


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Old 03-13-09, 05:53 PM   #27
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Let me know what ya think mech, it sure looks like a great deal.
It won't work here, or else I probably would have gotten one........I'm looking at the Pioneer FPJ1, because right now they can be had for <3k brand new due to clearing out stock.....I REALLY don't want to spend 3K though, even if it is a JVC RS2 clone(>5K STILL- PIO sells them for 8K).

I'm actually looking used right now, as I don't want to spend >2K

Home theater is pathetic.........
It rocks! Bulb had one hour on it and the image quality compared to my Mitsubishi HC3000U seemed like night and day. When I get some time, I plan on doing a full calibration and writing up a review on it.

$1400 was a lot less than the $2K+ I paid for the mitsu. Jump on it if you can!!


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It rocks! Bulb had one hour on it and the image quality compared to my Mitsubishi HC3000U seemed like night and day. When I get some time, I plan on doing a full calibration and writing up a review on it.

$1400 was a lot less than the $2K+ I paid for the mitsu. Jump on it if you can!!
Like I said above, it will not work here because of the zoom......

If it stays trouble free, it will be a steal at that price, and I wish it worked for me....

Have fun with it bud.


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I love my Optoma HD65 it's a great 720p projector. i sitll need to work out some keystoning and get a screen up.. I love the fact that a HT is a never ending project it's certainly a project I've loved doing.

with my vision i can not tell the difference between 720p and 1080p i will say that this projector is bright and the images are crisp.

thank you for reading my post


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Hi there Candoo!

What type of screen are you thinking about going with? Also...keystone issues? How is your Optoma mounted?

And yes! Home theater seems to be never ending. Although I'm close to finishing Chapter 1 for a completed entry level system.


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