Plasma TVs help your boy

DLP projectors. The ONLY way to get an image 140+ inches but yeah, there are many drawbacks. Not to mention the fact that you have to have a pretty dark room to be able to see the image properly. I know the units with 1400+ lumens are quite good under normal conditions but still....

Another drawback is that you have to have a perfectly flat, smooth surface in which to project the image.
 
vivalapanocha said:
BUt once the bulb goes.. you need to buy another for about $400 - 500. Thats if you can get one, most are on back order for a few weeks. Also take into consideration the rainbow effect which is seen by some viewers. I had a DLP projector for a few days, until I saw his effect and had to take it back.

Viva

Tru with the bulbs but thats in like 3 to 4 years...new projectors dont have that rainbow effect...it is as good as plasma I tell you...The new ones at least
 
tboy said:
DLP projectors. The ONLY way to get an image 140+ inches but yeah, there are many drawbacks. Not to mention the fact that you have to have a pretty dark room to be able to see the image properly. I know the units with 1400+ lumens are quite good under normal conditions but still....

Another drawback is that you have to have a perfectly flat, smooth surface in which to project the image.

The new ones have the daylight sensors (Panosonic) to which the room can be lit up and you get just as good..I did not believe it till I got it home..and it does NOT have to be on a flat surface it is better to have it on one but now you can have them in a corner and move the lense to where you want...they are really much better in my opinion..I will have a projector in every room, I'm done with t.v's! My friend put me on projectors and I will never look back (playing wii bowling that big the player is 4' 1/2 feet tall!!)
 
Ryick

Forget about the Plasma for a sec, are those your girls in that gotass.ca site?
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No seriously are you?
 
I really like my 42" Sony Bravia LCD (1080P). Before you buy a plasma look at one near a window (or some other light). Most don't handle it well. It was $2500 a Bestbuy.
 
ryick said:
The new ones have the daylight sensors (Panosonic) to which the room can be lit up and you get just as good..I did not believe it till I got it home..and it does NOT have to be on a flat surface it is better to have it on one but now you can have them in a corner and move the lense to where you want...they are really much better in my opinion..I will have a projector in every room, I'm done with t.v's! My friend put me on projectors and I will never look back (playing wii bowling that big the player is 4' 1/2 feet tall!!)


You're talking about keystoning which allows you to adjust the shape of the image if the projector isn't directly perpendicular to the wall. Dude, if you project the image onto a curved wall, your image will distort and there may be software to correct it but that would only apply to one position.

By flat I meant that it can't have any imperfections in the surface (like many drywalled walls do). It also can't have a crappy paint job with orange peel because that will affect the image quality too.

I am familiar with the new models and features and have seen them in action. One of the things I don't like about them is the fact that the ones I've seen, the image is SO large that if you sit closer than reccommended you can actually see the individual pixels. That is one of the problems with digital images no matter what screen you use but because projectors give you such a large image, IMO it is more pronounced.