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| Thread ID: 59034 | 2005-06-19 10:02:00 | When a 21" screen is just to damn small | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 365315 | 2005-06-21 11:40:00 | Did I tell you I'm coming to your house on Friday, Metla? | Growly (6) | ||
| 365316 | 2005-06-21 11:55:00 | Party at Metlas! Im keen to get myself one, sadly my budget doesnt allow it. Things are always better when we're at a mates place watching things on his wall, especially PS2 games. Better still, when we bring round the Xbox and play Doom3! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 365317 | 2005-06-21 20:58:00 | Chairs $40 a dozen at Wharehouse,what time did you say? | Cicero (40) | ||
| 365318 | 2005-06-21 21:16:00 | Good God. Doom 3 on that!!!! Bring spare pants ;) |
Sam I Am (1679) | ||
| 365319 | 2005-06-27 23:46:00 | Metla, I notice in a Dell junk mail flyer that came today, an advert for a projector that costs $1439. A few questions (academic at this stage since I have no plans as yet to buy a projector): The contrast ratio is 2100:1, which seems very good when compared to LCD PC screens with ratios way lower. Is the stated ratio in fact good or even that important? "Native SVGA resolution of 800 x 600 with auto sync technology to SXGA+ resolution." What resolution is good? For things like PC screens and digital photos, 800x600 is wimpish. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 365320 | 2005-06-28 00:17:00 | From what I have read on the subject the contrast ratio on a projector is about as useful as the P.M.P.O rating on a stereo. In other words, complete and utter bollocks, and I wouldn't go comparing it to a monitor/screen in any way. Perhaps its good for comparing 2 models, but the real world output has no bearing on the manufacturers specs. As to the resolution, Obviously the higher the better, mine is only 800x600 as per the dell one in the brouchure, it can recive a higher signal and write it down to 800x600(this is where the quality hit comes into play, the more expensive projector I tried and better image quality watching movies, yet couldn't redreaw a computer feed to save its life) Now, when I bought mine i intended to use it just for watching TV (mainly the rugby) and DVD's so 800x600 fit the bill perfectly, The fact that windows,web pages and games also work was just a bonus. However when lined up against the monitor there is a large difference in graphic quality, Make no mistake about it, A cheap projector writing a signal down to 800x600 does affect the image. That said, after a week of using both I ditched my 19" and just use the projector, Nothing at all compares to the size of the projector, Though I wouldn't be using it for photoshop or writing word documents. Photos look good,untill you compare them to a monitor, but that is to be expected, when displaying an image so large you are increasing the space between the pixels. So, Don't go expecting million dollar results from a cheap as chips projector, I believe I went into it expecting far less then what I got so I'm more then happy. Truth be told I wouldn't buy one without reading reviews on them first, Cheap projectors have inherient issues, dead pixels for one because they use the cheapest len's they can produce (wouldn't surprise me if they put aside the items with a high failure rate for use in the bottem of the range. Mine has 1 stuck pixel, Its not actually on the displayed image but off to the far left and isn't visible most of the time (no idea how that works. Screendoor is another thing to watch out for, I can see it on my image, I have pointed it out to others who can't seem to pick it up for the life of them.Can't say it bothers me though, I forget its there unless I focus on it. If money was no issue I would have bought one that done 1600x1200 and matched it up with a $1000 screen, I can't see that happening anytimne soon though.Returning to my bang for buck mantra, The extra cost is a bit steep..... http://www.projectorcentral.com/ is an excellent site to look up info, they have reviews, guides and forums. The forums and users reviews can be a bit much though, frequented by people that bought top of the line and consider anything less as just not upto the job. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 365321 | 2005-06-28 09:42:00 | Hi Metla , what sought of life expectantcy does the bulb have? what are replacement bulbs worth? I remember placing xtreme games on the ps1 when they first came out at a barn party, on a projector, great fun.... |
plod (107) | ||
| 365322 | 2005-06-28 10:32:00 | Very nice. Can I come over and play some CSS? :) Racing games must be like being right there in the car. :horrified | E|im (87) | ||
| 365323 | 2005-06-28 11:26:00 | Hi Metla , what sought of life expectantcy does the bulb have? what are replacement bulbs worth? I remember placing xtreme games on the ps1 when they first came out at a barn party, on a projector, great fun.... Bulbs are $350 last around 3000 hours or so |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 365324 | 2005-06-29 00:03:00 | Thanks for the interesting reply Metla. 3 more questions: Screendoor is another thing to watch out for What is "screendoor"? Were you able to 'try before buy'? Since projectors are so expensive, I would think most shops would be reluctant to let them go out for a trial run. Or did you drag your PC into the shop? Lets say you would invite 10 people over to watch a DVD movie, Master and Commander or whatever. Would any of them be likely to complain about the picture quality, or are the problems you mention only very minor and noticeable by those with superman vision? |
Strommer (42) | ||
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