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| Thread ID: 87444 | 2008-02-21 08:30:00 | A Gamer's Decision. | CaptainVincent (76) | Press F1 |
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| 642431 | 2008-02-23 01:51:00 | I have a 100"+ HD Panasonic projector. Freaking awesome. I find it hard to play Xbox on a 52" Plasma afterwards! Just make sure you have a wall painted white, or a screen for it, and surround sound! Panasonic PT-AX100E is what I have. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 642432 | 2008-02-23 01:55:00 | IMO, an LCD tv would give a much better quality for your requirements than that projector you're comparing to. LCD's in general are so much brighter, AND you will not have to be in a completely dark room all the time to enjoy its picture. You also got yourself there an inbuilt tv tuner for convenience. Major thing for me here if I were to pick between the two is the issues surrounding eye strain. Because of the general nature for gaming (or my nature of gaming anyway), one can be playing for hours on end, even though it's recommended that you take frequent breaks, blah blah blah, not many really do follow those. So for health reasons (eye strain - heaps of watching in the dark, especially a big picture) LCD wins here too. Another point I have to quickly mention to you about gaming with a big screen is that it doesn't feel quite as right, or it takes alot of time to get used to. I've tried to play some racing games via projector and they felt super slow, as if the car was moving very slow and stuff, it's probably because I was watching from so close and wasn't really able to move any further back (isn't recommended viewing distance for screens something like 4 times the diagonal measure of the screen? So for 100" that would mean like 10 metres?). If it's going to be something pretty permanent for you, try the options out if you can, you can get the feel of gaming through lcds/~60" rear pros at most retail outlets, might have to find a friend with a projector to plug your games into to see how that feels as it's obviously a big ammount of money to spend on leisure and if you don't enjoy it in the end then that really sucks the fun out of it all. Good luck |
Deathwish (143) | ||
| 642433 | 2008-02-23 02:05:00 | I find it easier to watch my projector in a dark room for long hours vs my lcd / plasma. And I find it so much easier playing Xbox on a huge screen, can see people that would normally be really hard to see and it's almost an unfair advantage (FPS games anyway) Here's my setup (little outdated now tho, but mostly the same) img.photobucket.com img.photobucket.com img.photobucket.com img.photobucket.com Sorry for crappy photos, phone doesnt take good pics in the dark. And the white bit painted white was from my old projector, which was smaller and not widescreen. Havent got around to painting it any bigger. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 642434 | 2008-02-23 04:54:00 | You could also try using a paint tinged with blue to form a gray. It causes less light reflection resulting in much deeper blacks and a much better colour tone across the spectrum. |
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