RE: Interesting comments

Posted by racerguy on February 21, 2008 at 12:40:15

In Reply to: Interesting comments posted by Jack G on February 21, 2008 at 08:50:56:

If you can control the light in your room, a FP is a better choice for a 70+" screen than even the finest ultra-huge TV set, IMO. I wouldn't want a TV that big - too limiting.

When evaluating my comments about FP, there are a couple of things to keep in mind:

1. I resisted fixed-pixel displays for a very long time, because I'm absolutely fanatical about black detail. Not just black levels, but black detail. This is an area where fixed-pixel displays have done a horrendous job for the most part. This means I find fault in many fixed-pixel displays, especially almost every LCD-based projector, even the newest ones that most other people think are awesome.

2. I can't watch single-chip DLP. I am ultra-hypersensitive to RBE. Even with the latest-and-greatest Darkchip 4 I still see rainbows, and get a headache and eyestrain after an hour or so. The 3-chippers don't do this to me, but they are stupid expensive. I cannot justify that kind of cash outlay for a piece of consumer electronics equipment that is guaranteed to be obsolete before I've even begun to recover from the financial hit. The vast majority of people don't have the issues I have with single-chip DLP.

So this means that 95% of the reasonably-priced projectors on the market that would be more than good enough for most people are inadequate for me.

It's too bad for me that my choices are so narrow, because a good friend of mine is the regional manager for one of the big-names in LCD projectors. I had the opportunity to buy their highly-rated top-of-the-line projector for manufacturer's cost. I really, really wanted to like it, but just couldn't :-(

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losers weepers(nt) - Ole Lund Christensen 05:13:30 02/22/08 (0)

Yes it is - racerguy 07:17:00 02/21/08 (17)

Welcome back :-) - Ole Lund Christensen 10:14:45 02/21/08 (9)

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In many cases you are right, but in many DVD are better than that. - Ole Lund Christensen 13:11:42 02/23/08 (3)

RE: In many cases you are right, but in many DVD are better than that. - Christine Tham 16:30:31 02/23/08 (2)

Your "Boss" have written a very nice guide to PAL and NTSC - Ole Lund Christensen 07:33:52 02/24/08 (1)

Sorry for taking so long to respond - Christine Tham 18:42:05 03/22/08 (0)

Thanks :-) - racerguy 12:15:03 02/21/08 (3)

video versus audio - Ole Lund Christensen 09:43:29 02/22/08 (2)

RE: video versus audio - racerguy 10:43:37 02/22/08 (1)

thank you - Ole Lund Christensen 14:26:10 02/22/08 (0)

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Good post - Jack G 07:22:26 02/21/08 (5)

Thanks - racerguy 08:38:54 02/21/08 (4)

very nice choice - Ole Lund Christensen 10:36:39 02/21/08 (0)

Interesting comments - Jack G 08:50:56 02/21/08 (2)

RE: Interesting comments - racerguy 12:40:15 02/21/08 (1)

RE: Interesting comments - Jack G 14:05:16 02/21/08 (0)

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