My parents have one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Epson-V11H562020-PowerLite-Cinema-Projector/dp/B00EU9V3VW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1390677818&sr=8-6&keywords=1080+projector
It's surprisingly good. Color is fine, image is very sharp, and it's under 1K. Their screen is about 10' wide, native 1.85 On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM, David Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not up on the latest projector technology. I'm > wondering-if/hoping-that technical advances have created an answer to the > question above. > > Historically, you could divide video projectors into three types: > > 1. LCD: bright, with vivid but typically wildly inaccurate color rendition > — both in hue and (over)saturation, very poor contrast ratio, and utterly > unable to render monochrome images correctly... designed to project > computer screens, good for that, not much else. > > 2. 1-chip DLP: not so bright, color accurate but a little washed out, > pretty good contrast (for a video projector, anyway) but subject to > generating flashes of extremely distracting moire due to the rotating color > wheel's inability to deal with quick changes in image brightness at cuts. > > 3. 3-chip DLP: very nice image in every way, but big, heavy and EXPENSIVE. > > My old thought was that perhaps LCD technology would improve to the point > where the contrast ratio and color accuracy (especially with monochrome) > would improve to the point of minimum acceptability for film screening. I > doubt that 1-chip DLPs could have overcome the color-wheel-moire problem. > But either way, I don't know what has actually happened in terms of the > current market. > > I'm not seeking anything that would be bright enough for even a small > auditorium, but rather a living-room/small-classroom size venue with > seating room for 10-25 people (who can be fairly tightly packed together if > need be). I would hope for at least 720P resolution. > > Reports on any experiences with recent projector models would be welcome, > positive or negative. > > And by "reasonably-priced" I mean under $1,000. > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Julian Antos Northwest Chicago Film Society www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org 773 827 8991
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