Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by DavidLD (A) on October 13, 2008 at 04:00:14

In Reply to: RE: Egghead question: How much does the bulb for the DLP movie theatre ..... posted by mr grits on October 12, 2008 at 17:12:34

The projectors for a movie theater sized space run upwards of $20,000 but many of these dont give a brightness equivalent to film...my guess is you are looking at $50,000 on up for comparable brightness.
On these you are probably looking at a $3000 bulb, minimum. My local theater runs a DLP series of ads and previews prior to running film, which is considerably brighter than the digital projection.

At home you can nicely fill a 100 inch screen with an $800 projector at 720p, tho 1080p still runs over $2000.
Bulbs for these run $200-400 and last 2000 hours or so.
further info check out www.projectorcentral.com which looks into some commercial grade units as well as the HT stuff.

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