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Be happy with your 720p projector, you probably put a decent amount of money into it.

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In Reply to: RE: Sony had this great hope posted by DavidLD on September 18, 2007 at 05:02:39

As did I. I keep telling myself NOT to upgrade just yet because the display is perfectly good. I'm told the right 1080p display will blow it away but I'm just not yet ready to spend the money.

I also gauge the theater experience against my HT. The picture often seems sharper at home but I have to keep in mind it could be several magnitudes tougher to put up a decent picture on a 10000" screen than at home. OTOH, I did go to one modest theater and the screen looked only a bit larger (50% ?) than the one I had at home; talk about feeling cheated.

Oh yeah, I've already retired my DVD collection. 720p/1080i/1080p source material rules in my HT room. Blu-Ray and/or HD DVD needs to thrive long-term (at least until the next generation Master (lossless) video/audio consumer format appears.

Follow Ups:

A self-interview - DavidLD 08:03:46 09/18/07 (0)
Interview with DavidLD
Is the 720p projector better than my 2 y/o 1/4 HD Mitsubishi unit?

Yes

Is there a big difference?
No
Why did you do it?
Well the new unit IS a little brighter and sharper, with a higher contrast ratio, but the main reason is that the lens on the new unit allows me to push back the projector to the rear wall whereas the old projector had to be on a cart or table in the center of the room?

Have you given up on your old projector?
No, I figured out a way so that I can continue to use both. Sometimes I watch part of the movie with the new projector, then the remainder with the old. The differences are subtle at best but there are small differences.

Would a 1080p projector do still better?
Probably not unless I am ready to dump my 200 DVD collection and buy HD or Blue Ray discs. Acquiring the movie collection is probably the largest single cost of my setup.

At any rate I expect the improvement in quality of 1080p to be less substantial than the subtle diffreences I am seeing between the projectors in the current comparison.

Are you happy?

Happy as a clam, and looking to get more enjopyment with my current setup which allows me flexibility in both projectors and speakers.

As the audio guys say, "sometimes its best to quit worrying about the system and just sit back and start to enjoy the music." I would say, "sometimes its best to quit worrying about the equipment and just sit back and start to enjoy the theater experience.

When I think of the 21-inch B&W TV sets I grew up with, what I am seeing and hearing now just boggles my mind.

D

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