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RE: Projection, vs the rest ( I meant projector tv)

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newzguy53

In Reply to: RE: Projection, vs the rest posted by David Aiken on September 26, 2007 at 15:37:48

I should have been more specific. I meant projector tv, the kind where you have this little box with a lens and you set it up across the room and it shoots a beam onto a pull down screen, or even a flat wall.
My brother in law just bought one of these, and he's trying to convince me that this technology is the way to go. I know very little about it, or whether it's even worth getting into.

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your brother-in-law is talking about _front_ projection - blue_z 01:17:45 09/27/07 (1)
Hi there

"Projection" TV can be either from the front or the back (relative to the screen). The technology to produce the image could be CRT, LCD, DLP or LCoS. The "flat" (don't they mean thin?) panels (LCD and plasma) are heavily advertised. But rear-projection LCoS, LCD and DLP are currently designed to look like a panel TV from the front, and are about 18" deep.

The advantage of front-projection is image size, typically 100" diagnonal. There's really no sense in using a FP for a 42" image. The downside is the need from controlling room light, i.e. do you have a room to dedicate to HT?

Regards
- RE: your brother-in-law is talking about _front_ projection - DavidLD 12:22:45 09/27/07 (0)
  Front projectors dont make sense if they are your only TV, but for a big screen DVD movie or the big game they make a lot of sense.
  Many front projectors do well with significant Ambient light.
  Check out the Panasonic PT AX100U and newly released 200U models for about $1400.
  My "regular" TV is a 46" Sony CRT based RPTV.
  - My home theater (Open in New Window)

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