Video Asylum

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

In Reply to: RE: 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 :-(