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In Reply to: Re: Possible to get decent front projection for $3000 ? posted by ed rex on August 27, 2001 at 13:23:10:
G'day,I got my Infocus LP350 a few days ago, set up with a DaLite 100" screen, few adjustment here and there, and boy am I pleased. I did a couple of quick last minute demos on other projectors, and as I left the last shop, I went straight away and picked up the 350. Like a little kid, I quickly set up and the ooh's and ahh's from the family was worth the time taken investigating the purchace. Infact, even the wife was suitably impressed, not just with the size but the picture definition. She commented that the others we saw were a bit more 'jiggerly' (technical terminology, she has hundreds of them when describing the Stereo/HT to her friends), which is a good observation for her. The blacks maybe not as good as our old 51" Panasonic RPTV and the flesh tones not as accurate as maybe some CRT projectors, but all else is excellent. Without actually setting up a projector in my home I didn't actually know if we had too much ambient light for if we could even watch anything during the day, well we can and we have most of our windows open (due to the fact we live in the tropics and we need the cool breezes). Set up the DVD for 16:9 and the projector for enhanced widescreen, and you have an awsome picture. Thanks again ed rex.
Regards Robert.
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Robert, good for you! I'm glad you're pleased. I think the thing that folks must keep in perspective is that you've paid $3000. Sure, the picture is not as good as a $15,000+ CRT unit. Does anyone out there really think it would be? But it is damn close. And it doesn't require a trained engineer to setup and maintain and it isn't the size of a Volkwagon Beetle hanging from you're ceiling.As far as the ambient light comments, yes during the daylight hours I too leave the curtains open when just watching TV and such. Brightness is usually about 25%. When we watch a DVD, for that 'moviehouse experience', I prefer to darken the room completely and turn the brightness to zero. This for my setup produces the best blacks. I do not however have the DaLite screen such as you but rather just shoot it onto a home made screen that I constructed out of 2x2's and canvas painted 'pure white'.
... that with the RPTV gone from the center of the sound stage, the bass is better. I have a Velodyne ULD 18II which can make some serious noise (ancestor to the HGS 18), and with the TV gone, a smoother response is heard from my listening (and watching) position. For 2 years now, when I was in the mood for that big block buster movie and sound to suit, up the volume goes, I heard an anomilie which I couldn't put my finger on. Now with the TV gone, I know what it is, the bass trap sitting in the middle of the soundstage soaking up that certain something.I've only had the projector for a short while so the setting up and mucking around will go on for a while yet. Since I'm in the honeymoon days, the bigger brighter more is better will ware off and the videophile will kick in and I'll investigate properly. We keep watching movies we've watched many times over and they have a new dimension now, so fiddling will have to wait. I'm going to try your suggestion and turn down the brightness for the better blacks, so thanks for the info.
Still very pleased, regards Robert.
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