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Topic: Help with decision for digital projection.
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted April 19, 2015 05:09 AM
As much as I don't like this subject too often, I now need to be realistic and move into the digital projection age along side of my cine, I will repeat that bit,
Along side of my cine. I am Not moving away from cine at all.
Last night I borrowed my Brothers old Acer X110P. It was purchased three years to do his history presentations.
I roughly set it all up in the front room and put cast away on DVD through.I have to say I now want to do this a bit more seriously & project Blu ray as well as DVD. I certainly wasn't comparing it to cine as in my own view they are two totally different hobbies. Cine has a look and quality all of its own and I love it, but there is more available, Much more, on discs so I think having the best of both worlds is the answer for us.
I have asked this before but times move very fast in the digital world and my question is simply this,
Please could someone tell me the minimum specs I should look for in both light output with a good big zoom plus input/output socket minimum specs, as my living room isn't that big. All help will be gratefully received.
My actual cine room will be staying as a cine room only. My digital projection will be purely for the living room & allow us to enjoy films not available on Cine.
I am of course fully aware that the one my Brother has is nowhere near spec'd up enough, it was a first time experiment, & I personally thought the picture, although pretty good, was compare to my cine film poor in sharpness but then this projector does not have a HDMI output which I know is a must. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted April 21, 2015 09:41 AM
At the end of the day you're going to have to decide which filmic look you're going after. Yes, LCD has never looked better, but there are some things it just can't do. Well, you'd say the same of DLP since only the $$$$$ 3-chip projectors don't have the rainbow effect. I hate the rainbow effect also, but it might just be better to live with at times.
So having recently watched Interstellar on a Ben-Q SH910, I want to throw in a differing opinion. Why that model? It's what the rental house had. The steep 30-degree rake (conference room projector) was a little tough to work with, it's too bright so I ran it in economy mode and on the "warm" setting, and left all the other adjustments alone. Having done that, the result was absolutely spectacular. Color was amazing. Clarity was astounding. And the high-contrast space scenes rivaled the Imax 70mm film presentation in punch and brightness. I don't think LCD can do that. Yes, it makes a tough act to follow for 8mm or 16mm, but the "repertoire" is completely different, as is the fun of handling film, so there's no danger of giving up on that yet.
Whatever you decide, if you're going to spend that kind of money on a projector, I hope you can just give it a good viewing first someplace.
That's my 2c, more like 5 or 10.
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted April 22, 2015 12:11 PM
I was about to write a post regarding the merits of DLP, LCD and LCOS technologies, but found this on the net, which just about sums it all up and is pretty fair and accurate given my experiences;
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/dlp-vs-lcd-vs-lcos-projector-tech-pros-and-cons/
Well worth a proper read.
All I would add is that you always need to calibrate the projector, as out of the box it generally will not be right.
Professional calibration is good, but costly, although you can make certain contrast, brightness, colour temperature and colour adjustments yourself with some simple aids and the result, even with a very good projector and a bit of DIY can be like chalk and cheese.
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