Did anybody try a projector as a computer monitor?
I always thought that when I can to buy a projector, I'll do it inmediately.
What do you think? Also there is paint formulas to obtain better projection results than with a simple white screen. Does anybody know something about this? |
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Hi Luis,
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If you forgot that (because it is very expensive), then a painted wall can be better than a screen because the major problem of screen is that it's very difficult to keep them plane. They always curves a little ! 3 or 4 painting in a brilliant withe (Delux Valentine, if you have this brand in Espana) on a perfectly smoothed wall give very good results. But as said in first lines, the main question is how is your room ? Where will be placed the projector (roof or floor ?), can you do the ABSOLUTE darkness in this room ? Do you live in that room or will it be a specialized room ? Remember also that projectors are very noisy (more than a PC) so the projector should not be too close to your hears (forget to put it on a furniture just above your head). Quote:
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I will use a painted wall. You can see in and give me your opinion: http://www.mundodvd.com/foro/viewtop...intar+pantalla It seems that a white screen don't give same results as screens painted with some color combination. |
I have an Epson Powerlite 71C and mainly use it in my study mostly and it is projected against a wall. I have a theater in my basement with a homemade 16:9 screen that cost about $10 to make. The screen looks a little better except for a "hotspot" where you notice the intensity of the lamp. The projector is an XGA LCD that gives an incredible picture except you need complete darkness to get the full effect.
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Luis btw. dont put your main focus in product decisions on the LUMEN amount of the Device you want to buy as anyhow its better to view projected stuff in a darked room. There are sexy devices with less LUMEN but more px and better colorconstancy all over the area. Sanyo's Z2 or Z3 (even the Z1) are known for a very good price/quality relation.
Better buying a cheaper 1024x768 device incl. a good quality then a 1280x720p incl maybe a worse quality. When 720p will be the standard then in 2-3 years you can get an ACTUAL 720p model and sell your good 1024x768 one. Makes sense! Also dont buy a simple no-name product as its not granted if their lamps will still be sold in a few years. And iven if its just a 3parity manufacturer lamp, its very diff. to findout the manufacturer then. IMHO the marked of 720p products is still too young. IF buying a 720p product, you should think about building a HTPC which via DVI will bring phantastic pictures to your Device (scaled internally with a high quality within the HTPCs softwaredecoder or codec. |
Thanks Inc.
I don't know what is a 720p product and why is better that 1024*768 one, neither what is HTPC. :oops: Edited: I found out something about 720p and HTPC, but Im still don't know what are the DVI advantages. |
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All you need is a brilliant whithe of good quality. And you have to use 3 or 4 covers. |
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