Leon, I agree with John about your budget. $5000 will buy you a ton of PJ. Your biggest concern as far as I can tell (by the way I am no expert) is your limited throw/seating distance. "They" say that you should be sitting 1.5 to 2X the screen size away. At 2X that means a 60" picture. If you...
Kenneth, If I could tell the difference between black and blacker than balck I would gladly let you know. What I can tell you is myself and anyone else who has seen the picture is blown away my the clarity and brightness. I don't see how anyone could be disappointed!
Jeff, I tried a Samsung 841 (i think that was the #) and a Zenith 318 upscaling over component. I was not impressed by either, I think the HK looks far better than both using 480i. There is a slight problem with the HK. When running 480p there is two inches chopped off the right side of the...
Jeff, Congrats on the PJ. I have had my 5000 since November and love it. I have no other PJ experience but for the money I don't see how it can get any better than this. I have never gotten around to using DVE but I did use the test pattern on some DVD and lowered the contrast down to around...
Zach, I agree with Dan. That 84" is very small for such a large room. I also would recomend you experiment by using the wall first and you will see what we mean by wanting the bigger picture. If you go to www.projectorcentral.com there is a ton of information there to read through that will...
Rob, There are lots of Circuit City's and Best Buy's all over CT. and L.I. In CT. you also have Tweeters which I have been to a couple of times (I am on L.I.). From what I remember there stuff was a tad more high end than the other two places but they still had decent prices. Good luck on...
Paolo, Here is my opinion on your situation. If Panasonic said that the card is for a computer it is probably DVI-I. The Dennon is most likely DVI-D. Both the have the same connector but I believe they are different pinouts. Howard
I am currently using silverscreen. I also tried plain white but I must agree with Scott it was very overbearing. IMHO the silverscreen looks much better and from what I read at AVS it seemed best bang for the buck ~$8.
I recently saw a mp2200 in action at a class I was attending. The picture was very bright even with the lights on and the computer image (powerpoint) looked sharp. But everytime the someone walked in front of the screen I could see RBE. It actually followed the movements of the person, it was...
Mark, I currently own the SP5000. It is my first projector and the only one I have ever seen. I had no local dealers to go and see the different technologies. After doing a ton of research I did not want to take a chance with RBE on the DLP. I have a large part of the basement set up as a...
Kevin, Some ambient light is generally okay, but think of it like a movie theater. They turn off all of the lights befor the movie starts also. With what you are going to spend on the RPTV you could definatly get a decent PJ and screen. Or forget the screen and just paint one on the wall like...
I got my projector about 3 months ago (SP5000) and will never go back to watching movies on anything else again. IMHO it is sooo much better than the movie theater for the obvious reasons (ticket price, snacks, BEER)You still need a "regular" TV for the other stuff because as Neil stated bulb...
Phil, Check out www.antennaweb.org You can put in your address or zipcode and the will tell you what channels are available, what type of antenna you need, the direction to point it in, how far you are from the tower ect. I will be using this info myself when I get to my new house.
Ken, That is understood but it appears that most of the sub $650 players like momitsu, neuneo even panasonic sony and the low end denons all seem to have issues of some sort or another. I just wat a $300 player that has no problems at all. At this point in time that seems to much to ask.
Well if that is the case than it appears that you should be okay. There is supposed to be a problem passing black levels going to DVI but what I have been reading HDMI to HDMI is better. I would wait until I can get it locally or through Crutchfield. So it can be returned easily if need be. I...
Check out the initial reviews in the DVD players section over at AVSForum.com. The Sammy is not looking so good depending on how you are going to use it. There are problems when going from hdmi to dvi. I was hoping that this player was going to be "the answer" to most of the current up-convert...
You can check the sellers feedback also. If the DVD is not legit there will most likely be some negitive feedback about being a DVD r or something to that effect. Also look for a note in the description about the disc being compatible in "most" players. That is a dead give away that it is...