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David Ruiz · 09-19-2006, 01:56 AM

I have to agree with Tim here. I personally don't think that RPMs will disappear, ever. There are just far too many people out there that (1) have never even heard of projectors for home use and (2) the people that know of their existance, are lead to believe that they are incredibly expensive and extremely difficult to set up and use.

On my own, I've approached many people and have asked them what they thought about projectors and most of them looked at me with confused looks on their faces and asked, "what's a projector?" And even after describing in great detail what it was, still, all they could understand is that theaters used them, but couldn't figure out how they could work inside of a house with a DVD player or a HTPC.

I've known about projectors for years now and have wanted one for about 5 years probably and have always bought RPMs, but last week, I bought my first FP (Sanyo Z4). I simply can not wait to receive it. I just know it's going to be the best thing ever! I have demoed many projectors in the past, so I already know how to set them up and what to expect from them (quality-wise) so I know I'm going to be thoroughly satisifed with the Z4.

But as to the future of RPMs, I think that there definitely is a future for them and I think that even after every person on the planet knows what a projector is, I still don't think that everyone will want to own one, for many reasons (most of which Tim stated). There will always be people who want to stick to RPMs.

09-19-2006, 01:56 AM	#4 of 10
David Ruiz Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Local Time: 06:10 PM Local Date: 12-01-2008 Posts: 362	Re: The future of RPMs From My Perspective I have to agree with Tim here. I personally don't think that RPMs will disappear, ever. There are just far too many people out there that (1) have never even heard of projectors for home use and (2) the people that know of their existance, are lead to believe that they are incredibly expensive and extremely difficult to set up and use. On my own, I've approached many people and have asked them what they thought about projectors and most of them looked at me with confused looks on their faces and asked, "what's a projector?" And even after describing in great detail what it was, still, all they could understand is that theaters used them, but couldn't figure out how they could work inside of a house with a DVD player or a HTPC. I've known about projectors for years now and have wanted one for about 5 years probably and have always bought RPMs, but last week, I bought my first FP (Sanyo Z4). I simply can not wait to receive it. I just know it's going to be the best thing ever! I have demoed many projectors in the past, so I already know how to set them up and what to expect from them (quality-wise) so I know I'm going to be thoroughly satisifed with the Z4. But as to the future of RPMs, I think that there definitely is a future for them and I think that even after every person on the planet knows what a projector is, I still don't think that everyone will want to own one, for many reasons (most of which Tim stated). There will always be people who want to stick to RPMs.