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Silver Member Username: John_aPost Number: 638 Registered: Dec-03 | I have been looking around at video projectors. An over-ridingly important consideration for me is throw ratio - the projection distance divided by the image size. All reviews seem to approve of small throw ratios, so you can get a huge image with the projector close to the screen. This seems to me to be a computer-display requirement, not a home cinema one. In my room I have a high ceiling, which precludes ceiling mounting, and I certainly don't want the projector on a coffee table between me and the screen, with cables to fall over and the distraction of the projector itself. On the wall behind the viewer is the only practical location. But the image from most projectors is then too big, even at its smallest. And yet it is very hard to find the throw ratio in most specs, and mostly you have try to calculate it from image size range and distance size range, which are given as upper and lower limits. Surely this is a practical consideration for many people. The Hitachi Illumina seems to be the only one that has a wide enough range and within my price range. Any views, or recommendations, anyone? |
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Silver Member Username: KeggerMICHIGAN Post Number: 694 Registered: Dec-03 | well john not many takers in the projector room aye? i have done enough research myself yet to comment. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 1635 Registered: Dec-03 | Thanks for the friendly word, Kegger! No, this one bombed! I will get a projector one day, it is maybe six months away. REading the magazine reviews, you get the impression people want short-throw on a coffee table so they can look at, and admire, their projector, not watch the movie. It's a bit like that with speakers, and music, as we know from other threads. Projectors should be invisible when in use, just as speakers should be inaudible. That's how I see it, anyway! |
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New member Username: ScottroPittsburgh, PA USA Post Number: 10 Registered: Jun-04 | You might want to try projectorcentral.com and use their projection calculator tool. It sounds like you know where you want to mount the projector, it's an easy way to see if you can match up a projector and screen size with your other parameters (room dimensions, budget). Overall I think it's a very informative site for those of us new to projection, good articles on screens sizes, aspect ratios, etc. Another informative site is projectorpeople.com. Hope these help. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 1682 Registered: Dec-03 | Scottro, Thanks. I have cruised through projectorcentral but not looked in detail. I will check out both those sites. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 1896 Registered: Dec-03 | The Optoma ThemeScene H56 looks good from this and other points of view. Anyone have experience of that...? |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 2477 Registered: Dec-03 | Thanks to admin for this new category "Projectors". I still have no answer to the question on April 15. Anyone know a good projector with a large and adjustable throw ratio? All the inexpensive ones have throw ratios too small for me, perhaps because they are computer projectors in disguise. (I thought I would try to revive this thread, Kegger!) |
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Bronze Member Username: SeenalotPost Number: 13 Registered: Nov-04 | Hey has anyone checked out www.projectorpackages.com super sale right now! |
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New member Username: Mg123Post Number: 1 Registered: Nov-04 | I feel exactly the same way: I think the projector should be behind the audience like in the theater, providing the least amount of noise and distraction. Most projectors are short throw for conference rooms not homes, but there are many with long throw: Sharp 12000, Dwin TV3, all of the JVC D-ila and many others. Yes, try projector central: http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator.cfm |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 2492 Registered: Dec-03 | Thanks, Kevin and Michael. I will check these out. |
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