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Jack,
A good consultant will design the system for your needs, not theirs.
I also get calls from folks that say they want HD but did not want to
pay an HD price.
The advice you have received form the TIPS is on the money especially...
> films, and maybe a superbowl party. I told him I did want to be able to
> project HDTV using cable input....and we're even making provision to add
> surround sound to spice up movie presentations to our youth.
All that said you could certainly just go out and buy an inexpensive
projector, put it on a table and throw it on your present screen. Many
will accept and scale HD to ED. Add a home theater in a box and you may
very well be pleased with it all. It can be difficult to find
consultants willing to help you if your budget is not great enough and
for good reason, there isn't all that much difference in the lower price
ranges.
Ask your consultant to present you with a system that images well for
casual viewers rather than meeting videophile or critical viewing
applications. ED is quite capable of such a presentation but like all
systems requires the right recipe and proper installation to achieve it.
Tell him you want the system wired for a future HD light engine. Later
down the line you can always replace the light engine with an HD machine
when they are even lower in price than now. You'll appreciate having
provided the infrastructure a couple of years before!
You may also find the difference in price between HD and ED is not great
enough to wait when compared to the total turn-key system price.
Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
FJ wrote:
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> Alan and Joe,
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> I do have a professional consultant that I have known for years. However,
> because he is such an audio-videophile he always recommends stuff that is
> more than we really need. I just don't want more project than we need for
> the intended uses. This is not a home theater, but a fellowship hall in
> which we will occasionally (not very often actually) have presentations,
> films, and maybe a superbowl party. I told him I did want to be able to
> project HDTV using cable input....and we're even making provision to add
> surround sound to spice up movie presentations to our youth. Just thought
> you guys might have some things to say that would help. There are no windows
> in the room. I think he said something about 4000 lumens, sounds like a lot
> to me. Thanks for your comments.
>
> Jack
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> From: "Alan Brown" <
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> To: "HDTV Magazine" <
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> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Projector questions
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>>There are not enough details provided to advise you further. Ideally, I
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> would want to see the setup. I strongly recommend that you
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>>pay a professional consultant to inspect the installation and help you
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> make the decision. It should not take more than an hour of
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>>their time, if you provide them with well thought out and detailed usage
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> plans. Things that you have not noted should include: type
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>>of screen fabric, what windows are there and where, viewing distances and
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> sight lines, proposed mounting height of the screen,
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>>locations of room lights that may be used during viewing, budget, desired
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> resolution, etc.
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>>You must understand that the lumen statistics published by most projector
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> manufacturers are a farce and cannot be relied upon for
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>>reference or comparisons. Real world light output characteristics are
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> seldom used in product marketing. It would be useful as well
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>>for you to understand that most data projectors are not configured for
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> good video and film reproduction. Characteristics that can
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>>differ include: optics, fan noise, video processing, 2:3 pull down
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> detection, inputs, black level and shadow detail, motion
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>>rendering, etc., etc. There are very good reasons why home theater models
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> are so much more expensive than equivalent presentation
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>>models that may be based on the same chassis, from the same manufacturer.
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>>Best regards and beautiful pictures,
>>Alan Brown, President
>>CinemaQuest, Inc.
>>www.cinemaquestinc.com
>>
>>"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"
>>
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>>From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
>>Jack
>>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 3:38 PM
>>To: HDTV Magazine
>>Subject: Projector questions
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>>A question for Joe Azar or anyone who may know.
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>>Need to purchase a projector for a fellowship hall. As I understand it the
>>projector will be mounted from the ceiling about 21 ft. away from a
>>motorized 9 X 12 screen. Is this enough info to determine how many lumens
>>are needed? The light can be completely controlled by a dimming system. We
>>will use it to do powerpoints, movies, and television via cable. Any other
>>particulars I should be considering?
>>
>>Jack
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