Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Some early advice on a first front proj.

Does anyone have a short list of some of the three chip projectors?
Recommendations?
I'm starting to research the front projector idea.
Projector Central is already on my list of website stops for further reading.

well screendoor is an issue still with a lot of lcd projectors. but thats besides the point. there are a lot of good lcd projectors and dlp projectors. i personally prefer dlp. after demoing a fair share of both i took dlp. the contrast for me at least was no contest. black levels are much better. each to his own i guess.

Thanks for all the input and helping me decide on what projector to purchase. I pulled the trigger this afternoon and ordered the H31. I got a pretty awesome deal on it, so I am pleased. Now, I just have to pick out a screen and find a stand for my center channel.

Not according to most reviews, if you read them. Have you actually demoed many LCD's? Just like my Axioms, I wanted to find out for myself, and not really rely on comments from people, who most likely had never veiwed LCD technology, just hearsay. Anyway, I demoed about 5 LCD models and 4 DLP's. For me DLP rainbow's were an issue, I even demoed a higher end InFocus with a 6x wheel, still a no go for me on the rainbow issue. Granted, most people do not suffer from rainbows, and Alan claims he trained himself to not see them, hmmmmm. SDE was a big issue a few years ago, but with the higher HD resolutions, it is not an issue unless you get very close to the screen, which is insane. To get into the same resolution on DLP's you normally have to spend a lot more green. In regards to Contrast, DLP does still have a slight edge in this category, but that is not a huge issue. With the proper treatments to your room and masking techniques, the blacks look wonderful. I few months back, a buddy and I had a blind shoot out on projectors. He has an Infocus 5700 DLP and I have the Sanyo Z2 LCD. We invited 10 friends to his house one Friday night, and the same 10 to my house Saturday night. We watched the same 2 movies, Star Wars VI and Gladiator. These 10 people are not into Front Projection, and had no idea of the technologies used. We had 10 questions for them to answer after the movie, and also had them pay close attention to Blacks, Color Saturation, and any artifacts at various distances from the screen. After compiling everyone's information, my Z2 had a very good turn out. Actually almost 60% of the information favored my LCD technology. Only one person mentioned something to do with noticing the screen effect, after he stood 1ft away, who does that....Anyway, the Infocus did very well also, especially in the richness of colors and blacks, it edged me out, but not enough to say the Z2 was bad.

Oh yeah, at the time I didn't even have good light control, which would have benefited my Z2, since the lumens are lower than the Infocus.

By the way, they loved my Axioms

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Granted, most people do not suffer from rainbows, and Alan claims he trained himself to not see them

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You know, I honestly hadn't thought of rainbows now for several months, and I've had my Samsung DLP since Thanksgiving or so.

When I first got it, I saw them a few times an hour when turning my head or under "white text on black background" situations. But I honestly don't think I've seen any in a few months.... I have no idea why that is.

Aaaahhh... the monitor is "broken in"!

the electo magnetic field your Axiom's has created on your brain since they broke in, chuckle chuckle, has affected your vision