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emdawgz1
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Dude! Losing your projector in a separation/divorce is UNTHINKABLE!!!
When i leave the PJ will be the FIRST thing on the Truck!
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garyfritz
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| jamsys wrote: | | Well the JVC and MITS are out the door.... Neither can throw a image large enough for my screen!!! (120") The JVC only will do 100" at any distance.... |
Sez who? http://www.projectorcentral.com/JVC-DLA-RS2.htm says it will throw an image up to 200", though their projection calculator says anything over about 125" starts to get too dim.
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jamsys
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| garyfritz wrote: | | jamsys wrote: | | Well the JVC and MITS are out the door.... Neither can throw a image large enough for my screen!!! (120") The JVC only will do 100" at any distance.... |
Sez who? http://www.projectorcentral.com/JVC-DLA-RS2.htm says it will throw an image up to 200", though their projection calculator says anything over about 125" starts to get too dim. |
I dont know if it's indicative w/ digitals, but I do want to have something that can do a bigger screen.. I plan on upgrading to a 160 (approx) only giving me 5" before it starts to go dim is too close of a line...
Is this a problem with all of them??
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Nashou66
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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Location: West Seneca NY
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Wait your confusing me...first you said this in the opening post:
| jamsys wrote: | | .....but we are downsizing and it is just too huge for the room... |
then you say this?
| Quote: | | ... I plan on upgrading to a 160 (approx) only giving me 5" before it starts to go dim is too close of a line... |
160 is huge and needs a big room!!! which in my opinion would be plenty of room for the CRT you have now !!!
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And here is my 159 inch diagonal Screen from a single marquee 8500:
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jamsys
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Its not really the size of the screen as that roll's up into the ceiling.. Its the huge box hanging over our heads on the couch. It sticks out like a sore thumb... The theater room is also our living room.. Its a older house so the rooms are smaller...
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Nashou66
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jamsys
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| Nashou66 wrote: | Well how deep is the room because as I understand most digitals need a longer throw for the same size screen as a crt, so you might actually have to go to a smaller screen if you dont have the throw distance.
Athanasios |
Room is 17 feet from the back to the front of the screen....
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Nashou66
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garyfritz
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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I don't think throw distance is the problem. Projectorcentral's calc says the RS2 can do up to 165" with a 16' throw.
The problem is lumens. A 160" screen has 76 sq ft, if I'm figuring right. With a 600 lumen projector like the RS2, you'd only get 600/75=7.9 ftL. (Projectorcentral says 8 ftL with 157" diagonal.) That's pretty low but usable, if you don't mind a dim picture -- but that's with a brand new bulb. You'd see a big drop in light output within 100-200 hours on the bulb. 600 lumens is also uncalibrated. Calibrating the projector will knock off a lot too -- probably at least 20-30%.
So with a couple hundred hours on the bulb and a calibration, you'd be down in the 4-5 ftL range. That's way too low.
jamsys, if you want a 160" screen, and you want some "pop" in your image, I think you're going to have to find a projector with at least 1000-1200 ANSI lumens. More would be better.
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Nashou66
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nettwerkjohn
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well, we've been super happy with the ruby since we made the jump...
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jamsys
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| garyfritz wrote: | I don't think throw distance is the problem. Projectorcentral's calc says the RS2 can do up to 165" with a 16' throw.
The problem is lumens. A 160" screen has 76 sq ft, if I'm figuring right. With a 600 lumen projector like the RS2, you'd only get 600/75=7.9 ftL. (Projectorcentral says 8 ftL with 157" diagonal.) That's pretty low but usable, if you don't mind a dim picture -- but that's with a brand new bulb. You'd see a big drop in light output within 100-200 hours on the bulb. 600 lumens is also uncalibrated. Calibrating the projector will knock off a lot too -- probably at least 20-30%.
So with a couple hundred hours on the bulb and a calibration, you'd be down in the 4-5 ftL range. That's way too low.
jamsys, if you want a 160" screen, and you want some "pop" in your image, I think you're going to have to find a projector with at least 1000-1200 ANSI lumens. More would be better. |
What projectors are reccomended for that size room? I agree 600 lumens isnt going to cut it... We dont have a completly dark seperate theater room...
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jamsys
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| nettwerkjohn wrote: | | well, we've been super happy with the ruby since we made the jump... |
So many people say the same thing.. I know some people here hate sony, but would it work???
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nettwerkjohn
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the ruby throw distance is the same as a crt...
ours is mounted approx 3m from the screen to give us a 7' wide screen...
it is eye-poppingly bright on a 1.5 gain screen on the cinema setting with the iris closed to improve black level...
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