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dobbar
Joined: 10 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: Upgrading my vph-1000 |
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I've been reading this forum for a couple of months now and thanks to you guys dusted off my old sony and did a glycol wash through on the red tube ! I'm pleased with it but am now looking to upgrade to a data grade projector and am looking at a couple on ebay right now - an electrohome 4100 and a barco 800.
Question is, all things being equal, am I going to see a sharper picture with any of these as one of them shares the same tubes as my current sony and both are still only ES sets ?
And from personal experience which one would provide the best picture assuming they were both setup equally well ?
Thanks in advance.
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pfloydphanatic
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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well.. i have an ecp electrohome 4100... i love it. i'm new to this stuff too. .. my first one was a sony 2030q1 
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome,
I'm not sure if the picture will be any sharper but you will get better badwidth upgrading to either of these machines. Between these two sets I would go with the Barco as it has filtered glycol (assuming tubes are good in both)
Personally I would look for an 8" EM, they are cheap enough now and will be worlds above an ES set.
Erik
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ecrabb
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Where are you located? If you're close to a metro area, you can probably do better than ebay.
Practically anything newer/data grade is going to be superior to your VPH1000, since the 1000 is a 480i set. With the ECP or 800, you'll be able to run with an HD source like Blu-ray or HD DVD (or HTPC). Sony 12xx are also very inexpensive sets to get into something HD capable.
Like Erik said, go for something color-filtered. I wouldn't worry too much about jumping to an 8" EM set, though unless you don't mind spending some money. Even though they've gotten cheaper, a decent 8" EM machine is still going to be at least a grand (unless you find a steal). On the other hand, a decent starter ES set like a Barco 800 or Sony 12xx will be a huge upgrade for you and can be had for $200-300 - or less. Compared to your 1000, you get a digital chassis, HD compatibility, brighter tubes, more modern design. The only down side is practically anything newer is going to be bigger, heaver, and louder than your little old Sony.
SC
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