Ron Hill
14-11-2001, 13:03
Okay, the other day I went into my local home cinema shop (The Flicks in Bangor) and I had an eye opening experience.
In their demo room they were showing Shrek on a projection screen. The room was no bigger than a typical mid sized bedroom/lounge. I'd estimate about 14" x 10".
The projector (a sony I believe) was in the roof and the screen was hanging about a foot out from one of the long walls with a sofa on the opposite side. It was one of those motorised drop down numbers.
The picture was about 7" accross and unbelievably clear and detailed. Way better than ANY TV i've ever seen and better than most if not all the cinemas i've been in.
I've always been under the following mistaken impressions.
1) The projector needs to be a long way away from the screen for a big picture. (Nope, about 4-5 feet away i'd estimate.)
2) The projector needs to be level (or close to level) with the screen. (Nope, in the ceiling above the top of the frame and still the picture was perfectly 90 degree cornered)
I was utterly gobsmacked and now I have to ask why on Earth do people buy big Plasma screens when this will blow them away at about a third to half the price and give a much bigger screen to boot.
In their demo room they were showing Shrek on a projection screen. The room was no bigger than a typical mid sized bedroom/lounge. I'd estimate about 14" x 10".
The projector (a sony I believe) was in the roof and the screen was hanging about a foot out from one of the long walls with a sofa on the opposite side. It was one of those motorised drop down numbers.
The picture was about 7" accross and unbelievably clear and detailed. Way better than ANY TV i've ever seen and better than most if not all the cinemas i've been in.
I've always been under the following mistaken impressions.
1) The projector needs to be a long way away from the screen for a big picture. (Nope, about 4-5 feet away i'd estimate.)
2) The projector needs to be level (or close to level) with the screen. (Nope, in the ceiling above the top of the frame and still the picture was perfectly 90 degree cornered)
I was utterly gobsmacked and now I have to ask why on Earth do people buy big Plasma screens when this will blow them away at about a third to half the price and give a much bigger screen to boot.