Some Projector Advice Please....

[AndyBlac]

Hi all,

I have just recently bought myself a Toshiba SD-900E DVD player for use with my Rear Projection TV, only to find out that the TV does not support Component-Progresive but only Component-Interlaced.

So I am thinking of buying myself a Projector so i can benifit from Progressive scan DVD, But I know nothing about Projectors at all. So any advice would be a great help. The only requirement I have is that the Projector must have a Component-Progresive input.

I also know that they are expensive (£1,200 +). My buget is about £2000 or so.


Thanks for any Help you can give.

[John_bones]

Have a trek over to the forums on http://www.homecinemachoice.com/ where they have a specific board for projectors also it might be worth having a look at these sites aswell

http://www.b4projection.co.uk/
http://www.screensuk.co.uk/
http://www.av-sales.com/

Hope this helps and if you find any other useful links could you post them here?

[barthez]

i've heard good reports about the SONY HS1, and it's available for about £1,700 i think.

[nigel_williams]

I saw the HS1 back in November and it's OK, but not great. I was comparing it to the VW10 (£3,400) though.

The VW10/11 uses a true 16x9 LCD panel so the image is much better than the 4x3 HS1.

There are other projectors which use 16x9 too: Toshiba MT7 1280x768 (£3,700) and Sanyo PLV60, 1366x768 (£4,777).

If it's quality you're after, you have to spend money!

I'm going for the Sony VW11 at £4,200.

[The Boogerman]

Having been seriously thinking about this too for the last month, and spending more time than I care to think about it researching on the internet. It is a minefield, and there are so many projectors out there that it would be foolish to rush into anything. Get to grips with terminology; lumens, contrast ratio, throw, 3:2 pulldown, etc. The types; LCD, DLP and CRT. How much you want it to affect your life; can you see yourself having a ceiling mounted 65kg CRT projector? Or would a coffee table top A4 sized LCD or DLP be a better bet? Don't forget a screen, or to budget for the cost of replacement lamps, lamp life varies from 1000-6000 hrs and the cost of lamp replacement £150 to £500+ (these figures are probably better known by existing owners). One projector I looked at had a lamp life of 1000 and the bulbs cost £530, but even then you could watch 500 2 hour movies for just over £1 (in lamp cost) a time - you may want to start charging at the door!!

I'm a way off making a choice yet (I've still to see any in action - which has to be a must), and expect to pay £1600-£2000 for my first projector (perhaps in a few years I can think of spending more). Among those I am blindly considering are the (progressive scan capable) Sanyo PLV-30 (http://www.homecinemachoice.com/testbench/VideoProjectors/Sanyo/SanyoPLV-30.shtml), the Hitachi PJ-LC2001 (http://www.homecinemachoice.com/testbench/VideoProjectors/Hitachi/HitachiPJ-LC2001.shtml) and the soon to be released Dreamvision CineXOne (http://www.dreamvision.net/main_cinexone0_uk.htm).

If you specifically want a projector that will cope with progressive scan, I think it will probably stretch you to the limit of your budget. Other sites worth visiting would be AVForums (http://www.avforums.com/forums/index.php) UK based with projector forum, the US sister site AVSForum (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/) or the US AV Science (http://www.avscience.com/). A good site to give you an idea of prices and specs for many LCD and DLP projectors is Projected Image (http://www.projected.co.uk/projectors.htm).

[AndyBlac]

found the Web page it helped me so here it is,

http://www.barco.com/projection_systems/customer_services/advice.asp