SvennoJ said:
disolitude said:
SvennoJ said:
I play games with a 1080p projector on a 92" screen. It's worth the price of admission, great experience but not cheap if you want a quality setup. I paid about $2400 for a 1100 lumen home theater projector to get the best movie experience with another $800 for a good screen, plus replacement bulbs cost $350 every 2000 hours.
Games like GT5 and Wipeout HD are so much more immersive on a big screen. And all racing games and anything else with precision steering becomes a lot easier.
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A projector like this would be a brighness upgrade over your current projector and would save you the bulb cost over its lifetime since it has an estimate of 20K hours.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116575
And this is only the first gen of these high end LED home theater projector. Within 2 years these should be $999
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Nah, maybe in the future those will get better, for now that's a big downgrade in features and image quality.
http://www.projectorcentral.com/viewsonic_pro9000_home_theater_projector_review.htm
Brightness is not a problem anyway, I have it calibrated a bit above cinema brightness but still dark enough not to notice the 24p judder too much. Go too bright and 24p video turns into a slideshow on a big screen. (At least for me)
I'm waiting for a $2000 - $3000 range 4K home theater projector with HDMI 2.0
1 more bulb replacement should hopefully get me there.
Actually I just found this today: 4K 50" LCD for $1299, prices are starting to come down.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/12/seiki-50-inch-4k-1300/
50" is a bit small for 4K, I would need to sit between 5.4ft to 6.5ft away from that to get my preferred display sharpness.
Bit too large for a pc monitor. Still I'm tempted to try it out at that price...
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Yeah I do realize these laser/LED projectors aren't there yet, especially not at 3000 dollars... But in a few years it will probably be the only way to go. It's a shame Samsung never brought their DLP LED engine they used in the last generation DLP TVs to projectors as we would already be using LED projectors if they did...
In terms of resolution, 4k at 50 inches would be a massive waste at any comfortable viewing distance. Also due to the fact DLP hides resolution loss I am not too flustered about getting a 4K projector. I would be more interested in getting a 4K projector so I can make it cover a wider aspect ration with a different lens, rather than just have it be 16:9.
