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scott wrote:
> Check:
>
> - Brightness
> - Native resolution
> - Size
> - Contrast ratio
> - Noise level
> - Lamp lifetime
> - Colours saturation
> - Number and type of inputs
> - Fancy extras like auto-focus, auto-keystone, USB/LAN control etc.
> - Can it be used upside down (for ceiling mount)?
Sharp PG-MB60X:
- 2500 lumens
- XGA
- 31 cm x 28.7 cm x 10.4 cm
- 1000:1 contrast
- 2000 hours lamp lifetime
Acer X1260:
- 2000 lumens
- XGA
- 26.7 cm x 18.7 cm x 8 cm
- 2000:1 contrast
- 4000 hours lamp lifetime
What am I not seeing? It's got slightly less brighness, twice the
contrast, twice the lamp time, and it's about 60% cheaper. Does not compute.
PS. Why do all the "DLP" projectors have 10x the contrast ratios of
"LCD" projectors??
PPS. Not one single product description includes noise data.
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scott wrote:
> BTW, I got a NEC NP60 for our office, because it needed to be compact
> and bright. Pretty well satisfied with it (it works well even with the
> blinds open), but I wouldn't say it was completely silent.
>
> I see it's only 650 GBP now, XGA 3000 lumens 1.6 kg.
Looks nice, but the product information I have doesn't seem to indicate
the presence of a VGA input...
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> Looks nice, but the product information I have doesn't seem to indicate
> the presence of a VGA input...
Oh it definitely has one of those!
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scott wrote:
>> Looks nice, but the product information I have doesn't seem to
>> indicate the presence of a VGA input...
>
> Oh it definitely has one of those!
OK. Wouldn't be the first time Insight's product descriptions were vague
and/or incorrect...
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Invisible wrote:
> PS. Why do all the "DLP" projectors have 10x the contrast ratios of
> "LCD" projectors??
In an LCD projector, there's a light bulb that shines through the LCD,
which subtracts out the colors you don't want on the wall at that point.
In a DLP projector, there's a light bulb that bounces off microscopic
movable mirrors that reflect the light onto the wall or not, depending
on whether you want that color there.
So in a DLP, there's basically no filter in front of the light, and the
"moving parts" don't absorb the light so they don't get hot as easily.
(Not that they stay cool, but it's not their design goal to turn light
into heat.)
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scott wrote:
>
> Makes the image look square on the wall/screen, even if the optical axis
> of the projector is not exactly perpendicular to it (good if the
> projector is portable, not much use if it is going to be fixed).
>
For fixed position lens shift rocks 100-0 over keystone. Only reasonable
keystone is auto-keystone for portable projects. If keystone is manual,
lens shift rocks over it, even on portable projector.
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> So in a DLP, there's basically no filter in front of the light, and the
> "moving parts" don't absorb the light so they don't get hot as easily.
> (Not that they stay cool, but it's not their design goal to turn light
> into heat.)
So where does all the light go in a DLP projector when you display a black
image?
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:16:04 +0200, "scott" <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
>> So in a DLP, there's basically no filter in front of the light, and the
>> "moving parts" don't absorb the light so they don't get hot as easily.
>> (Not that they stay cool, but it's not their design goal to turn light
>> into heat.)
>
>So where does all the light go in a DLP projector when you display a black
>image?
>
LOL :)
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scott wrote:
> So where does all the light go in a DLP projector when you display a
> black image?
It gets reflected the other direction, into blackness inside the
projector. The trick is, the tiny moving bits where it's focused aren't
absorbing it, but rather the big heat-sink with the cooling system (for
movie projectors) or fan (for little projectors).
It's the difference between using a rescue mirror or a smoke signal. :-)
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>> So where does all the light go in a DLP projector when you display a
>> black image?
>
> It gets reflected the other direction, into blackness inside the
> projector. The trick is, the tiny moving bits where it's focused aren't
> absorbing it, but rather the big heat-sink with the cooling system (for
> movie projectors) or fan (for little projectors).
I guess in movie projectors it's more of a problem, but in office projectors
I doubt enough heat is generated to affect the cooling design when there's a
huge inefficient light source pumping out heat a few cm away.
Anyway, I guess you can always mount the absorbing imager onto a heat sink
with some air flow if you really need to.
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