Wayne
Looking for a really good short throw projector that can project on a 120" screen. I need to know what screen and projector to get. Want 1080p/hd/3d ready. Budget is $4000. I am out of luck????
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You are out of luck if you want a true short throw projector (See link 1). That said, for a 120" screen at the THX optimum viewing distance (36 degree horizontal angle to left and right edge of a 16:9 screen) you need to view from 13.4 ft (2nd link). This means that unless you intend to front mount the projector and reverse project onto a translucent screen you either don't need a short throw projector or need to consider a smaller screen. I would strongly suggest considering a projector with lens shift and a fairly wide zoom lens. This can then be rear mounted on a shelf on the back wall and easily set up to fill a 120" screen from 15-20 ft back (or a smaller screen if your room isn't that deep).
For example, the Epson Powerlite 5020UB will fill a 120" screen from between 13,5 and 22 feet (3rd link). With a sub-$3000 price it (or the Panasonic AE8000 which competes with it. See last link) are likely good options.
You are out of luck if you want a true short throw projector (See link 1). That said, for a 120" screen at the THX optimum viewing distance (36 degree horizontal angle to left and right edge of a 16:9 screen) you need to view from 13.4 ft (2nd link). This means that unless you intend to front mount the projector and reverse project onto a translucent screen you either don't need a short throw projector or need to consider a smaller screen. I would strongly suggest considering a projector with lens shift and a fairly wide zoom lens. This can then be rear mounted on a shelf on the back wall and easily set up to fill a 120" screen from 15-20 ft back (or a smaller screen if your room isn't that deep).
For example, the Epson Powerlite 5020UB will fill a 120" screen from between 13,5 and 22 feet (3rd link). With a sub-$3000 price it (or the Panasonic AE8000 which competes with it. See last link) are likely good options.
How do projectors have 3-D?
Mike
I am looking at a projector that says 3d compatible.
My question is is there anything special that is needed. I buy the projector and it projects that blurry image in the screen and if I have the glasses it will appear 3d? I feel like im missing something?
http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-PJD6531w-Projector--120Hz-Lumens/dp/B0033PRQE2/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1301454968&sr=1-2
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To view content in 3D, you would have to also buy eyeglasses that are compatible with your DLP projector. Viewsonic sells them for $109 each: http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCCtpBuyRoute.jsp?ref=abc&item=3731684&qty=1 . The glasses are electronically shuttered (that's why they cost so much) and will synchronize with the alternating projected views to eliminate the doubled, blurry view that you see without 3D eyeglasses. Don't bother taking home the 3D eyeglasses from a movie theater, they will never be compatible with a home projector.
You would also have to feed 3D material to the projector from a PC that has an Nvidia 3D Vision card installed in it. This would limit your 3D viewing to mostly video games.
If that PC also had a Blu-ray drive installed, then you could get software that could convert the Blu-ray 3D video into a format that is compatible with your projector, but the resolution would be 720p, not 1080p (there are no 1080p 3D DLP projectors). You could not connect a stand alone 3D Blu-ray player directly to that projector to view 3D video, because those players do not yet convert 3D Blu-ray video (frame packed 3D) into the format needed by 3D DLP projectors (sequential 3D).
So the projector has some limitations, and would require investing in eyeglasses, a PC with an Nvidia 3D Vision graphic card, and optionally a Blu-ray disc drive. Projectors that are compatible with frame packed video are being introduced, but start at $4,500: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20017374-1.html . You can read more about home 3D projection at the link below.
To view content in 3D, you would have to also buy eyeglasses that are compatible with your DLP projector. Viewsonic sells them for $109 each: http://store.viewsonic.com/html/ibeCCtpBuyRoute.jsp?ref=abc&item=3731684&qty=1 . The glasses are electronically shuttered (that's why they cost so much) and will synchronize with the alternating projected views to eliminate the doubled, blurry view that you see without 3D eyeglasses. Don't bother taking home the 3D eyeglasses from a movie theater, they will never be compatible with a home projector.
You would also have to feed 3D material to the projector from a PC that has an Nvidia 3D Vision card installed in it. This would limit your 3D viewing to mostly video games.
If that PC also had a Blu-ray drive installed, then you could get software that could convert the Blu-ray 3D video into a format that is compatible with your projector, but the resolution would be 720p, not 1080p (there are no 1080p 3D DLP projectors). You could not connect a stand alone 3D Blu-ray player directly to that projector to view 3D video, because those players do not yet convert 3D Blu-ray video (frame packed 3D) into the format needed by 3D DLP projectors (sequential 3D).
So the projector has some limitations, and would require investing in eyeglasses, a PC with an Nvidia 3D Vision graphic card, and optionally a Blu-ray disc drive. Projectors that are compatible with frame packed video are being introduced, but start at $4,500: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20017374-1.html . You can read more about home 3D projection at the link below.
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