How bright does my projector need to be?

john smith

I am looking for a new projector for my home to replace the previous one. My last was always hard to see during the day so I would like my next one to be bright enough so I can watch whenever I like including daytime. I know brightness for projectors is measured in lumen so I was just wondering how many would be needed to be able to watch in ambient light conditions.

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This depends on so many factors that I can't see from here: How much ambient light? Where does it come from, relative to the screen location? How large is the screen? How much brightness do YOU find sufficient? How bright was your last projector?
Take the lumen output of your old projector, and multiply by how many times brighter you want your image.

Ambient Lighting for computers?

MrJediJunk

I have recently begun revamping my desk space when I remembered an article on Gizmodo from about a year ago, mentioning a set of USB connected ambient light projectors. I couldn't find the article. Is there anything out there like this that you can suggest?
All I got from that 'Ambient Light Projector' search was actual projectors, which I don't need lol what I am looking for is something simple to give my computer ambient lighting that matches whats onscreen. (Video games, movies, etc)

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>Why don't you Google "ambient light projectors?" I did and it came up with lots of articles. I don't know anything about this topic but if you do some research on the net you probably will find something in all the articles I saw.

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Ambient Lighting for computers?

MrJediJunk

I have recently begun revamping my desk space when I remembered an article on Gizmodo from about a year ago, mentioning a set of USB connected ambient light projectors. I couldn't find the article. Is there anything out there like this that you can suggest?
All I got from that 'Ambient Light Projector' search was actual projectors, which I don't need lol what I am looking for is something simple to give my computer ambient lighting that matches whats onscreen. (Video games, movies, etc)

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>Why don't you Google "ambient light projectors?" I did and it came up with lots of articles. I don't know anything about this topic but if you do some research on the net you probably will find something in all the articles I saw.

Projector Over Fireplace?

Robert A

I'm getting ready to move into my condo and I'm still trying to figure out how to setup the television in the room. The condo is very open with Cathedral Ceilings. The television is going to go downstairs below the loft in a room roughly 12x9 (so the distance to where it would projected is roughly 9ft and I would build a shelf on the wall).

I'm hoping to put the television over the fireplace. However, there are no electrical or cable feeds over there. Rather paying a lot of money to have them run over there, I was thinking about just using a projector. I don't watch a lot of tv so I thought this would be a good solution.

Good idea? Bad? How many lumens should I get? Looking to stay under $1k. I'm also not sure how bright the room can be. It's going to be projected on to the wall opposite of where the light comes in but I'm not sure if that will help. The room is naturally bright because there are two 10ft of glass on both sides of the fireplace.
It's a relatively nice condo so the idea is to keep the visibility of the wires to as little as possible. I have hard wood floors and I can't go under them so I'm not sure how to run them without going around the whole room.

However, I'm now starting to think that the right idea would be to have a handyman put an electrical and cable jack near the fireplace. Then cover this with a mantle. That way only a few inches of cable show up to the television.

I realize the projector is overkill but I was trying to find a simple, inexpensive answer that didn't involve running wires. The point of saying that I don't watch a lot of tv was that it would take a long time for the bulb to burn out. I wasn't sure if a projector was the right answer but I guess it wasn't.

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Agree with ansel.

Also, if you only want to pay $1k for your projector, you're going to need really good control over the ambient light in the room.

It's not that hard to run wires through your fireplace. What you see is the outside of a large open cavety. The actual flue is a metal pipe in the center. You can cut a small hole on the side of the fireplace and another behind your TV location. You can trim your holes with a drywall ring $4.00 and an open decora cover plate $1.99 on each end.

If you're not comfortable with that, try a handyman instead of a lisensed contractor. It's a very small job.

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business projector versus a home theater projector? Is there that much of a difference in black levels?

best projector with ambient light image

bjmarchini

I am budgeting about 500-600 for the project and about 100 for the screen. I can afford a 2000 projector.

A ViewSonic PJ506D SVGA (800x600) 4:3/16:9 2000 lumens business projector is going for 500 with a mail free screen and mount offer.

An InFocus In72 WVGA (852x480) 900 lumens home theater projector is going for about the same refurbished with no extras.

I have read that I really should get a home theater projector rather than a business projector like the 506D, but the lumens scares me.

I am projecting on an 80"screen with blinds and curtains closed. no lights. still some ambient light.

Which will be better. I am going to use it the a really nice DVD player, Wii and Home theater PC. No interest in HD DVDs for atleast 3-4 years when I will prob upgrade this anyway.

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I am confuse with your question. Are you saying you can afford a $2000 projector or can't afford?

Try using a home theater projector if you can. The bussiness projectors are not meant for movies. They are meant for slide shows and a small movie clip.

Now you can get a decent Epson projector that is around $3500 Canadian dollars with a $300 rebate right now. I believe the model is the Epson 1080. Epson makes a decent projector.

http://www.epson.ca/cgi-bin/ceStore/ProductCategory.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-13702

Ofcourse you can opt to get the cheaper projector. I have personally seen the Epson 1080 and it does a great job on the big screen.

There are also some decent screen around. I think you should provision more for your screen though. Try to think $1000 for a screen. They a decent Draper screen would serve you well.

On the other hand you can also paint the wall matte white and it should work as well. You can try looking for the "goo"-this stuff is supposedly able to serve as a screen.

Why would you want a a projector on your mobile phone?

chiefbeef

TI is demonstrating a prototype of a DLP pico-projector small enough to fit on finger tips.

This prototype is capable of displaying an image about the size of a sheet of paper (8.5x11 inches) in ambient light conditions and What TI DLP is demonstrating is HVGA (320x480) resolution, which is four times the resolutions of a typical mobile phone screen.

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very useful for presentations and showing others pics and vids instead of sharing around the phone.

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