HDTVoice.com - High-Definition Television Talk - Can I use this projector for home theater?

06-26-2003, 09:24 PM	#1
layman HDTVoice Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1	Can I use this projector for home theater? Greetings, Being on a limited budget I am, I noticed this new 2100MP projector from DELL and while it claims HDTV compatiblity, it has a native resolution of only 800x600. Now... I know that for displaying true HDTV, a projector needs to have a resolution of at least 1280x720. However, since I don't anticipate watching true HDTV material anytime soon (I have no cable and I watch mostly DVDs, currently on a 15-year old 21" Sony) and I don't want to pay now over $6K for a projector that will cost 1/4 of that when DVDs will eventually be in true HDTV - I thought perhaps I can get away with buying one of those cheap projectors? The only problem is that while I know that ordinary PAL/NTSC analog TV will look great on this projector, I have no idea whether it is going to reflect the superiority of DVD over analog signal. Has anyone used one those $1K-$1.5K projectors for viewing DVD movies? What was the experience like? Many thanks!

06-26-2003, 09:38 PM	#2
57U Runner/Cyclist/X-C Skier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 17,068	You will get the equivalent of 450P with this projector when watching 16:9 images such as HDTV or 1.85:1 DVDs. Although this is not HD, it should be "fine". You would need to spend 3X as much for a 720P projector. Type "projector" into the site's search engine and you'll find some other threads on this subject. __________________ 57U - Toronto, Rogers Cable, SA8300HD, 500GB HDD & Hitachi 61UWX10B HDTV, Yamaha RX-V1 A/V Receiver, Martin Logan Speakers. Photos --> 57U's HT SA8300HD, 250GB HDD & KDL40W3000 (Upstairs) Please don't PM me with questions that can (and should) be asked in the forum, thanks. Personal Question? Fire away.

07-01-2003, 01:09 AM	#3
twonami CCTV installer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Byron, Minnesota 8 miles west of Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic Posts: 208	HD projectors I got my Epson 820P from Dell http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/...ctQuickSpec.jsp and I'm happy with it. I was using a ViewSonic 800x600 projector and although not true HD the Image was still pretty darn good. Get minimum XGA resolution though you won't be sorry' also make sure you can select between progressive scan and interlaced, the viewsonic didn't work with my Panasonic DVD but the Epson works great. Great thing about projectors is that you dont have a big honkin box in the living room. I use a pull down screen and my wife dosen't mind it at all. Its the only way she is going to let me have a big screen TV. A good site to go to is http://www.projectorpeople.com __________________ "THIS HAS BEEN A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM" Member since 05-11-2003 Samsung 27 HDTV, Epson 820p HDTV projector, Panasonic DVD DMRE80S player/recorder, Samsung SIRT160, SONY ES receiver, BOSE 5.1 and ADS speakers, JBL Sub, Radio Shack VU190XR, DirecTV Terk 3 LNB Dish, Monster wired and protected Last edited by twonami : 07-01-2003 at 01:32 AM.

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