OT - Plasma TV question

Peter Duniho wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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3. Use a special screen made for projectors. This is by far the best
option, but also by far the most costly. A decent screen will start at
close to a grand.


Again, I suppose it depends on your definition of "decent", but there are
plenty of usable screens out there for a few hundred bucks. No need to
spend a grand just to get a quality picture.

View them side by side and then you'll see my definition of decent.
There is simply no comparison. If you want to see fine detail in
scenery, instruments, etc., you won't be happy on a white painted wall.


Matt

Jay Honeck wrote:

They get a lot bigger than that.

http://www.i4u.com/article1082.html
http://www.i4u.com/article2217.html

However, the prices get a lot bigger also!


Dang! You ain't a-kidding.

I could buy FIVE "Mighty Grape" fuel trucks -- or one TV. Hmmm....

:-)

I wasn't suggesting you SHOULD buy one, just that you COULD. :-)

Matt

Go to www.pcmag.com
Scroll to the bottom of the page to FIND BY SUBJECT
Click on tht TV link
Read as desired.

Let me ask you a question Jay. Is the phrase "Yellow belly" a
derogatory term derived from when the US were fighting the Japanese?

The Monk

Jay Honeck wrote:
It would also be cool to have "movie nights" at the inn, showing
classic aviation movies. 'Top Gun' on a 60 inch plasma TV would be a
great draw!

Don't forget "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty"

Hee hee! Funny you should bring that up, as I just got this clip from "The
High and the Mighty" yesterday. I find it amazing that this came from a
supposedly serious movie, because it's slapstick funny:

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...hTheMighty.wmv

I think what makes it so funny is that they weren't TRYING to be funny.
Talk about "Cockpit Resource Management"!

If you're interested, you may view gigabytes of our other aviation videos
he

http://alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Peter Duniho wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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[...]
3. Use a special screen made for projectors. This is by far the best
option, but also by far the most costly. A decent screen will start at
close to a grand.


Again, I suppose it depends on your definition of "decent", but there are
plenty of usable screens out there for a few hundred bucks. No need to
spend a grand just to get a quality picture.

View them side by side and then you'll see my definition of decent. There
is simply no comparison. If you want to see fine detail in scenery,
instruments, etc., you won't be happy on a white painted wall.

Yes, you will. But a light shade of gray is best.

In the old days of sub 1000 ANSI lumen projectors, screens with various
coatings that increased gain while sacrificing viewing angle were popular.
Also, special highly reflective paints were used to increase gain but
contrast suffered. It's simply no longer an issue. A painted surface is
just fine.

moo

Jay,

I assume you are talking HDTV. If so, this is a pretty good unbiased
source of information.

Rod

http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/store/ces-2005.php

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:abiMf.824209$xm3.471164@attbi_s21...
Be sure to use good quality video cables to connect these. A typical
computer VGA cable is only good for about 10' before the signal quality
degrades. Stay away from expensive consumer cables and just get some
good industrial grade ones. Let me know if you need a source for them.
You may also want a ceiling mount bracket. Original equipment ones are
expensive (200.00). I buy them on eBay for around 50.00 or less. Again,
let me know if you need a source for one.

moo

Dang, dude, you've purchased two DOZEN big screen TVs/projectors?

Of those models. Another dozen much brighter ones. And I still have most
of them. That technology (circa 2001) was the point where big screen
projectors had shrunk to toaster size and weight and brightness of than 3K
lumens was acheived with a single long life lamp. With these cheap used
ones appearing, I haven't bought any new ones in years. And 60" plasmas
will be under 5K in a year or so. But I'd recommend the projector for your
application. You'll be very pleased with the results.

The guy at www.plasmanext.com is Dalen, not Darren, as I previously said.

m

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Dang! You ain't a-kidding.

I could buy FIVE "Mighty Grape" fuel trucks -- or one TV. Hmmm....

Here's an interesting projector for ya'...
http://www.projector.com/pgs/1914/Pr...Projector.html

28,000 lumens, 2048x1080 resolution, 400 lbs

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Given that it is so easy to Google either DLP or MEMS, it shouldn't
matter.

So why bother answering Jay's "what's a 'digital light processor'" question
at all? Google would have given him WAY more information on that than any
of us have.

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We use probably 50 where I work in our conference rooms and, trust me, the
cheap ones just don't cut it unless you are in a cave to view them.

You haven't earned my trust.

Furthermore, I have seen DLP projectors NOT "in a cave", which cost only
around $3000, and which do the job just fine. Your blanket statement is
patently false. Frankly, I don't really care to argue about the price
point, but if you insist on continuing the "you can't spend less than $5000
and get a decent projector", I don't feel I have a choice. That statement
is simply wrong.

If you want to define "decent", and you manage to come up with a definition
that supports your statement, by all means do so. But as long as you
continue to use an ambiguous term like "decent", and yet insist that a
"decent" projector can't be had for less than $5000 (or even within some
small percentage of that price), you are making incorrect and misleading
statements.

So, do you have any idea of what it is you actually mean by "decent"? That
is, some quantifiable number that describes one or more specific performance
parameters of a DLP projector? If so, then post that (or those) parameters,
and we'll see whether or not there are any projectors less than $5000 that
meet that (or those) criteria.

Pete

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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View them side by side and then you'll see my definition of decent. There
is simply no comparison. If you want to see fine detail in scenery,
instruments, etc., you won't be happy on a white painted wall.

I'm not talking about a white painted wall. I'm talking about a nice,
budget-priced screen. In any case, if the best you can come up with for a
definition of "decent" is "the difference between a $1000 screen and a $300
screen", then you haven't proven anything. You've simply chosen to define
"decent" in a way that tautologically "proves" your point.

Pete