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Topic: Ideas for Home Theater Digital Projector
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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-30-2009 09:42 PM
Do you want a 4x3 screen, a 16x9 screen, a 2.35 screen, or some other ratio? This will affect everything else. The Epson has a zoom ratio of about 2:1 and a 16x9 chip, so you could do a 2.35 screen with side masking, if you wanted to have a cinema-like image. You would need to manually zoom and re-center the image when switching between other ratios and scope. If you aren't using a perforated screen, you will need to figure out where to put the loudspeakers, and possibly allow room for them above, below, or to the sides of the screen.
Is your 100-110" screen size a width measurement or a diagonal measurement? The math is easier if you use width and height measurements, rather than diagonals.
It sounds as if your seating will be fairly close. If we go by the SMPTE guideline that seats should be 2-4 screen heights back from the screen, and if you want a 2.35:1 screen, you are probably looking at a 3'x7' image, which is smaller than what you mentioned.
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Scott Jentsch
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From: New Berlin, WI, USA
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posted 10-12-2009 04:18 PM
The LCOS projectors can have their issues as well due to panel misalignment, which can cause softness and color separation artifacts. The Sonys do have adjustments, but there are reports that some panels are outside the realm of perfect adjustment.
That Projector Central review does address the SmoothScreen effects on the image:
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Smooth-screen filter. Panasonic home theater projectors are famous for their Smooth Screen technology--essentially a filter that removes visible pixelation. The AE4000 has this same feature. We used to think that Smooth Screen reduced the sharpness of the image. It does not. Keep in mind when setting up a competing projector with the AE4000 in a side by side test, the "0" settings on the sharpness menus are not identical. Panasonic's models always have the sharpness setting default to zero with no artificial edge enhancement. Competing models usually default to zero also, but their so-called "0" setting often has some built in edge enhancement. On such models, the sharpness control needs to be turned off, or down to -5 or -10 depending on the model in question, to equal what Panasonic models are already defaulted to. Conversely, you can turn the sharpness setting on the AE4000 up to +5 or so to more closely approximate what 0 is on competing units. Once you balance out the edge enhancement, there is no significant difference in image sharpness between the AE4000 and other models in its price range. And if you boost the Detail Clarity Processor to +3 or +4, you get an extremely sharp picture with an abundance of detail definition.
Either the reviewer drank the Panasonic kool-aid, or Panasonic has made some strides in reducing the negative aspects of the technology. Time will tell if other reviewers comment on the picture quality.
At a breakthrough price of just under $2k, the Panasonic seems like an incredibly good value! The PT-AE3000 listed at $2999, and streeted for about $2500. If this was a crappy projector with a budget reputation, it wouldn't matter, but Panasonic has a well-regarded product, and the other manufacturers are going to have to adjust their prices to compete effectively.
If I could swing $2k right now, the Panasonic would be at the top of my list to replace my Sony HS51!
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