1080p home cinema projectors

[rubberduck]

Hi

Am thinking about upgrading my old Sanyo PLV-Z5 to enjoy the luxuries of 1080p. What are the best options around the £500 mark?

Thanks

 

[rubberduck]

Optoma 144x or the 143.

The Benq W1050 is cheaper, and it has a bit of lens shift, but I've never been impressed by the budget Benq's image processing. It's like they cut corners to get features such as lens shift included in the budget, but threw out things you'd overlook on a demo but come to miss in everyday use after the cash has been spent.

If you don't mind buying used, Optoma's HD30 shows all the above how it's done for picture quality. If you don't mind taking a gamble on a bigger used spend, a s/h JVC X30 or X35 will leave you wondering why people bother with high-end projectors at all.

Thanks for taking the time to reply Lucid, I may well keep my eyes open for one of those second hand options over the summer and failing that buy something new. I suppose whatever I stump for it will be a big upgrade over my Z5.

I am so used to the vertical and horizontal lens shift of my Z5. Out of interest, how do you centralise the image to the projection screen on projectors without lens shift?

 

[rubberduck]

You make sure that the bracket holding the projector is in the right place to get the lens centred on the screen width, then adjust the height of the bracket to deal with any offset.

Thanks. What happens if your projector mount is none adjustable and you are slightly off the centre of the screen? Not huge amounts i.e about 20 cm in both the horizontal and vertical directions.