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DLP has better black levels, but also has the awful rainbow effect.
Best HD Projector (£700-£1000 Budget)
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DLP has better black levels, but also has the awful rainbow effect.
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Reviews seem to suggest that this PJ is too big unless you have a pretty big room. Seen a youtube review and the screen size from a few meters wasn't very big at all.
From what I've read on the AVForums, this PJ sounds like it can put out a bigger image from 2-3 meters away than most due to the lens shift and higher zoom range.
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Hmm strange, ill have to read up more on them.
I have been looking at the HD20 for my first PJ.
Looking to build a set up similar to the video below.
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If you dont see the rainbow effect and you can place the projector dead center of the screen then get the optoma i think dlp has more of a film like appearence than lcd, i have the optoma hd200x and its fab.
Mine is 3m from the screen and its at 92" diag.
Mine is 3m from the screen and its at 92" diag.
Same here .92" and 3m distance. Good projector, but not perfect. You get what you pay for. My vote for Epson 3200.
Yeah the problem is it doesn't have lens shift though, which I think I'll need. Almost 100% sold on the 3200 at this point.
From reading the specs I thought the TW5900 had that as well, taken from epson website and not a huge price difference to the 3200 but I could be wrong:
'This projector is quick and simple to set up, thanks to its 2x10W speakers & its manual horizontal slider and automatic vertical keystone correction. Whatever its angle, you can easily align the projection to ensure a straight and correct image.'
Oh ok. Now I'm confused. This review says the opposite:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/projectors/1288780/epson-eh-tw5900
So it does mmm... don't know then 
had a read through this to see if it shed any light on the big difference between the lens shift and the epson description http://www.projectorreviews.com/advice/general/opticalkeystone.php if I'm reading it correctly the horizontal may be a (variable) lens shift and the vertical Keystone correction so as long as you dont have to mess with the vertical you could be good but I'm sure someone with more projector knowledge could shed some light on this.
had a read through this to see if it shed any light on the big difference between the lens shift and the epson description http://www.projectorreviews.com/advice/general/opticalkeystone.php if I'm reading it correctly the horizontal may be a (variable) lens shift and the vertical Keystone correction so as long as you dont have to mess with the vertical you could be good but I'm sure someone with more projector knowledge could shed some light on this.
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Not sure why a lot of people are talking about Lens Shift, if your room is ideal for a projector you’ll be able to stick the PJ on the middle of the screen without issue, if this is the case Lens Shift is of absolutely no use, concentrate on other factors, I personally have a Optoma HD20 and love it, but I don’t see other projectors, I read very good things about the Epson, just go for one in this kind of range, you’ll be very happy.
As for screen I read loads about them and ended up going for a cheap one from the bay, cost £112 delivered (100”) and I’m very happy with it… people will try and tell you that unless it’s worth hundreds of pounds its rubbish, but it’s all down to how much you have to spend, I’ve seeming got the worst money can buy and it’s great, everyone who sees it is very impressed.
Just my two pence!
Cheers
As for screen I read loads about them and ended up going for a cheap one from the bay, cost £112 delivered (100”) and I’m very happy with it… people will try and tell you that unless it’s worth hundreds of pounds its rubbish, but it’s all down to how much you have to spend, I’ve seeming got the worst money can buy and it’s great, everyone who sees it is very impressed.
Just my two pence!
Cheers