FRONT-SCREEN-Projection HDTVThe amazing little box that turns a darkened room into a real theater.
DLP and LCD Front-Screen-Projection devicesThe difference between DLP and LCD based projectors is negligible to all but the most discerning. Here's what it is: a little box that shines on the wall, or better, on a screen that looks like a movie screen. The box is unobstrusive, about the size of a telephone book, and can be suspended from the ceiling if you can figure out how to get the wires there, or placed on a coffee table.Remember my story where I asked my friend, then president of a major electronics company, if I should buy a Plasma TV (as I looked, impressed, at his) and he said "NO?" He said to get a projector. One misconception is that these have to aim exactly at the screen - the better ones have adjustments to compensate for off center placement. This is what you'll buy if you envision a multi-tiered movie-theater like DARKENED room for your family and friends to gather to watch film. Trust me: at this price point, they aren't movies. They're FILMS. I recently saw a few minutes of the black and white early scenes of The Wizard of Oz from a sweet ceiling mounted projector onto a large screen (in a dark room with rows of seats full of kids.) I was WOWED. In black and white! A quick survey of screen prices ranges from $500 to $4500. You can hang on the wall or have one roll down from the ceiling as you feel the neighbor envy. And (though you don't have to get this spendy) yes, you can catapult $10,000 for the projector itself, if you have the nerve. In fact, Bill Gates, the NEW Sony SRX-R110 Digital Cinema Projector comes home for $80,000. Want popcorn with that? That's the one you buy for your MOVIE theater. In the mall.
Front Screen Projector Plusses:Projector SizeScreen size (up to 25 feet) Bulb is replaceable No altitude limits Big WOW factor
Front Screen Projector Minuses:PlacementWiring issues Room brightness kills effect Fan noise? Some are very pricey but prices are dropping (see SXRD units and RUNCO units) Replacement Bulb cost Screen cost and placement If you saw STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH in a digital movie theater, you saw the commercial version of the DLP projector. I saw 25 foot wide actor heads on the big screen up close and personal, and I have to say, it sure looked like film to me. And apparently, the facility I saw it IN was only at half resolution, if my data is correct. Which means it could have looked even better. And I find that hard to believe.
OPINIONMovie theaters will convert to digital despite the expense. Instead of paying for schlepping around thousands and thousands of boxes of film canisters, film companies will want to distribute their films electronically. PLUS, once a theater is so equipped it is now a pipeline to ANY content - meetings, pay per view, concerts... and that is an attractive revenue stream not to be denied!If I had the money and space and neighbors to show REALLY REALLY BIG FILMS to, I'd go with this, but, truthfully, the thought of having a dedicated dark room just creeps me out a bit. I'd have to have motorized light blocking shades. And that winning lottery ticket.
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