bloodbust said:hello i am tryng to build a home theater system. i plan to have a laptop, good speakers, recvivers, dvd players, and something to play the video. i plan to get these all at powersellernyc.com because my friends all brought an item from them and was very happy. according to them they have generally the lowest prices and the best service. this is improtant because all of the stuff for my home theater can cost quiet a bundle of cash. anyways, i am tied bettween a Panasonic TH-42PX600U 42" Plasma TV and a BenQ PE8700 HD2+ DLP Projector. i am pretty sure that they both are compatable with laptop hook up.please help me chose.
HiTech said:DLP projectors are far more reliable with far less components to change tolerance over time. Pretty much just the lamp may need replacement, however that's after 3000 hrs. or more.
The good ones are impressive, bright and crisp, lightweight, last a real long time, consume little power but typically have one caveaut... the avg. units have narrow viewing angles, forcing the viewer to remain perpendicular to them. Only the real expensive ones provide off-angle viewing without picture degradation... we're talking tens of thousands of dollars though, for those kind.
bloodbust said:AHH I AM ALL TIED UP AGAIN T-T; but i already ordered a pwerconditioner from powersellernyc.com. according to them it reglates the voltage so basically its better than a surge protector. i think only they have it.
philba said:I don't believe that there are any PJs out there that are not user replacable.
I work for an institution that employs well over 100 data projectors. 1/3 of them are DLP and we have no isues with them. The new optics are perfect for ceiling mounted fixtures or table tops surfaces with little keystoning if any... and even then you can electronically crop to square up the picture. Replacement lamps are expensive and often run $300 or more (I had one that cost me $1800 for just one lamp!!). Lamps are a cinch to replace. If you can install batteries in a kid's toy, you can install a lamp. Today's new projectors yield a lamp life of 3000 to 5000 hrs with degradation slightly noticable around 2500 hrs. The projs. have a lamp life meter in them as well to notify you. If you run the lamp in economy mode you'll have slightly reduces brightness (slightly) but greatly increased lamp life. 3000 hrs or more of tv viewing is a heck of a long time!! Even at 5 hrs daily viewing, that's nearly 2 years worth of operation. And if someone is watching television for 5 hrs daily, they need a life and a hobby outside the home! (chasing women usually works!) Plasma is too expensive to service. If the repair centers learns that you're a doctor, lawyer or such, it'll be cheaper to buy the whole service center than to repair the tv!!Hayato said:I'd go for the Plasma TV.
Projectors give too much headaches, you need a good surface for projecting; you need to project at the right angle, otherwise you get distortion; the room needs to be dark, always; the projector lenses must always be clean... and so on...
HiTech said:The Sharp projector shutdown is gotten around by simply resetting the lamp hour meter using the menu to do it. I do it yearly around here when they start displaying 900hrs.
Nigel Goodwin said:Check Sharp models! - the XV-ZW60 not only isn't customer replaceable, it's also ONLY replaceable by an authorised and trained service centre!.
HiTech said:philba -- often proj. mfgrs. have two different warranties on their units. The projector itself has a longer warranty than the lamps do. Lamps are made by various companies to the mfgrs. specs for their proj. Lamps that sit around in humid wharehouses will have a shorted lifespan. Proj mfgrs cannot control the lifespan of those lamps, hence one reason for short warranties on lamps.
HiTech said:I admit that I'm not familiar with that specific model you mention but there has to be a way to reset the lamp timer without too much trouble.
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