Hello all.

I'm thinking of buying a panasonic PT-AX200E But I'm Also Open To The Idea Of A DLP PJ - At The End Of The Day I Have £700 But I Can Push It To £800 If I Have To. I Allready Own A Panny PTAE-700E Which Is Just Over Three Years Old & On It's Third Bulb ( This Thing Has Been A Trooper ) No Complaints At All' Considering The Abuse I Give It - I Have Been Using This For Everything' It Is On All The Time I Use It Mostly With The Pc * Beats The Hell Out Of A 19Inch Monitor * - It Averages About Eight To Twelve Hours A Day & It's Been A Superb Little Performer - The Main Reason For The Upgrade Is This One Is Developing A Very Nice Case Of The Flickers' Stops Flickering If I Put It On High Power Tho' And Also More Worryingly It Has Started To Develop A Blue Haze On The Left & Right Hand Side Of The Image Particurlarly If The Image Is Static For To Long & I Also Noticed A Couple Of Dead Pixels Earlier - So It's Got To Go.

Anyway Should I Go With The New Panny Or Is DLP A Better Solution For Me - Considering How Much I Use It & What I Use It For. - What Would Be The Best PJ For Me In My Price Bracket.

I Live In The Uk By The Way.

Any Help & Advice Will Be Greatly Appreciated.

Damon.

First of all, it's very hard to read your post with every word capitalized. I'd avoid that if you can.

Secondly, do you know if you are susceptible to the rainbow effect (RBE)? It's a phenomenon where a small percentage of people see rainbows when viewing single chip DLP projection setups. If you are, then this is a deal breaker.

Many argue that DLP can give a better image, but LCD offers vastly superior placement and zoom flexibility in most cases.

Good luck.

Damon can you give us a few helpful points:

1. How far you need to project?
2. Dark or bright room?
3. Screen size you are looking to get?

These things help narrow it down a bit.

Appologies for the caps thing - it's a bad habit i picked up.

(01) I allready own a Ptae-700 and have done for nearly three years so' no i do not suffer from R'B'E

(02) The screen is 15ft from my projector at present.

(03) It's a very dark room windows have black out on them - it's like a tomb in here no light bleed from any where.

(04) At the moment my screen size is widescreen 16:9 - 12ft across.

Hope this helps.

Damon.

Appologies for the caps thing - it's a bad habit i picked up.

(01) I allready own a Ptae-700 and have done for nearly three years so' no i do not suffer from R'B'E

(02) The screen is 15ft from my projector at present.

(03) It's a very dark room windows have black out on them - it's like a tomb in here no light bleed from any where.

(04) At the moment my screen size is widescreen 16:9 - 12ft across.

Hope this helps.

Damon.

You do not get RBE from an LCD projector. Rainbow Effect is only seen with DLP technology and only by a very small percentage of people. You need to test for this before buying a DLP. Go to any TV store and view their large DLP TV's. If when moving your eyes side to side you see rainbow colors then you can see RBE. Then it is just a matter of to what degree and will it bother you with regular viewing.

12ft across is quite a large screen. Is that 144" diagonal? Or 144" Width?

Either way, you may appreciate the extra brightness that a projector like the AX200U puts out. While it is rated at 2000 lumens, keep in mind however this is not at it's best image settings. The flexibility in placement of this unit is also a bonus. The Panny was at the top of my list when I was shopping before I picked up a Marantz VP8600. Ultimately the VP8600 was cheaper and projects an excellent image, albeit with reduced placement flexibility.

When you find a projector that you like, plug your room and screen requirements into this calculator to see if it will work in your situation.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm

Good Luck!

Yea it's a ( 144 ) inches in width' i just measured it.

Thanx for the advice.

Damon.

A screen with a 144" width is 165" diagonal and on an AE700 you would need 16'8" of throw minimum and only receive 6fL of brightness.

If the screen was 144" diagonal, 15 feet of throw WILL give you that size and the fL moves up to 8.

The AX200 fits the same screen requirements but will double your brightness fL numbers.