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Anyone?

We bought a couple of those 3 months ago : http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sony-VPL-EX3.htm

They're doing the job very fine, even in very bright room (all the fluorescents on and lots of sunlight)

You will definitely want to lean towards a "business" oriented projector versus home theater as they will typically put out more lumens which is what you will need the most in those situations. Also the business projectors are 4:3 native versus 16:9, and most of your material will be 4:3.

You will definitely want to lean towards a "business" oriented projector versus home theater as they will typically put out more lumens which is what you will need the most in those situations. Also the business projectors are 4:3 native versus 16:9, and most of your material will be 4:3.

I was considering a Planar PR5020 (3000 Lumens) projector for my home theater. But it is a business projector. What are the differences between a "business" projector and "home theater" projector.

The above projector seems to have enough resolution for 720p stuff.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Planar-PR5020.htm

It has a DVI-D input. Wont an HDMI to DVI-D cable work with an HDMI device ?

Thanks for any inputs.

I don't know anything in particular about the Planar unit, but I can offer the differences between business and home theater projectors.

Typically your slideshow presentations are going to be 1024x768 etc, which are 4:3 ratio computer resolutions. A native 480p, 720p, 1080p projector will display in 16:9 ratio (AKA to some as "widescreen") natively as they are meant for home theater. For your application it sounds like you will be connecting a laptop or DVD player and displaying 4:3 (Standard Definition) media, therefore you do not want a 16:9 native projector, thus putting you in to the league of business projectors, which that is what they are designed for. Also a lot of them will have a built in speaker (although not the greatest) it will get the job done without having to carry additional audio equipment.

I don't know anything in particular about the Planar unit, but I can offer the differences between business and home theater projectors.

Typically your slideshow presentations are going to be 1024x768 etc, which are 4:3 ratio computer resolutions. A native 480p, 720p, 1080p projector will display in 16:9 ratio (AKA to some as "widescreen") natively as they are meant for home theater. For your application it sounds like you will be connecting a laptop or DVD player and displaying 4:3 (Standard Definition) media, therefore you do not want a 16:9 native projector, thus putting you in to the league of business projectors, which that is what they are designed for. Also a lot of them will have a built in speaker (although not the greatest) it will get the job done without having to carry additional audio equipment.

Since the projector can do 1400x1050, I was thinking it should be able to handle 720p correctly. I was wondering if it would "scale" the 1080i images correctly.

1400x1050 is still 4:3 - you will not like the results of 720p HD because it will only use part of the screen with black bars above and below the picture; unless of course 4:3 is what you will be primarily viewing.

PJ Central says it is 4:3 native and 1024x768 native. Your 720p will be scaled to 480p and will have the black bars.

1400x1050 is still 4:3 - you will not like the results of 720p HD because it will only use part of the screen with black bars above and below the picture; unless of course 4:3 is what you will be primarily viewing.

PJ Central says it is 4:3 native and 1024x768 native. Your 720p will be scaled to 480p and will have the black bars.

Thanks for the great input !!!

But if I use an HDTV tuner card which outputs via DVI will not I get the full resolution just like I get on my monitor ?