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Hello all. I have been reading up on projectors and such for over a year now and I finally got a chance to sit down and see one for the first time. I was in a "Rex" store in Lewiston ID, after a nice dinner with my friends and girlfriend. First I want to say that the person that helped me, (Andrew) was quite knowledable in the subject of Projectors. They had a room dedicated to 3 projectors, but only 2 LCD.
We didn't even look at the cheaper DLP model because I am very sensitive to RBE, and think it's stupid that 20% of the people that might see my projector in its lifetime will see RBE. The other two projectors were the Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 800, and the Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 810. They were side by side and we could control lighting.
Seeing how this was my first time, seeing how it was my first time seeing 2 almost 100 inch screens side by side it took me a sec to step back and think. Both pictures looked amazing. The 810 was supposed to have a little more contrast then the 800, but neigher my freinds nor I could really see any difference. Actually the 810 seemed to have a little bit of difficulty changing from white to black during one of our HD shows we were testing it with. (It was a video of someone playing a piano and the 800 seemed more sharp) But maybe it just want calibrated correctly.
Anyways, my first comment is WOW. hehe It really seemed nice, and one of the girls didn't want to leave.
But my second comment is ... wow .. how could it be this good for only like $2300 (that includes the screen) for the 800 model. I have been doing my research for a while now and figured I was going to need to drop well over $2,000 on a projector alone (such as the PT-AX100U) but if I am overly happy with some plain old joe epson projector that I really havnt heard of on this forum (at at least .... REALLY talked about like a lot of other projectors) then maybe I would be happy with anything.
I guess my question is, how do those 2 epson models relate to all the others such as the PT-AX100U and the PT-ae900u? I know its all just opinion but.
Thanks.
oh ya also! I will not be needing a projector / speakers and such for my apartment for 6 months. How stupid would it be to buy them now compared to 6 months? Would prices alone be a major factor? I know 1080 and blueray are really starting to become a major thing, so maybe all the 720 projectors will have a major fall in prices.
Thanks.
We didn't even look at the cheaper DLP model because I am very sensitive to RBE, and think it's stupid that 20% of the people that might see my projector in its lifetime will see RBE. The other two projectors were the Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 800, and the Epson PowerLite Pro Cinema 810. They were side by side and we could control lighting.
Seeing how this was my first time, seeing how it was my first time seeing 2 almost 100 inch screens side by side it took me a sec to step back and think. Both pictures looked amazing. The 810 was supposed to have a little more contrast then the 800, but neigher my freinds nor I could really see any difference. Actually the 810 seemed to have a little bit of difficulty changing from white to black during one of our HD shows we were testing it with. (It was a video of someone playing a piano and the 800 seemed more sharp) But maybe it just want calibrated correctly.
Anyways, my first comment is WOW. hehe It really seemed nice, and one of the girls didn't want to leave.
But my second comment is ... wow .. how could it be this good for only like $2300 (that includes the screen) for the 800 model. I have been doing my research for a while now and figured I was going to need to drop well over $2,000 on a projector alone (such as the PT-AX100U) but if I am overly happy with some plain old joe epson projector that I really havnt heard of on this forum (at at least .... REALLY talked about like a lot of other projectors) then maybe I would be happy with anything.
I guess my question is, how do those 2 epson models relate to all the others such as the PT-AX100U and the PT-ae900u? I know its all just opinion but.

oh ya also! I will not be needing a projector / speakers and such for my apartment for 6 months. How stupid would it be to buy them now compared to 6 months? Would prices alone be a major factor? I know 1080 and blueray are really starting to become a major thing, so maybe all the 720 projectors will have a major fall in prices.
Thanks.
