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I have finally seen the light between DLP & CRT what an eye opener

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rob47v

Discussion Starter · Apr 7, 2003

This past week I went to the house of a coworker of mine to help him with his Infocus DLP and I must say it looks lousy no pun intended. This was the first time I was able to make a fare comparison. He was truly upset especially after spending 1,200.00 more than I did. The pixalation was horrible the HTPC set didnot help at all. Now I would guess no Im pretty sure that this isn't so with the higher end DLPs, or is it? He was asking me how was I able to get such a clear pic from an old 1270 crt, my answer was that these units were design for such displays.

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Nich

· #2 · Apr 7, 2003

Once again, I love these stories. I think your answer was the right one.

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WanMan

· #3 · Apr 7, 2003

Keep in mind, folks, that there are many reasons why one buys a digital projector. Some are comparing them to CRTs while other are not. Call this ignorance and just their outright decision not to consider CRTs. Its their choice and respect that. After all, its their money they are spending and not yours.

Also, some of the reasons why someone would choose a digital is portability, brightness (think rooms with little or no light control), desire for the greatest sharpness (read this as a lack to converge), complete digital path (gotta love that), etc.

Although I may own a CRT, I will ALSO own, in the end, both technologies. For me, and maybe for a few others, the benefits of a digital projector are there. Neither technology can cover the responsibilities of all facets some of us require.

Each application is different, each user comes with their own set of priorities, and we are [mostly] all human, which means some will buy into what they would consider in the end as the wrong technology due to an even greater variety of reasons (ignorance, misinformation, poor demonstration examples, blind stupidity, etc.).

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draganm

· #4 · Apr 7, 2003

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some will buy into what they would consider in the end as the wrong technology due to an even greater variety of reasons (ignorance, misinformation, poor demonstration examples, blind stupidity, etc.).

you forgot to mention sales pressure from an agressive HT retailer, although i guess this could fall under the category of "poor demonstrations". It's sad when people rush down to their local A/V store without fully researching their purchase, they usually wind-up with 36" Toshiba, Sony reciever, and Bohz speakers. Thank God for forums like this one that help people get it right the first time.

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WanMan

· #5 · Apr 7, 2003

draganm, you are correct. The nature of the sales game is to sell what you have in stock, and not empower the buyer too much as to overshoot the salesman's own abilities to make for a quick sale.

But, then again, one only needs to turn to Google to find the wealth of knowledge--too bad there are quite a few computer illiterate people still roaming the planet.

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raoul

· #6 · Apr 11, 2003

He can probably tweak, filter and paint his wall grey to get a better picture. Or, he could return it and get a great machien from Curt.

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usabrian

· #7 · Apr 12, 2003

I will say this...I was at an audio video store and saw an Infocus DLP (older model, maybe 110?0 on display and thought it was horrible. Then in the room next to it they had the new Infocus 7200 DLP. It had extremely watchable black level and no viewable pixel structure. A very watchable picture. That said, there is still something missing on DLP that I cannot put a handle on, but I think this picture would make most people very happy indeed. Its too expensive though and the little box wined like a stuck pig.

Brian

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