I bought an InFocus ScreenPlay 4805 last month and have put about 40 hours on it, I must say the picture is rather impressive and I am pleased with the colors, black levels, and contrast but I strongly feel that I would be more satisfied with a bump in resolution -- Im not sure if the trade-off between DLP and LCD is something that will bother me or not however, I have never had a chance to view an LCD (not that I know of anyway) to compare the two -- I guess its possible some of the projectors I see when I made my trip into Classic Stereo today may have been LCD but I did not ask because I went in there to purchase my new Paradigm Studio 60s and Studio CC470 center channel speaker (
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Anyhow, back to the point -- You can pick up an AE700 or a Sanyo Z3 for some great prices factory sealed off Ebay, and even greater prices Refurbished.
This leads me to the question, those of you who obviously are more knowledgeable in the ways of projectors which do you think (going from my 4805) I would enjoy more the Panasonic or the Sanyo?
Browsing around on here I have heard people say they like both but I also hear a lot of "LCD isnt as nice as DLP" stuff, however wouldnt the increase in resolution make up for this if I was to stack up the good vs the bad?
Let me mention one thing, SCREEN DOOR EFFECT REALLY BOTHERS ME, I think my 4805 is a great little projector but the SDE always upsets me and this is one thing the 4805 definately has especially at my viewing distance (im about 10 feet away from a roughly 106" picture)
Everything I read suggests the Panasonic would be an IMMENSE improvement as far as SDE issues go, I see people claim they can stand within 5 feet from the screen and have a hard time detecting SDE, judging by mine I find that hard to believe but like I said I have not had the privelage ot experiencing one of these 720P LCD Projectors. Also how would the Panasonic and the Sanyo compare as far as SDE goes?
Im basically looking for some good input from people who have directly compared both, owned both, own either, or have at least put some viewing time into either because id love to hear what you have to say about each or even one of them. Also if you have compared any of them to the 4805 I would love to hear how colors, contrast, blacks, etc. compare.
Another important thing...
How do these 720p LCDs perform when hooked upto a PC? My 4805 kind of sucks hooked up to my PC, I mean when running fullscreen video its not too bad, not as good as my Pioneer Elite DVD player but still its not what I expected.
I want razor sharp, awesome computer display capabilities too if this is possible with a 720p LCD I definately need to know. I saw my friends Plasma set hooked up to his PC and I was VERY impressed by the sharpness and image quality, compared to my projector its sad.
So please, those of you who can set me in the right direction please do so!
I posted my projector on a local forum to see if anyone is interested in it, and I have found both of the 720p projectors in the $1300-1600 range on Ebay and/or online shops which seem like great prices especially since they are only $200-400 more than I paid for my 4805.
Thank you so much!
Anyhow, back to the point -- You can pick up an AE700 or a Sanyo Z3 for some great prices factory sealed off Ebay, and even greater prices Refurbished.
This leads me to the question, those of you who obviously are more knowledgeable in the ways of projectors which do you think (going from my 4805) I would enjoy more the Panasonic or the Sanyo?
Browsing around on here I have heard people say they like both but I also hear a lot of "LCD isnt as nice as DLP" stuff, however wouldnt the increase in resolution make up for this if I was to stack up the good vs the bad?
Let me mention one thing, SCREEN DOOR EFFECT REALLY BOTHERS ME, I think my 4805 is a great little projector but the SDE always upsets me and this is one thing the 4805 definately has especially at my viewing distance (im about 10 feet away from a roughly 106" picture)
Everything I read suggests the Panasonic would be an IMMENSE improvement as far as SDE issues go, I see people claim they can stand within 5 feet from the screen and have a hard time detecting SDE, judging by mine I find that hard to believe but like I said I have not had the privelage ot experiencing one of these 720P LCD Projectors. Also how would the Panasonic and the Sanyo compare as far as SDE goes?
Im basically looking for some good input from people who have directly compared both, owned both, own either, or have at least put some viewing time into either because id love to hear what you have to say about each or even one of them. Also if you have compared any of them to the 4805 I would love to hear how colors, contrast, blacks, etc. compare.
Another important thing...
How do these 720p LCDs perform when hooked upto a PC? My 4805 kind of sucks hooked up to my PC, I mean when running fullscreen video its not too bad, not as good as my Pioneer Elite DVD player but still its not what I expected.
I want razor sharp, awesome computer display capabilities too if this is possible with a 720p LCD I definately need to know. I saw my friends Plasma set hooked up to his PC and I was VERY impressed by the sharpness and image quality, compared to my projector its sad.
So please, those of you who can set me in the right direction please do so!
I posted my projector on a local forum to see if anyone is interested in it, and I have found both of the 720p projectors in the $1300-1600 range on Ebay and/or online shops which seem like great prices especially since they are only $200-400 more than I paid for my 4805.
Thank you so much!