Reading this forum and trying to find a projector I came across the rainbow issue with DLP. As a newbie and never seeing a DLP before this was a major concern for me. If you read the forum, it really seems like many many people have problems with it. I think this is due to the fact that if you don't have a problem with them, you don't post about that so it goes unnoticed.
I finally saw an NEC 260 today and no rainbows for me, my wife or the dealer. This made me think about the problem quite a bit.
1) If you put 100 people in a room who have never viewed a DLP projector and don't even know what a rainbow is, how many do you think would report seeing a rainbow type artifact when questioned afterward?
My prediction- None- or 1 or 2 might say, hmm yea I thought for one millisecond I saw a spotch of red on a white background once.
2) How many people who report seeing rainbows, actually just see them for a split second, maybe during a certain scene or two in a movie or during only a couple of SPECIFIC movies, not all the time? Is that a good reason to downgrade to a lesser rainbow free projector? Would you rather see a poorer picture all of the time? Or a great picture with maybe an occational glitch?
My conclusion- That wouldn't really bother me at all.
3) How many people who see rainbows consider themselves projector profectionists? They look for, make themselves see any minor, tiny abnormality in any projector that most newbies would not notice unless shown?
conclusion - many people who see rainbows will fall here.
I'm not there-----YET, but give me a couple years.
4) Now what is the percentage of people who still see rainbows and do not fit in above- True rainbow sensitives
prediction Very low percentage of total poplulation- 2%
Okay, I might be completely off base but go ahead a post a response tearing my conclusions apart if you like. This is all from a paranoid newbie perspective.
I finally saw an NEC 260 today and no rainbows for me, my wife or the dealer. This made me think about the problem quite a bit.
1) If you put 100 people in a room who have never viewed a DLP projector and don't even know what a rainbow is, how many do you think would report seeing a rainbow type artifact when questioned afterward?
My prediction- None- or 1 or 2 might say, hmm yea I thought for one millisecond I saw a spotch of red on a white background once.
2) How many people who report seeing rainbows, actually just see them for a split second, maybe during a certain scene or two in a movie or during only a couple of SPECIFIC movies, not all the time? Is that a good reason to downgrade to a lesser rainbow free projector? Would you rather see a poorer picture all of the time? Or a great picture with maybe an occational glitch?
My conclusion- That wouldn't really bother me at all.
3) How many people who see rainbows consider themselves projector profectionists? They look for, make themselves see any minor, tiny abnormality in any projector that most newbies would not notice unless shown?
conclusion - many people who see rainbows will fall here.
I'm not there-----YET, but give me a couple years.
4) Now what is the percentage of people who still see rainbows and do not fit in above- True rainbow sensitives
prediction Very low percentage of total poplulation- 2%
Okay, I might be completely off base but go ahead a post a response tearing my conclusions apart if you like. This is all from a paranoid newbie perspective.