If the BenQ PE7700 is still available at the BenQ Store for $750 it's a real steal. I sit almost directly beneath it and seldom if ever hear its fan, if the sound is on at all.
it's only 720p though. I shine it onto a DIY 116 screen with great results accorfing to those who've seen it running.
This is regardless interlaced or progressive. (TV or DVD)
it works well also in low light as well. I can however control my lighting entirely.
A DLP single chip unit which no one hs yet to descern the screen door or rainbow effect yet. these two effects are based on the human viewing the image... not the PJ or screen itself. so IF YOU don't see it you're fine.
Ceiling is preferred. IMO.
Wirehider makes some very, very attractive and easy to use conduit to place onto ceiling or walls with which to run cabling in... signal & power. Very neat stuff indeed... and you can paint the covers!
I powered mine via removing an existing lighting fixture and use it's wall switch to turn the PJ on & off when needed. HDMI supplies the signal from an AV rec.
LCD has more placement options as many have lens shift versatility. many reviews however point to having them setup professionally for black level & color adjustments, however a good setup disc very well may suffice.
my DLP required little such attention... merely the same things one would do with their own TV to adjust to your own preffs... in essence, just had to adjust the brightness and contrast, and increse the color gain slightly.... for my own preffs... right out of the box it was fine by other accounts though.
Chadwiz' and my own setup were done for under a grand. So you should be able to do very well at $1200... depending on how you go with things.
one last note... if a controled lighting situation is indeed present, your options and results are many and very promising, whether you go LCD or DLP. The Projector People will give you honest and quite practical info on whatever they sell too.
The technology of projectors today are quite good generally speaking, so I feel it's not hard to come up with a very satisfying combination, of room, PJ, and screen. The only caveat here to bare in mind is just as with audio, there are many folks at these above mentioned AV wegbsites which are in fact 'videophiles' meaning, they are very very, picky about the minutia surrounding their setups. Consequently, better to them is measured in slight degrees here or there, so keep an open mind and stick to the main things that contribute to a good vivid colorful displayed image.
This effort won't be nearly as hard as you might think.
Good luck
it's only 720p though. I shine it onto a DIY 116 screen with great results accorfing to those who've seen it running.
This is regardless interlaced or progressive. (TV or DVD)
it works well also in low light as well. I can however control my lighting entirely.
A DLP single chip unit which no one hs yet to descern the screen door or rainbow effect yet. these two effects are based on the human viewing the image... not the PJ or screen itself. so IF YOU don't see it you're fine.
Ceiling is preferred. IMO.
Wirehider makes some very, very attractive and easy to use conduit to place onto ceiling or walls with which to run cabling in... signal & power. Very neat stuff indeed... and you can paint the covers!
I powered mine via removing an existing lighting fixture and use it's wall switch to turn the PJ on & off when needed. HDMI supplies the signal from an AV rec.
LCD has more placement options as many have lens shift versatility. many reviews however point to having them setup professionally for black level & color adjustments, however a good setup disc very well may suffice.
my DLP required little such attention... merely the same things one would do with their own TV to adjust to your own preffs... in essence, just had to adjust the brightness and contrast, and increse the color gain slightly.... for my own preffs... right out of the box it was fine by other accounts though.
Chadwiz' and my own setup were done for under a grand. So you should be able to do very well at $1200... depending on how you go with things.
one last note... if a controled lighting situation is indeed present, your options and results are many and very promising, whether you go LCD or DLP. The Projector People will give you honest and quite practical info on whatever they sell too.
The technology of projectors today are quite good generally speaking, so I feel it's not hard to come up with a very satisfying combination, of room, PJ, and screen. The only caveat here to bare in mind is just as with audio, there are many folks at these above mentioned AV wegbsites which are in fact 'videophiles' meaning, they are very very, picky about the minutia surrounding their setups. Consequently, better to them is measured in slight degrees here or there, so keep an open mind and stick to the main things that contribute to a good vivid colorful displayed image.
This effort won't be nearly as hard as you might think.
Good luck