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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 47354" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: Projector opinionsUnless you&#039;re sitting 5 feet away from a 10 foot screen, real 1920x1080 isn&#039;t going to matter. I had a 1280x800 projector for a while and the pixels were indistinguishable from 10 feet away. It looked great. Also note that DVD is 720x480, so an 800x600 projector is already too much.There are several aspect ratios to be aware of - standard computer widescreen is 16:10 (1280x800 is an example), standard HD widescreen is 16:9 (1280x720 for example), and regular computer display is 4:3. Since there is a potential for so many different sources, finding the best option is pretty difficult. I think in many cases a 4:3 screen still makes sense since most powerpoints are done on regular screens, and widescreen sources can be stretched or displayed with the black bars on the top and bottom.My personal experience says to get the brightest projector my budget will allow. Resolution and contrast ratio are secondary. And, just about any DLP projector is going to have a very high contrast ratio since they use reflection rather than transmission to display the image. LCD is generally much lower.Hopefully this relatively stream-of-consciousness post makes some sense and offers something useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 47354, member: 34"] Re: Projector opinions Unless you're sitting 5 feet away from a 10 foot screen, real 1920x1080 isn't going to matter. I had a 1280x800 projector for a while and the pixels were indistinguishable from 10 feet away. It looked great. Also note that DVD is 720x480, so an 800x600 projector is already too much. There are several aspect ratios to be aware of - standard computer widescreen is 16:10 (1280x800 is an example), standard HD widescreen is 16:9 (1280x720 for example), and regular computer display is 4:3. Since there is a potential for so many different sources, finding the best option is pretty difficult. I think in many cases a 4:3 screen still makes sense since most powerpoints are done on regular screens, and widescreen sources can be stretched or displayed with the black bars on the top and bottom. My personal experience says to get the brightest projector my budget will allow. Resolution and contrast ratio are secondary. And, just about any DLP projector is going to have a very high contrast ratio since they use reflection rather than transmission to display the image. LCD is generally much lower. Hopefully this relatively stream-of-consciousness post makes some sense and offers something useful. [/QUOTE]

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