30-01-2007, 22:33 | #1 |
Vodka Martini
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Projectors anyone?
My Dad's 60th birthday is coming up on March 8th and I want to get him something brilliant. He's often said he'd like to have a projector with the usual 'if I could afford to I would...' and I remember when he brought one home from work to do an assignment - he spent 2 hours working on his presentation and then spent 5 hours messing around with it.
Background stories aside, I am not quite sure where to look for something great. I'd consider most budgets as long as it isn't ridiculous, but looking to spend no more than £750 if I can avoid it. There won't be anything which requires extreme levels of detail or quality, but I would like the machine to last more than 6 months and not be tacky It would be a plus if it could be used with PC/TV/DVD/etc at will. I don't know much about technical aspects for these machines so if someone could educate me I could say more about what I'd need
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31-01-2007, 14:02 | #2 |
Baby Bore
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BenQ W100
My only reservation is thats its DLP not LCD but I'm not going to go into the merits of each. This is a great projector for the money admitedly its not HD but if you go HD your looking at the top end of £750 and if you are just going to use it for SD stuff its pointless tbh. For further info have a look here http://www.avforums.com/forums/forum...e=2&order=desc MB |
31-01-2007, 21:16 | #3 |
The Last Airbender
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Also, there are running costs involved with PJ's for things like bulbs. And at hundreds of £'s each they're not all that cheap. If you buy him the PJ, is he prepared to keep it running?
Just a thought
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03-02-2007, 16:17 | #4 |
Vodka Martini
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How long can a projector last?
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03-02-2007, 17:33 | #5 |
Bananaman
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Projectors generally last a while apart from MB's But the bulbs have an hourly MTBF measured in thousands of hours depending on the bulb. They are considered consumables.
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