Hey guys, I've lurked around your forums plenty before and have found lots of help troubleshooting projectors. But this time around instead of fixing something up to sell I've decided to pick something out for my own theatre.
The room I'm going to be using is light controlled and acoustically dampened. I'll be projecting on a 12ft wall from a 15ft throw.
As a hobby I like fixing up electronics, so I navigate around used auctions a lot of the time and I've found some real bargains. The last projector I used for a theatre was a business-oriented Mitsubishi XD-490U. Which isn't very good for a theatre, but I scored it for $50 with two OEM lamps. I've since resold it for plenty more than I paid for it, and having been a bit spoiled by the size of it I can't go back to a TV. So this time around I'm going to pick out something for the long term. I'm looking at PJ's around the $1000 mark, and from what I've heard the W1070 is the best thing around for that price (or 1080ST depending on room size). Now with the HT-1075 out I believe that's supposed to be the upgraded 1070, so correct me if I'm wrong on that.
So coming from an old Mitsu XGA projector, I'm sure anything I choose will blow me away. So when you speak about things like black levels, realize I'm happy with anything matching or above what that had. Which weren't blacks... they were light greys. I thought the colors were the best I'd ever seen, and this was on a 2x five segment R/G/B/W/Y color wheel. With that I'll mention, colors are the most important detail to me on the projector. I like vivid colors, perhaps even a bit too saturated.
So the deal is that the BenQ w1070 is around $800, (refurb $600) or more if you're shooting for the new model. From what I've seen I can grab a W1100 for half that price at auction. 3D for me is more of a gimmick, I don't watch any 3D movies so anything I do watch will be converted. If I were watching natively 3D movies, I'd be a lot more convinced. So with that in mind, how does the 2D performance compare? I've heard a lot of comparison with the 1200 and the 1100, where the 1200 undoubtedly wins. But I've also heard the W1070 is near just as good as the W1200 was. So I'd like to know if for half the price I'm getting half the quality of a W1070, or if they're generally the same.
Thanks!
The room I'm going to be using is light controlled and acoustically dampened. I'll be projecting on a 12ft wall from a 15ft throw.
As a hobby I like fixing up electronics, so I navigate around used auctions a lot of the time and I've found some real bargains. The last projector I used for a theatre was a business-oriented Mitsubishi XD-490U. Which isn't very good for a theatre, but I scored it for $50 with two OEM lamps. I've since resold it for plenty more than I paid for it, and having been a bit spoiled by the size of it I can't go back to a TV. So this time around I'm going to pick out something for the long term. I'm looking at PJ's around the $1000 mark, and from what I've heard the W1070 is the best thing around for that price (or 1080ST depending on room size). Now with the HT-1075 out I believe that's supposed to be the upgraded 1070, so correct me if I'm wrong on that.
So coming from an old Mitsu XGA projector, I'm sure anything I choose will blow me away. So when you speak about things like black levels, realize I'm happy with anything matching or above what that had. Which weren't blacks... they were light greys. I thought the colors were the best I'd ever seen, and this was on a 2x five segment R/G/B/W/Y color wheel. With that I'll mention, colors are the most important detail to me on the projector. I like vivid colors, perhaps even a bit too saturated.
So the deal is that the BenQ w1070 is around $800, (refurb $600) or more if you're shooting for the new model. From what I've seen I can grab a W1100 for half that price at auction. 3D for me is more of a gimmick, I don't watch any 3D movies so anything I do watch will be converted. If I were watching natively 3D movies, I'd be a lot more convinced. So with that in mind, how does the 2D performance compare? I've heard a lot of comparison with the 1200 and the 1100, where the 1200 undoubtedly wins. But I've also heard the W1070 is near just as good as the W1200 was. So I'd like to know if for half the price I'm getting half the quality of a W1070, or if they're generally the same.
Thanks!