Advice on projector

[737NUT]

Rob,

Thanks for the reply. Where did you get that, and what did the unit cost?

best,

................john

John,
Here is the link,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEUS:IT&ih=007

[JBaymore]

And being enclosed you can probably run the projector in economy mode and almost double the life of the bulb....

Bob,

I like THAT thought! That unit has an EXPENSIVE bulb...... way more than the Epson's (one thing AGAINST it).

best,

...................john

[JBaymore]

John,
Here is the link,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEUS:IT&ih=007

Rob, Thanks for the link. I'll file that for future reference in case I need to make things bigger. Hopefully the projector in the "stock" mode will do the job.

best,

.................john

[ak49er]

I'm not sure what you guys are spending for your beamers, but Bizliquidation.com and govliquidation.com have great deals. I just got my third for 150.00. OF course they don't all match but I have only spent 375.00 for three projectors, I am recycling of course, and it frees up more money for other used goodies.

[737NUT]

I'm not sure what you guys are spending for your beamers, but Bizliquidation.com and govliquidation.com have great deals. I just got my third for 150.00. OF course they don't all match but I have only spent 375.00 for three projectors, I am recycling of course, and it frees up more money for other used goodies.

Watch out on the PJ's from govliquidation!!! The last 2 i bought were inop/junk! They get rid of them for a reason, i took a chance thinking maybe a bulb. Oh well, live and learn.

[Westozy]

I spent AUD$2,300 on a new High Definition Epson EMP-TW600 with a spare globe and it is used for dual purpose. My sim is down one end of a 6 metre games room and the other side of the sims projector screen is also our home theatre screen for watching movies. It's just a quick switch on the image reverse function and I also use the sims sound system, this works really good. It also helped me convince the missus that the spend was a good idea! The kids love the big picture and we limit the use to one movie a week to conserve lamp hours.

Gwyn

[JBaymore]

ak49er,

Thanks for the lead. I'd be a bit leery of a surplus projector though... since the bulbs alone typically are 1/3 to half the price of the units. Sounds like you lucked out though....which is great.

The Epson Powerlite 77C I mentioned above is $599 direct from Epson at this point. The one I actually bought, the Viewsonic PJ358 (for the short throw capabilities), is $799 from Newegg. I could have gotten it about $100 cheaper online elsewhere... but the lower price was from some really "no name" type places. I was worried that what I would get would be a re-box, a repair/refurbish, or a scratch / dent from tham. I have dealt with NewEgg before and they are top notch.

But thanks for trying to save me some money.

best,

....................john

[JBaymore]

Thanks for the help guys.... here's the results:



best,

..............john

[luisgordo]

Hi guys,

Just to drop my two cents on this one. I recently purchased a Viewsonic PJ458D, and I'm more than happy with it. It uses DLP tech, and as such care has to be taken to be sure the "rainbow effect" won't be a problem. The unit is also quite small and light (good for business use).

Thought it could help someone.

PS: It also works great for watching movies!!

PS2: I bought mine from Tigerdirect.com, and was quite well priced too (around $680). XVGA resolution (1024x76.