I have FOUR Questions about DLP TV's and Home Theater Projectors?

Question

1. What dose 1000 Lumens mean? dose this mean 1000 hours on a lamps life?

2. Is there a differents between a DLP TV and a Home Theater Projector lasting longer then the other.

3. Which device is better to have....let me rephrase this question, which one of the products would have less technical problems?

4. When a DLP TV's lamp life goes out isn't the same replacement a person would have to make for a Home Theatre Projector?



Thankyou for your time

Answer 1

1. Lumens is brightness. The higher this number for a front projector, the better/brighter the image and the farther you can throw it.

2. Is there a difference - nothing definitive, but my friends who have front projectors tend to only use them for DVD movies and have some other TV for casual watching.

3. I would suggest a rear-projector DLP set as being more 'mature' and therefor more reliable. The one problem with a projector is people want to make it small. This means a lot of heat in a small package and this tends to 'cook' things. Rear projector TV's have been around for 20-30 years and even if the guts have changed, the larger box gives the engineers a lot of options.

4. My lamp just went out after 3 years. I found a website on how to replace it my self, but I discovered my service contract still existed so they put in a new bulb for free.

Answer 2

An HD projector can only slightly enhance the picture quality of a standard-definition DVD right now. You'll have to wait until HD DVD and Blu-ray players become more affordable and consumer-friendly until you really notice a significant difference. The reason behind this is because your DVDs were designed to support a certain resolution (either 480i or 480p). But HD DVD and Blu-ray players are designed to play the new HD DVD and Blu-ray discs that can support 1080p resolution. That's when an HD projector will come in handy. As for DLP vs. LCD: Their pictures are almost completely the same. The only thing is that an LCD will take up less space, and a DLP will take less outta your wallet. It all depends how much you're willing to spend, and where you want to put it. But the picture quality is almost exactly alike.