DIY vs. INFOCUS X1 DLP

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2nd screenshot

OK, Here's #2
 

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#43
proto

do i get any money if i win? lol its number 2, heaps clearer and whiter, more balanced colours ect and the shadow looks like its real especially that pimple on his face, so....... am i correct?


Trev

P.S nice pic by the way proto
 
#47
nd

yeah its just a still shot too it would look great moving not to forget cams suck also, mr harry looks abit sick in the last one, abit white, maybe too long on the plane lol but its just that scene as i said moving it would look great

trev
 
#48
AND The winner is

Of course the 2nd post is the X1.....sorry for the Harry Potter, but that's all the pictures I had from the DIY setup to compare to. I know the colors need to be adjusted a bit on the X1, that is a shot taken straight out of the box. I'll use my Avia disc to tweak it-should help a bunch.

But-look at the lights & darks!!!! look at the colors! Look at the sharpness! You can even see the fuzz on the train seat for chrissakes! Not bad for SVGA!

And all from a cool, quiet, shoebox sized box mounted up on the wall BEHIND my seating area.

Sigh...life is good.
 
#50
bulbs

Yeah, bulbs are high (approx $250) BUT Infocus just increased bulb life from 3,000 to 4,000 hrs. (new firmware)

So if I watched my X1 for 4 hours/day (not likely) the bulb should last for almost 3 YEARS. (BTW that's about 6 cents/hour)

I'll bet I'll have a kickass X2 XGA DLP by then, and pay less than I did for the X1!

Ain't technology Great?
 
#51
proto

hehehe yeah life is great or can be atleast lol that $250 for a bulb aint bad u know im impressed with that. Yeah i know about the bios thing too where they can make the bulb last longer i think its a great thing, just like comps u can make them faster lol

Trev
 
#53
I think in a few years we're going to see a dramatic price drop in LCD & DLP. That's how technology is... as soon as you get something, not only is it obsolete, but the newer better version is cheaper. An easy example is LCD monitors. A few years ago a 30ms XGA with 200:1 contrast(if you were lucky) was top of the line and cost $500 or more. Now, XGA panels with 400:1 contrast ratio and 16 ms response time cost less than $250.
 
#54
ehuwiko

yeah i tend to agree with u on that, funny how darn car prices dont go down though that sux lol i have just been working out on my new setup and the next is definatly going to be a diy, why? cos its going to be a work of art, the new are not like that and u cant mod them much so thats the main reason im staying diy for now, ive nearly got enough to buy a x-1 but ahhh others will come along and i wana make the best projector ever built in any forum even the koreans lol just worked out the deacal details and this thing is going to be hot.


Trev
 
#57
One problem with those comparison shots is that the first one is much closer to the screen, or the picture on the screen is much bigger. It would be more fair, if you took the pictures so that what's his name was the same size in both pictures. Its similar to taking a picture, moving closer and taking another picture, then saying the screen door in the second picture is worse... well, of corse, you're closer. Its the same with the size of the picture. If you are going to compare, you should at least make the size of the picture the same, also, the distance from the screen when you take th pic. I dont doubt that the X1 is better than your diy, but its kinda like a pet peave, when people make unfair comparisons... sorry bout that

Like I said, the X1 is probobly better like you, its just not a fair comparison there, thats all

Thanks!

Also, I got a cmv1512 and the picture is soooo much better than from my NEC 1545v. Just something to consider. Its really hard for any of us to compare pictures...
 
#60
Right now I have only compared my PJ to one that was from my school, about a $2500 InFocus Machine, and it was much brighter. Although, I couldn't afford one if someone gave me one for free ;-) the bulbs are way too expensive.

My current setup is:

alluminum can reflector -> 250 MH HQI -> Glass -> 1 part of split fresnel -> another part of a different split fresnel -> plexi -> LCD -> second half of second fresnel -> triplet diylabs triplet -> wall

Due to having the 2 split fresnels, my first fresnel is only 5" away from the Bulb, and is acting very mch like a condensor.

BTW, I was merely saying that the comparison was unfair, not that your results were untrue. I completely believe your results, I just think your picture comparisons are not really a good comparison.

Hopefully I have made myself clear, as I am not trying to say that the X1 sux or anything...

Thanks
 
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