Hello, Im new here, and I want to say that this forum is great, awesome resources. I have been reading at various sites about the OHP/panel setups, but have yet to find a good combo.
What OHP's and what Panel's work good together?
I'm going for most bang for the buck. I will be running computer/movies/games through this, using it to surf the net, watch movies, and play games pretty much.
What OHP's and what Panel's work good together?
I'm going for most bang for the buck. I will be running computer/movies/games through this, using it to surf the net, watch movies, and play games pretty much.
This is a standard question that people ask, and unfortunately there's no standard answer.
Rarely are there set prices for OHP's and projection panels. If you want to buy either of them new from the store, you're going to pay around $1500, not $150 like is the goal for most people.
Local surplus shops, school and university technology sell-offs, and e-bay are where people find OHP's and projection panels for decent prices.
Basically the answer is, "Whatever you can find that works for a decent price". If you go out looking for a specific panel or a specific OHP, you're going to pay more than you'd want for it, because likely as not there's other people doing the same thing.
As long as you've got a good OHP (4000 lumens or more is great), and a 640x480 panel with 32-bit color (16 will do in a pinch), then you'll be fine.
Hope that helps.
--Clint
Rarely are there set prices for OHP's and projection panels. If you want to buy either of them new from the store, you're going to pay around $1500, not $150 like is the goal for most people.
Local surplus shops, school and university technology sell-offs, and e-bay are where people find OHP's and projection panels for decent prices.
Basically the answer is, "Whatever you can find that works for a decent price". If you go out looking for a specific panel or a specific OHP, you're going to pay more than you'd want for it, because likely as not there's other people doing the same thing.
As long as you've got a good OHP (4000 lumens or more is great), and a 640x480 panel with 32-bit color (16 will do in a pinch), then you'll be fine.
Hope that helps.
--Clint
as far as I know, there are no 32-bit color panels in existance. 24-bit is pretty much as high as I've seen. This translates into appx 16.7 million colors.
16-bit color is really low too....it's only 65,536 colors. I'd aim for about 1 million colors or more if I were you.
16-bit color is really low too....it's only 65,536 colors. I'd aim for about 1 million colors or more if I were you.
Thanx guys!
Would anybody like to share their setups (OHP/Panel only) and what they gave for it? Id like to go with a good known combo so I don't have any probs...
Would anybody like to share their setups (OHP/Panel only) and what they gave for it? Id like to go with a good known combo so I don't have any probs...
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