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Re: VIDEO LOOPING PROJECTORS: recommendation needed



Dont realy have a clue, except to say that small does NOT always mean bad.. but for gig situations you must try to get the brightest possible as stage lighting will just wipe out a poor projection. A good idea is to invest in a wide angle lense so that you can keep the projector close, or on stage, but still project big enough.
As for quality? Why do you want that then, I thought your films were LO FI... In the good old days (The Eighties) my old band had video projections of our (fictional) singer (stereo sound track , vocals left backing track (drummachine) right.)... Video projectors were really BAD (and heavy) back then, and had 3 lenses one for each colour. We used to purposely readjust them incorrectly, for that psychedelic crazy colour blur effect!!!

Ahhh ...fun times...



On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
I'm getting ready to invest in a video projector
to project the looping 'animations' that I've been creating
with very lo fi, toy video cameras.

I want to spend between $500 and $1,000
and am overwhelmed by the number of units on the market.

I also know that lumen statistics can be horribly skewed by
making the green portion of the spectrum over emphasized when
the units are shipped from the factory.

How important is contrast ratio?   Overall lumens?    
I've tried to research projectors but I figured there was so much expertise on this
forum that you all might be into proferring your advice about what to buy.

1)  the cheaper the better, obviously,  but my range is $1,000 and under
2)  I'd like to be able to project at approximately life size (so that the scale of my performance
and that of the video is about the same)
3)  I'd love it to be as quiet as possible and with the richest colors conceivable.
4)  It would be best if the size is as small as possible,  but I'd rather have a larger projector
if the quality is better, than a smaller one whose image is not as good.

Can you help me with recommendations?     The Thansgiving/Christmas sales are going to be
slamming because the economy sucks so badly so I think now is the best time to try and invest.

Thanks, in advance for your expertise   (Mark?   Emile?   others?)

yours, gratefully  Rick Walker




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