WASP was not the right word to use in that sense..

IMWylde

Yeah...specs look great, until you see that it's only 1000 lumens. The reason that you want a HD projector (as opposed to something that's just VGA/XGA/WXGA) is that you're going to put it on a much larger screen and therefore need a higher resolution so that your image doesn't look like crap...but at 1k lumens, you aren't going to be able to put this on a screen large enough to really make a difference. You might be able to get a 5' wide image out of this thing, in a controlled lighting environment (i.e. in the dark), but I wouldn't count on anything more.

Lupus_Yonderboy

Hmm, Giz mangled URL (can't handle parenthesis in a URL?). Should be:
'wikipedia WASP disambiguation'

Toshie

just get a screen gain of 1.4 or put some light blocking screens on the outside of your windows for your house, block out 60+% more light and xx% of heat as well, helps on your a/c usage so your electricity bill is lower so then you also save the planet.

lilaliendog

"WASP" home theater?
My acronym decoder fails me.
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Toshie

I've got an HD projector from a few years ago. It still blows away most TVs because my screen is 8 feet wide. This projector looks great, but at 50% more than other top of the line consumer level projectors, I don't think it is worth it.

TallManNY

We just got a Panasonic PT-AE1000U that we found refurbished for under $1700, and it rocks rocks rocks. It's surprisingly bright, provides great lens control with manual or remote control (no keystone adjustment needed) and connects without any fuss to our Mac mini with a DVI-to-HDMI cable.

zan

White Anglo Saxon Protestant.

So do Norman Catholics buy expensive projectors?

Enochrewt

@lupus - you don't have a clue as to what you're talking about do you? Sure, 1k lumens isn't all that much but I've seen personally a 16' wide screen using a 1200 lumen projector so to say that you could only manage a measly 5' screen is just outright silly.

dahlberg123

Uh oh...I see a nerd-spec flame war slowly festering...My own take. Brighter is better and you get what you pay for. With projectors just like everything else, you get to pick only a few of the things important to you. I guess aside from everything else, brightness just happens to be the "brag factor" about projectors IMHO.

whiteknight

@Lupus_Yonderboy: yet another guy with no clue about home theaters. 1k lumen is absolutely sufficient. everything more will just soften the black and give you a crappy experience when watching the dark knight in 1080p.

krom

I loves me projectors - I got an old piece of crap Benq firing onto an 8 foot screen and love it, though it is in my basement where external light is not a concern, therefore I agree on this Sony rig 1K lumen is fine.. of course I will upgrade soon to a 1080p - I've been eyeing the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 UB - anyone here got one?

Maksimir

Seriously, why post on topics you have NO IDEA what your talking about?? 5 feet max?? Lupus, I have a projector that puts out 1000 lumens on a 120 inch screen and the picture is as viewable as a standard TV in mid day and just awesome at night. Man, I cant stand Comic Book Guy posters...."1000 lumens is the Worst Output EVER!"

bsselp

A 1000 Lumen's is not bad for a Theater Projector. ISF calibrations usually run at about 650 lumen's in a dark room and 1200 for a fairly light room. So many times a Home Theater Projector gets thrown into the ring with inexpensive data projectors. (You know the ones you borrow from work when the SuperBowl is on!) Sony makes a good Theater Projector, the Qualia from 3 years ago has the same specs, but $29,000. I would suggest a 2.0 gain screen (if your mom needs a light to crochet your sweaters while your watching Tyra together). It's more than enough in a bright room. This product opens the door to 1080p for people on a budget. Let's just hope the bulb is cheap and they dont offset the cost like ATT did with 3G Iphones!

CEDesigner