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Old 09-04-2009, 1:28 PM   #11
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Re: DLP vs LCD

I wonder, wild quinine, if you had a faulty dlp projector. Your reaction was clearly very strong but I really don't remember reading of anyone having such a strong reaction to a modern projector. What was the projector that caused you such a problem?

The DLP versus LCD topic is one that has been discussed for years and years and there are loads of people who have chosen to go the dlp route for a better picture. It is now rare to read of people who are bothered by the rainbow effect. As i said in my last post I've never seen anything on the scale of the incidence nor on how alienating it is but I suspect that both are now quite rare.

That said I do of course accept that for some the rainbow effect is completely unnacceptable. I do remember a thread - years ago - in which some of us were speculating as to the reason for this, was it to do with the eye or the brain. We ended up accepting that we hadn't a clue!

I have to say that when people see my projector in action for the first time I have never - not once - had anyone mention rainbows unprompted. They used to with the NEC. When prompted I have only had one person agree he'd seen one. Just one. Ever. Not scientific, I know, but quite a lot of people have seen it.

Usual reaction... Wow, where can I get one of those followed by what does it cost.
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