Suggestion of a good 3D projector (1080p)

[imhh1]

Budget: 700 - 1500 $
Dlp or lcd ?

i own a dlp viewsonic 3D but the native resolution is 800X600 . Quality is very great even if its not real HD but i want native resolution of 1920X1080 with real 3D.
thanks

[Cornucopia]

Something like the Benq HT1075? (~$1100USD)

This page lists a number of 3D projectors that you could check out: http://3dvision-blog.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2784.

Scott

[imhh1]

thanks Scott

[imhh1]

after hours of research , i found two interesting projectors

1- Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 2030 (1099$) . LCD contrast 15 000 : 1
2- BenQ W1070 (1000$) DLP but contrast only 10 000:1

For almost the same price, do you think Epson is better? because of higher contrast and the lamp last longer.
also, i'm a little sensitive to rainbow effect but got used to it with my viewsonic pj5134.

[Cornucopia]

I honestly don't think you'd notice the difference in contrast in real-life settings/programs. Longer lamp life is nice.

Is it not possible to test drive them?

Scott

[turk690]

...i'm a little sensitive to rainbow effect...

Strictly speaking, this is not a "rainbow", but minute, annoying, puke-inducing little red-green-blue flashes that appear in direct proportion to the amount of motion in picture being displayed, how much you move your eyes left right up down relative to screen (following an object of interest on your 100" home theater screen), the color wheel speed & number of segments, and your own visual sensitivities.
DLP as a projection technology is currently a monopoly that came out of Texas Instruments, and as such they can price it any which way they want. There is no reason domestic projectors can't have 3 discrete DLP devices one each for RGB, but no company would make money out of what current home-theater owners would like to pay. To get around this, the scheme is reduced to a sequential color system that involves a quaint color wheel, basically like the Baird system of 1928, to get color out of just one DLP device. 3-chip DLP projectors sans color wheel do exist, priced at 5 figures or more, designed for large venue places, all the way to your friendly neighborhood cinema.
So, the better domestic $1000 DLP projector would be one whose color wheel had the most segments, and rotated at the fastest speed. 5x and 6x speeds are touted. Think of it: with a domestic color-wheel DLP projector, the viewer never sees a complete full-color picture at any instant. The R, G, and B components of the picture are sequentially flashed, and the persistence in our eyes (and brain) is supposed to meld them together into a full color picture. But not all of our eyes and brains are alike, and this melding will always produce those RGB flashes. Some don't mind, others in fact don't see them, while others get used to them.
This is why I have never bought DLP; I stick to LCD (I currently use a Panasonic PT-AE8000). Sony has its own SXRD, which can best be described as an LCD/DLP hybrid (but is also a 3-chip device).