[Tig] Digital Projection

[colin at aarmadillo.net]

Aaron,

Projectors are a huge step forward for the post production professional over
the conventional CRT monitor. Size, resolution, stability and just about any
other technical comparison you want to make can come down on the side of a
projector except ambient light and really solid blacks in your image and of
course the size of your room.

We have been installing projectors for just over three years now and the one
thing I can be sure of is that projectors are a very personal thing. You
could have all three of the Digital Cinema projectors (NEC/Christie & Barco)
shooting the same material onto the same screen and you would not get
consensus on which one had the best picture. They are all technically
similar but the images they display are highly personalized.
The pipeline you mentioned is only enhanced by the larger viewing experience
and things like dust, pixel issues and any other artifact are more easily
identified on a larger display.

So my advice to you is take a look at your room & your budget (in that
order) and make some enquiries about the kinds of technologies that are out
there (LCD/DLP/D-ILA) and how they apply to your application. Get some high
contrast material (lots of colors and lots of shadows) together that you are
very familiar with and schedule some product demo's.

Bravo for thinking about enlarging your visual experience and good luck with
the demos

Colin Ritchie
CEO AArmadillo Inc.


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Hi guys,

I've been reading posts to this list for a while now but am just getting 
around to posting.

I know that some places use digital projection for grading sessions with 
clients.  This seems like a great path to go to me but I worry about image 
quality.  What type of projectors do you guys use and how have they worked 
out so far?  What sort of problems have they caused in your pipeline?  I'd 
love to work to a projector rather than a CRT (I suspect my clients would 
appreciate a bigger screen) but have little clue as to where to begin my 
search or at what price range I need to be looking.

Aaron Shaw

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