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Originally Posted by bolox
often thought about such things as i occasionally use projectors at work (in live music enviroment- tho they are usually higher rated projectors)
One thing i would bring up is bulb life- manufacturers figures are often somewhat misleading  - bulbs tend to develop a green 'cast' during the 2nd half of there 'expected lifetime' and often at different rates which would be somewhat noticeable in a multi projector setup.
I would budget to replace at 1500-2000 hrs as a set of bulbs of matched manufacturer/batch (maybe 2-3000 hrs in eco mode)
Lens offset- the projector you list has quite a high offset which may cause some problems in setup in portrait mode. I'm sure you have the physical side worked out to get a 'virtual point of projection' but i'd be slightly concerned at getting a perfect match up with the most 'distorted edge (the normal 'top') being next to the least distorted ('bottom') of the next projector.
This is a 'theoretical' problem and you should be able to compensate with keystoneing - but it is something that would nag at me if i was spending 5k and i would certainly look for other options with less lens offset if going portrait mode if possible.
That's my thoughts anyway, be very interested to see how it goes  |
Thanks for your input!
I have considered the issue of lamp life and keystone issues which is why I want to go with probably LED based 300 to 500Lumens projectors (probably this one the vivitek qumi q2 led projectors only $500ea) which would be mounted at the back in the centre point of each screen position to avoid keystone issues. They have been reviewed to have a good image quality beyond what should be possible for a projector in this category! PS. the edge blending software or hardware would fix the offset problems.
