I'm downsizing my physical Halloween yard haunt prop collection in anticipation of moving to a lot smaller house (with a lot less space for storage and a smaller lawn). The idea is to do even more video projections.
I also want to get a projector that can serve double-duty for a (modest) home theater.
Can anyone recommend specific models and vendor sources for a good WXGA projector? Don't kill me, but my budget for this, ideally, is sub-$500. Prefer not to pay more than $500. $600 absolute max if I can manage it. Please let me know the replacement cost of a lamp for whatever model you suggest. I feel the true budgeted cost of a projector, for my tastes, is:
* Projector with working lamp
* One spare lamp (I'm an IT guy so I love and need Redundancy in components; having a "hot spare" if needed)
Also, what are the differences between WXGA and XGA? Assuming the only difference is that "W" means Widescreen. And so you have a more movie theater-like experience with WXGA.
Thanks in advance!
I also want to get a projector that can serve double-duty for a (modest) home theater.
Can anyone recommend specific models and vendor sources for a good WXGA projector? Don't kill me, but my budget for this, ideally, is sub-$500. Prefer not to pay more than $500. $600 absolute max if I can manage it. Please let me know the replacement cost of a lamp for whatever model you suggest. I feel the true budgeted cost of a projector, for my tastes, is:
* Projector with working lamp
* One spare lamp (I'm an IT guy so I love and need Redundancy in components; having a "hot spare" if needed)
Also, what are the differences between WXGA and XGA? Assuming the only difference is that "W" means Widescreen. And so you have a more movie theater-like experience with WXGA.
Thanks in advance!