ABaglivi
Second Unit
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- Feb 25, 2012
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- Anthony
Ran Those Redheads last night. Fabulous 3D and sound. Many thanks to the 3D Archive and to Kino.
I picked up a BenQ 2050 as solely a projector for 3-D and it's great. Bright, quiet, and it's DLP so there's zero 3-D crosstalk. House Of Wax is out of this world on the thing. Darn cheap too.A bunch of redheads arrived in my mailbox today. I don't yet have 3D capability, but have begun the process of searching for an upgrade for my projector. Hopefully by fall.
I realize it's not quite the right place for this question, but....How much does it cost to get a good 3D set up for the home these days? Is it possible to do for less than $1000?
I don't think you can do it with any new flat panel TVs for that price, but if you can go the projection route you can certainly do it for less than $1000. The inexpensive DLPs by Optoma, Vivitek, and BenQ offer excellent 3-D performance.
I picked up a BenQ 2050 as solely a projector for 3-D and it's great. Bright, quiet, and it's DLP so there's zero 3-D crosstalk. House Of Wax is out of this world on the thing. Darn cheap too.
My main projector is still a ceiling-mounted Optoma HD80 (since 2007), one of the first 1080p projectors. I have been very happy with it and will keep it going until the 4K projector thing is a little more settled. I got the BenQ HT2050 for 3-D only, since the Optoma doesn't do 3-D. I bring out the BenQ and set it up on a table when I have a 3-D Blu-ray to show. Both brands have been good to me.Interesting you would mention that one. My two finalists (even before seeing Roland's list, above) seem to be the BenQ 2050 or the Optoma HD142X. I'm currently leaning toward the Optoma as that's the brand I've had (non-HD, for more than 10 yrs) and have never experienced any issues with it, and it's more than $200 less than BenQ. Reviews for both seem stellar.
Sorry for triggering the hardware tangent....