Subj : Digital Projectors To : JAY EMRIE From : Charles Scaglione Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 03:34 pm On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:57:00 -0400, "JAY EMRIE -> ALL" <1:123/140> wrote: Hi Jay: JE> I believe it will be necessary to buy a digital projector with the JE> best specs with reference to first, resolution, then contrast JE> ratio, then brightness in that order. JE> Brightness isn't too great a consideration since our projection distance JE> will be approximately 15'. Don't be too quick to overlook brightness (lumen output). Are you going to be projecting primarily in a darkened room? A room dimly lighted? Lights on? How about the possibility of using the projector in a larger room sometime in the future? Zoom? JE> Contrast ratio is of considerable importance but it seems that even the JE> cheaper digital projectors have good contrast ratios i.e. 2100:1 so that JE> isn't much of a worry. Most modern projectors have adequate contrast ratios. It's the older ones which suffer from poor contrast. The old projector we use for our children's ministry lacks good contrast and appears somewhat fuzzy especially when projecting children's videos. JE> The biggie is resolution. It looks like 1024 x 768 is the tops till one JE> gets over ABOUT $1500. Dell's top of the line has native 1400 x 1050 JE> SXGA+ and Auto Sync up to UXGA 1600 x 1200 but the price tag is JE> $3,500!!! You can easily spend over $3500 for a projector designed to serve large audiences. Also consider purchasing a projector which will compensate for keystone effect automatically. I think you're up to speed enough on what you desire versus price. Just don't trade off what you really need for a less expensive model. JE> Keeping this more on topic is the program necessary for doing the JE> digital projection. JE> Power Point just will not cut the mustard. It didn't take much use of it JE> to prove that point. Neither will ACDSee. Neither project the JE> image quality we must have. JE> So far PicturesToEXE (http://wnsoft.com/apr/index.html) seems to be the JE> best choice. It works with 95 on up thru XP and seems to do everything we JE> desire for our use. JE> Any suggestions as to the projector and/or program would be welcomed. I agree with Jeff. PP should do just fine provided the equipment is capable. But then again, you camera bugs are very fussy! Regards. chscag at gmail dot com --- Forte Agent 3.0/32.763 * Origin: (1:123/789.0) .