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grading projector
Not exactly a resolve question, but I’ve been using Resolve with a Flanders LM-2460W, and while I love that monitor, I think it’s time to go projector.
Anyone here have any experience with any grading quality projectors that they would be willing to share?
Charles Haine
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I don’t have much experience yet, having not yet received the projector we settled on, but I learned a good deal while researching it and talking to the manufacturers. Are you looking at 1080p, 2K or 4K? Rec.709 gamut or DCI and beyond? How large is your screen?
prehistoricdigital.com
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Of course, should’ve posted those specs already.
Screen will be 11 feet wide and 6ft tall (so about 12.5″ diagonally, or 150″). The project will be around 19feet from the screen.
We currently work in Rec. 709, but as we move into more feature work DCI would definitely be nice.
2K is plenty for that screen size, but stereo is important to us. SDI connection would be ideal.
thanks,
Ch:HCharles Haine
Colorist, Professor
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Well your needs seem very similar to what we were trying to outfit (we’ll have a 130″ diagonal, decided that 2K was a minimum, and that DCI colors will increasingly come in handy). Here’s what we found:
The JVC-DLA RS60U is the best “home theater” or “low budget” 3D Rec. 709 projector we found. They claim it is approaching DCI minimums, it’s cool, quiet, and small. It’s in the $10,000-$12,000 range. Downsides are 1080p, non-standard chip and lamp for Digital Cinema, possibly less stable colors…
After that you jump up to the projectors by Christie, Barco, Projection Design, Digital Projection, starting some four times more expensive than the JVC. The standouts in this range as we saw them were:
Christie 2210 – 2K and DCI colors, pretty compact and fairly cool-running on a low-wattage lamp. This is capable of using in-front-of-lens 3D tech, but has no room for behind-the-lens 3D upgrade. The dimmest available 2K projector in the Christie line. Xenon lamp (I believe a minimum of 2Kw)
Barco DP2K-P – also 2K and DCI colors, but less compact and with room for a behind-the-lens 3D upgrade. It also starts with larger chips, so they can be swapped out for a 4K light engine. Xenon lamp (minimum of 1.2K).
Projection Design Cineo35 – A smaller projector with an odd 2.5K resolution, DCI colors, but non-standard chips and LED lamp. Not yet available when I spoke to their engineers. I think these need to be paired to provide stereo. I’ll need to see it to believe…
There are a number of options that might be more appealing to you that we eliminated because we considered 2K above stereo, such as the Digital Projection Titan Reference 1080p 3D and the Christie HD3K with 3D upgrade…
If you get up to the 1.2Kw or 2Kw Xenon lamps, reducing light output will be necessary on a screen as small as yours (or mine). Unless you always work in stereo…
KC
prehistoricdigital.com
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There’s also the ProjectionDesign cineo32, which has rec.709 and is quite cheap (22k dollars or so), or the cineo32 LED, which has DCI gamut, slightly more expensive (27k dollars, I think), but will only get you up to about 120″ diagonal, because of the weaker (but wider-gamut) LED light source.
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Could a lower end monitor like the JVC mentioned above, be calibrated with something liker THX Cinespace, to get closer to a DCI compliant projector?
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