Epson 5010 vs BenQ W7000 vs Panasonic AE7000

[srinivas1015]

I'm currently trying to decide between the Panasonic AE7000 and the Epson 5020. I have a 150inch (12.5feet) screen and I sit 12feet away. I'm afraid of seeing pixel structure.

Advantages of Panasonic-
1)Filters to remove pixel structure/screendoor effect.


Advantages of Epson-
1)Brighter by 400lumens.
Cons:
People have reported seeing pixel structure.




What about crosstalk? I'm currently upgrading from a 720p DLP 3D Optoma HD67. Is it worth upgrading? Which route should I take?

[domingos35]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

I'm currently trying to decide between the Panasonic AE7000 and the Epson 5020. I have a 150inch (12.5feet) screen and I sit 12feet away. I'm afraid of seeing pixel structure.

Advantages of Panasonic-
1)Filters to remove pixel structure/screendoor effect.


Advantages of Epson-
1)Brighter by 400lumens.
Cons:
People have reported seeing pixel structure.




What about crosstalk? I'm currently upgrading from a 720p DLP 3D Optoma HD67. Is it worth upgrading? Which route should I take?

doesn't matter which projector u get,you are going to see SDE .
u sit to close to the screen
i sit 13' away from my 120" screen and see 0 SDE
I have the 5020UB

[MoulinBlu]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

I'm currently trying to decide between the Panasonic AE7000 and the Epson 5020. I have a 150inch (12.5feet) screen and I sit 12feet away. I'm afraid of seeing pixel structure.

Advantages of Panasonic-
1)Filters to remove pixel structure/screendoor effect.


Advantages of Epson-
1)Brighter by 400lumens.
Cons:
People have reported seeing pixel structure.




What about crosstalk? I'm currently upgrading from a 720p DLP 3D Optoma HD67. Is it worth upgrading? Which route should I take?

720p to 1080p will be a significant upgrade for sources like BD - much more so than with a conventionally sized display.

My first two projectors were both DLP. My last two were SXRD, and I think I'm going back to DLP. Only getting 5000 hours before the panel yellows is a deal-breaker for LCD for me, when the only fix costs as much as a new projector.

I'm sensitive to rainbows too - mostly because I sit close enough to the screen (approx. 1x screen width) that I have to look back and forth more often than you would at 2x. SDE isn't nearly as significant for any 1080p projector. As for Rainbows, LCD has it's own color persistence artifact with motion, very similar to phosphore persistence in CRTs. During my years living with DLP, I found that rainbows were only a problem if you subconsciously looked for them, which I had a hard time teaching myself not to do. People who don't know about the artifact don't see it or at least not nearly as much as those of us who've learned to obsess over it. Once you learn to ignore it, it tends to practically go away, which is a little harder to do with color LCDs color persistence, as it's caused by fast-moving/shaky images on the screen, more than your eyes moving from one side of the screen to the other.

The real issue with DLP is how it causes eye-strain, headaches, and nausea in some people. Fortunately, I don't fall into that "less than 10%" bracket. With the greater fill ratio, no panels to be alligned, you can't beat DLP for clarity. But it can't touch LCDs color depth. And I've never had a stuck pixel with LCD, but have had several with DLP, though they practically fixed themselves.