[KayaM]

Originally Posted by loco

hi there, you dont need a CIH setup for analog CRT projector, it will throw out whatever picture you feed it, the only thing you would probably need is electronic screen masking to switch from 2.40:1 to 1.80:1 screen ratios. However you would need a digital video signal processor if you want to play blu-rays. There is no such thing as resolution in a CRT either, since there are no pixels per say. The only way to improve detail on a CRT is to go with bigger light tubes (the red green and blue tubes). So 7" tubes are about equivalent to 1080i and the bigger 9" or 11" tubes get you closer to a 1080p picture.
Personally I think CRT projectors are a dinosaur technology, but as mentioned elsewhere i belong to the xbox generation hence I prefer the digital pop and brightness of DLPs. But true cinephiles still swear by CRT projectors. Because of their natural colors, and real blacks. But they're also very very dim. you really need to have ur room pitch dark. Another problem with CRT projectors is they degrade over time just like CRT TVs of days gone by, and instead of replacing a lamp you need to replace all three picture tubes.
A close acquaintance of mine is a cinephile, he has a Barco 7" CRT projector, driven by a meridian dvd transport, and av processor and amps, running B&WE 802s. But he also thinks Blu-ray is hype. I would beg to differ as no manner of meridian electronic wizardry can take a 2mb/s picture of DVD and equate it to a 30mb/s Blu ray picture. But that is why he is a cinephile and i'm not. When I showed him the scorpion decepticon scene in the desert from transformers, on my measly 1080i 42" LCD he was impressed with the unbelievable detail but he also said that this is not film-like and felt very synthetic and plasticky, I couldn't argue with him there since it does look very plasticky. But I dont have any problems with that look and hence I wouldn't consider myself in the ranks of true cinephiles.

Nowadays though, the JVC DILA chipset for front projectors is a very very close approximation of a CRT projector picture. It would serve you well to atleast check out a store demo of one. I know a few CRT cinephiles who have finally switched over from a CRT projector to the JVC based Cineversum Blackwing series of projectors.

I remember when CDs first came out and people were harping on about how the hiss on vinyls made them sound so much warmer than CDs.