This is way off-topic, but that's never stopped me before. And what
group is better qualified to pontificate about matters lying at the
intersection of computers and optics than this one?
The LCD projector in our departmental seminar room was stolen over
the weekend (!), and I have been asked to look into what we should
buy to replace it. The missing projector was a Dell 3300MP, and IMHO
it sucked. If I had a nickel for every seminar speaker who said,
"Well, you can't see this, but on my laptop it's very clear that...,"
I'd never need to write another grant.
Alas, I know very little about what's available and what performs
well. Perhaps you can save me hours of careening around the internet
researching this question. Do any of you good folks have experience
with particular projectors that you like/don't like? Or perhaps have
a reasoned opinion (or even a wild irrational idée fixe) about the
sorts of specifications a good projector should exhibit? The room in
question is not large (about 8 x 10 m, seating a max of ca. 40 people
for a talk).
I should mention that we're NOT looking for any kind of stereographic
projection here (cool as that would be); just plain, vanilla,
projection of the image shown on the laptop's screen.
Many thanks for any info you can contribute.
Pat
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Patrick J. Loll, Ph. D.
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director, Biochemistry Graduate Program
Drexel University College of Medicine
Room 10-102 New College Building
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Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA
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