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Premium Projector Technology: Luminescence or Contrast Ratio

by May 24, 2016 5:31PM PDT

I ask because no projector ever has high both; it's always either. What matters more for viewing experience, high brightness or high contrast ratio? I would like to know when selecting the best possible machine which specification to skew towards.

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Contrast wins over and over.
by Forum moderator May 24, 2016 5:49PM PDT

Luminescence as in "the emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence" leaves me asking why you used that word. With a nod to The Princess Bride, that word, it's my guess you meant something else. "I do not think it means what you think it means."

Maybe you meant Lumen. That's raw power and does not reveal much else except being able to casting an image in a brighter room. Not a measure of image quality.

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Lumens
by TimidObserver May 25, 2016 2:46PM PDT

Yes, I mean lumens. Either that's high with low ratio or super high ratio with low lumens number.

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Since we can control the room lighting
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 25, 2016 3:38PM PDT

Contrast wins again.

HOWEVER if you were going to say a trade show and need to outshine harsh lighting then you need the lumens. The goal isn't the same as a home theater for this.

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