[CLUE-Admin] Don't buy a SVGA that displays XGA

[Gus S. Calabrese]

Stick with native XGA capability


On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 17:38 America/Denver, Ski Dawg wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 16:49, El Presidente de CLUE wrote:
>> FYI - We have $1300 in the projector fund.  Any volunteers to do some 
>> searches
>> to see if we can get an XGA, < 1200 lumens projector for this price?
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Just real quick.
>
> http://www.pricewatch.com, Presentation, XGA to view it within
> Pricewatch's frames.
>
> http://www.pricewatch.com/1/93/4169-1.htm is the page outside of the
> frames.
>
> The second one listed there is a Viewsonic Litebird PJ5002 5.3-pound
> Ultra-Portable Projector from Comp-U-Plus. The description says:
>
> Up to 1024x768 XGA with 1200 ANSI Lumens , HDTV Ready, a contrast ratio
> of 300:1 & an IR Remote W/ Mouse Control (Part - PJ-500-2).
>
> Specs and info here:
> http://www.viewsonic.com/products/projector_pj500.htm
>
> The price is $1089, with $25.95 shipping.
>
> There are a couple of others that are around $1500.
>
> Most of the ones listed there for under $1600 have native SVGA 
> (800x600)
> resolution, but can also display XGA (1024x768) compressed. The low end
> ones that support native XGA (1024x768, 1280x1024 compressed) are
> starting a little over $1600.
>
> Let me know if you would like more information on these and I can do
> some more looking.
>
> --
> Doug
>
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