subject: Home Theater - Plasma Screens Or Modern Day Projectors? [print this page] Nothing can measure up to the thrill of watching visual effects packed movie on a home theatre. But having that pleasure in the midst of your own home with all your family and friends around just takes it to the next level.Home theatres are able to do just that.
Home theaters are of two kinds, Plasma Screens and modern projectors. And both have their pros and cons. Plasma screens can not be transported from one place to another as frequently and easily as a projector can. While a projector needs a specific kind of settings to work properly.
While the Plasma screen, set in one place will last for a lifetime no matter how often it is used, the projector on the other hand is much more depreciable. A projector screen can greatly enhance the viewing pleasure of just about anything. Yet, if it is to be used as a replacement for your normal TV, instead of the recommended 8 hours per week viewing, It can be very costly. Its bulbs (around $150 to $300 each) will need to be changed more frequently, this factor alone could take most of the pleasure out of home theater projectors. But if you have more money than you can spend, get the best projector your money can buy and have a ball while watching TV on it . Otherwise use your home theater for watching movies only.
While the audio system of a plasma screen set-up in a confined space may block sound waves and its misdirection may interfere with perfect sound quality, the audio devices with a projector have little or no affect on the sound projected since they are acoustically invisible.
A less than perfect quality of a transmission will rarely influence the visual quality of a plasma TV, it can be greatly magnified on a projector . Even though a lot of projectors are now coming with in-built scaling device to help over come this aspect of viewing.
True to its name, a projector projects images onto a screen, if you dont use the proper background for this purpose, you might not be able to enjoy watching a movie on a projector so much. For this you will need to buy a projector screen. It is very mobile and manageable but it is important to consider the possibility of damaging such an expensive purchase while moving it around.
Another thing that needs to be well thought of is the ideal space and conditions an expensive investment like a home theater will require. While the viewing pleasure gained from an LCD remains the same from any distance. But in you are putting up a home theater system with a projector, you will most certainly need a bigger room or set it up out doors.
