WTB: Sony CPJ-200 (CPJ-100) LCD Projector
Taci
Does anybody know a reliable mail-order company selling Sony CPJ-200 or
CPJ-100 LCD Projectors? What is the street price? CPJ-200 is priced
as $1099 at Sony's WWW site. Is there any multi-system version of it?
Thanks,
Taci
Jim Haley
The latest flyer I received from Computability (Phone # 800 896 2010) shows
the CPJ-200 as a current offering. Don't know about the price, since Sony
does not allow their dealers to advertise prices other than MSRP, but I'm
sure that you can get a quotation by calling the number given.
I've had good luck dealing with Computability, and they also have good marks
in Doug Blondin's monthly mailorder survey posting, so I'd say you could
describe them as "a reliable mail-order company".
I don't know whether or not the CPJ-200 would sync to anything other than
NTSC, and also don't have any other information about this particular model.
I have seen the CPJ-100 and didn't like the excessive pixellization and
low light output. Anybody know if the CPJ-200 is any better?
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* Jim Haley ha...@col.hp.com My opinions, *
* NPI Engineering (719) 590 2716 not necessarily HP's. *
* HP Colorado Springs,CO (Thought you'd like to know) *
Taci
These are the specs for CPJ-200 from Sony's WWW site:
LCD projector display with 184k pixels
55W halogen bulb
Tilts for variable projection angles
Built-in speakers with stereo sound
For use with any video signal source
Recommended projection size up to 60"
3 lbs. 8 oz.
4 1/2" x 6 1/3" x 5 5/8"
The specs are similar to those for CPJ-100, wonder what improvements
have been made. I'll give it a try since I am not so picky about
the picture quality, but just want a big scree at home.
Thanks,
Taci
Taci
In article <4ua7vn$i...@nonews.col.hp.com> ha...@col.hp.com writes:
>In article <4u8r1k$n...@newstand.syr.edu>, tkop...@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Taci) writes:
>>
>> Does anybody know a reliable mail-order company selling Sony CPJ-200 or
>> CPJ-100 LCD Projectors? What is the street price? CPJ-200 is priced
>> as $1099 at Sony's WWW site. Is there any multi-system version of it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Taci
>
>The latest flyer I received from Computability (Phone # 800 896 2010) shows
>the CPJ-200 as a current offering. Don't know about the price, since Sony
>does not allow their dealers to advertise prices other than MSRP, but I'm
>sure that you can get a quotation by calling the number given.
>
>I've had good luck dealing with Computability, and they also have good marks
>in Doug Blondin's monthly mailorder survey posting, so I'd say you could
>describe them as "a reliable mail-order company".
>
>I don't know whether or not the CPJ-200 would sync to anything other than
>NTSC, and also don't have any other information about this particular model.
>I have seen the CPJ-100 and didn't like the excessive pixellization and
>low light output. Anybody know if the CPJ-200 is any better?
>
>--
> * Jim Haley ha...@col.hp.com My opinions, *
> * NPI Engineering (719) 590 2716 not necessarily HP's. *
> * HP Colorado Springs,CO (Thought you'd like to know) *
I talked to Sony about the differences between CPJ-100 and CPJ-200. I
was told that these units are almost the same except CPJ-200 might
allow for bigger screen sizes but according to a local dealer
40" screen size is the maximum practical size since larger sizes
are too dark or pixelized for both models.
Computability does not carry CPJ-200 and they discontinued since February.
Of course there could be a mistake, but this is what I was told.
According to Sony, only authorized dealers can provide full warranty.
Taci
Mark A Fontana
In article <4uameg$d...@newstand.syr.edu>,
Taci <tkop...@lynx.cat.syr.edu> wrote:
>I talked to Sony about the differences between CPJ-100 and CPJ-200. I
>was told that these units are almost the same except CPJ-200 might
>allow for bigger screen sizes but according to a local dealer
>40" screen size is the maximum practical size since larger sizes
>are too dark or pixelized for both models.
I own a CPJ-100, purchased in January 1995. A few weeks ago, I saw the
CPJ-200 at the Sony store in downtown Chicago. It looks almost identical
to the 100 except that it might be slightly larger. The picture quality
was no better than the CPJ-100's.
The only difference I noticed was that the CPJ-200 offers a "widescreen"
mode, selectable with a button on the top of the unit. As far as I could
tell, enabling this mode simply compresses the image vertically a bit,
leaving narrow black bars at the top and bottom. Naturally, this makes the
image look stretched in the horizontal axis. Maybe this is designed to
fix the aspect ratio when playing anamorphic laserdiscs, but it didn't
seem like the amount of horizontal expansion would give the correct results
for such discs. Compressing the image vertically results in a loss
of resolution, and since the CPJ-X00's vertical resolution is already pretty
bad, I can't see why anyone would use this mode.
By the way, the 55W halogen bulbs these projectors use do not last
very long... less than 70 hours in my experience. They also cost $80+
ordered from Sony. But I found that you can use Sylvania 50W type EXZ
halogen bulbs as a substitute. They cost less than $8 in any major
lighting supply store, and the one I've tried has lasted over 200 hours.
Physically, they look exactly like the Sony bulbs... same filament and
mirror arrangement. The only disadvantage is that the bulb focus is not
quite the same, making the corners slightly darker than the rest of the
projected image. But this is less of a distraction if you mostly
watch letterboxed movies.
Mark Fontana
(who's looking forward to the new DLP projectors)