Dave & others-

Sounds like you were able to get a machine that performs well and from your other posting you got a great deal!  How can you beat that?  The demo is the key; when I shopped around for the one we got here at the office I looked a number of them, with the lights on/off, images, text, the whole enchilada. Seeing is believing, and the guys at Inkley's are terrific to work with.

So, when is 'first light'?

Joe Borgione

 David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> wrote:

Joe,

I went to the demo at Inkleys yesterday and agreed with the assessment
of Lowell, Josephine, and Bill Cowles regarding the projector. Although
it would have been great to have the increased XGA (1024x768) resolution
as well the brightness of the higher lumens, the budget did not allow
for both so a choice had to be made. The contest between the two was
hands down given to the increased lumens though. In comparisons between
a 1200 lumen projector and the 2000 lumen projector (both at native
800x600 SVGA resolution) the 2000 had much better contrast, the colors
more brilliant, much easier to read text and diagrams at a distance
(especially under florescent lighting), and seemed to have increased
resolution in its own right.

The comparison between the 2000 lumen SVGA projector and the 2000 lumen
XGA was not quite so obvious. Fine detail (especially small font) was
definitely easier to see in the XGA machine set to its native resolution
and the SVGA machine compressing the image. But when the laptop itself
was set to 800x600 resolution the SVGA in native mode performed
superbly. I'm quite delighted with their decision to purchase the 2000
lumen/SVGA projector and am looking forward to seeing it in action next
year. I think the club will be very happy.

Many thanks should continue to go to the Alcon Committee for their great
suggestion and generous purchase. Kudos to Bill Cowles and Inkleys for
their part in making this happen too!

Dave Bennett