Would this be acceptable for movie viewing, or is it all business?
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I would say that it's good for both. It does display at 720p so good enough for movies on the go. I have it hooked up to a roku and it plays fine with audio. The fan is a little loud but expected. The business side is awesome but meant for small presentations. I use it in a lit room and works fine. But you are talking about. A 30" screen size in a lit room. I've got it to around 100" in a dark room and shows fine. Remote is a must.
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this is a very nice practical, small-sized projector, but it has 2 drawbacks. 1. If you connect it to laptop via HDMI cable, it will block the audio output of your laptop, and you get no audio. Dell has a special cables kit that is sold for $50 extra that takes care of this problem and which you will be obliged to purchase separately. 2. Picture quality is not good enough for business presentations in a regularly lit room; it is great in a totally dark room. I bought it for my sales presentations, but found it unsuitable because of those 2 points that I mentioned above. But if you want to use it at home to watch movies at night, and connect to laptop via RGB (not HDMI), you will get audio from your laptop and a great picture. I hope the above helps you decide.
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I have used it for movies before but i would say it is not the most suitable piece of equipment to do so. It can get too noisy in the room because of the cooler working for such a long time and the projector also heats too much after long periods of use.
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Fine I guess. I cant answer more precisely cause I'm not a display or video expert. It looks great and the price is sweet....
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Look at the screen or wall you'll be projecting onto, under the expected lighting conditions. Does it look white and bright? That's exactly how dark the darkest blacks are going to be. In other words, yes, even a very expensive, very bright projector will give you a washed out image in full daylight. That may be borderline acceptable for a business presentation, but definitely not for watching movies. The best use for this projector would be for backyard/poolside/campground nighttime showings, where the portability and easy setup are paramount and lighting conditions not an issue. If you need a projector for laptop presentations, get a more recent, compact model designed specifically for this purpose (small size, high lumen, high resolution)
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That I really could not tell you. That is something you would have to ask their customer service guy Trevor about. You can reach him through the ariustek website or sometimes he answers questions on here. The picture is really good displaying movies and it looks great when hooked up through the computer so I think your presentations would look good too.
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I suppose you could though I'm not sure as to how good the quality would be. Utilizing the software video capture as a primary monitor may also have a delay with input if that would matter to you.
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It's not recommended for boardrooms, but gaming and movies are decent in low ambient light. Movie titles and credit's are legible on a 7' x 4' cloth screen at night for backyard movies.
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I am sure this project works very well, I love to use it to watch movie :] Hope it answered ur question.
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If your computer has HDMI. I had it hooked up to my laptop to watch movies.
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T.C. Thanks so much for a really thorough and helpful post. I'm far from a videophile, given my age (58) and thus waning eyesight, so as long as I see the screen and it has good clarity, that's enough. The additional bells and whistles would constitute decreasing returns to scale for me given my eyes being unable to appreciate the greater sharpness.
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For my purposes, yes. It's a second tv which I use for watching the news in the morning and evening. No movies, gaming etc.
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Sure , its almost overkill for movies use . Newer games will run but you will have to scale down the graphic settings . But for movies and videos its fine.
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Addendum to my previous answer........... it is indeed on the low side but if you are not playing serious serious games it will be fine. I am running full Blue Ray with no issues
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It's OK to listen to movies.Since it's single-side headset, it's not recommended for movie if you want to fully enjoy the movie.
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I have played 1080p clips from my lap top for seminars, and it looks good in a dark room. I agree with Mark Lessor, it isn't a home theater quality.
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I do not see it having a problem as long as server can feed quick enough over network. I attach directly to tv and have movies running on it all the time as a server so I know it handles 1080p fine w/o network. Get 4gig memory and increase buffer size if you have any issues.
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Yes, to the first two, I don't watch movies on my pc. I do gaming a lot and both my wife and I have this monitor. Very pleased and would recommend it. Good luck.
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This MacBook will allow you to watch movies. So yes you will be able to stream movies online without a problem. Thanks Discount Mac Depot