From: Dan Johnston (dan.johnston++at++nrc.ca)
Date: 02/07/2002 08:41:19
Volodymyr Kindratenko wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Thank you for the reply. I will definitely look at DLPs, but at the moment
> I see 3 problems with them:
>
> - high cost
> - the need to replace our Mylar's mirrors as they are not perfect enough for
> such a bright projectors
> - visible pixels on the screen
>
Yep!
- cost is high for now - over $70K (US) for unit I saw. It
was not so bad when your 4 pipe computer was a
couple of million, but now a 4-pipe ONYX 300 is
just over $100K.
- we didn't demo it off a mirror, and our mirrors
in CAVE and wall are glass - so I don't know
- Yes. You get lots of square pixels, and the anti-aliasing
will only help some.
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