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shmokes:
I would unhesitatingly go with Plasma over LCD. The colors (especially black) are just better. And some LCDs (my friends nice Sony, but strangely not my far less expensive Philips) have a strange, flat look that makes things look somehow low quality and unrealistic. Not like the resolution is low, but like the source is poor quality like daytime soaps or something. It's very difficult for me to articulate, but I've seen it lots of times.

My problem with projectors (take with a giant grain of salt seeing as I've never owned one), is that it seems like it would be difficult to integrate them smoothly into the entertainment center for me. I LOVE my Harmony remote, and the idea that I can't press a single activity button (e.g., Watch Movie) and have it turn everything on and select all the proper inputs, etc., is a deal breaker. Now, I know that I could get some very long IR blasters or something to get my remote's signal back behind me to the projector, but I'm not at that point of home theater setup yet. I don't own a house, for one. So for me, I think a nice big TV is the better choice.

kahlid74:

--- Quote from: shmokes on July 02, 2012, 12:27:21 am ---My problem with projectors (take with a giant grain of salt seeing as I've never owned one), is that it seems like it would be difficult to integrate them smoothly into the entertainment center for me. I LOVE my Harmony remote, and the idea that I can't press a single activity button (e.g., Watch Movie) and have it turn everything on and select all the proper inputs, etc., is a deal breaker. Now, I know that I could get some very long IR blasters or something to get my remote's signal back behind me to the projector, but I'm not at that point of home theater setup yet. I don't own a house, for one. So for me, I think a nice big TV is the better choice.

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This makes sense except that now days everything is Receiver controlled.  A good receiver takes care of all of this including all of these things running, outputs, inputs, etc.  If you get a chance, check out the 300-700 range for receivers.  They can basically do everything you want with any type of output.

I'm a big fan of projects.  They are fantastic now for home entertainment rooms.

ChadTower:
The ironic part of that is that the receiver is generally the thing that'll last 20 years.  Of all of the parts to replace in a home theater the receiver is usually the one rock solid part that doesn't need swapping.  I have a GE receiver from the mid 60s that can still blow the windows out.  Yeah, no processed modes, but who cares when you can feel the bass in your colon?

Necroticart:

--- Quote from: crashwg on July 01, 2012, 10:39:23 pm ---I'll throw in my 2¢ and say some people are prone no nausea induced by DLP's "rainbow effect."  My wife is one of those people so our next projector will have to not be DLP.

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My wife has the same problem try an ND2 or 4 camera filter over the lens it will block most of the effect.

CCM:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 30, 2012, 03:44:22 pm ---
5)  The fact that nobody can walk between the projector and the screen while it's in use.

This is a big one I have seen a lot of people disregard until they put a theater in a small room and then nobody could leave once the movie begins.

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Huh?   So hang a flat screen on the wall in that same small room, and your view will still be blocked when people walk in front of you...

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