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Ultima:
Greetings Gurus and fellow Geeks! :)

I have come once again to ScriptUO seeking to find the answer to life's mysteries. I know if I am to find an answer it must be here at ScriptUO where the brightest minds gather to contemplate the mysteries of the universe.

So the big question....

Has anyone dabbled with Home Theater Projectors hooking up to a HTPC?

Do Home Theater Projectors blow the doors off a HDTV or what?

What's the verdict?

Pros & Cons?

How do you hook it up? HDMI?

So many questions...

 ;)

Ultima:
No one!?

And here I thought we actually had full fledged Geeks hanging out here.

I'm a broke Geek or else I'd be considered to give one of these guys a whirl.

People are hooking up their PS3s and XBOXs (Which I don't have either) to Projectors as well.

I'll have to post feedback to my own thread once I finish up school and find employment and have some spending money.

Maybe I can find a cheap one on Craigslist. 8)

TrailMyx:
I thought about a projection system for a while.  At work, we have lots of really good projectors we use, and I was never really able to get past the idea of watching a dark movie with one.  At Fry's here in SD, I looked into this a bit and found that I didn't really like the quality of projection systems due to the inability to watch darkly filmed movies.

I found the greatest bang for my buck was to go plasma.  I could get a big cheap screen, 1080p, 3d capable and VERY capable of watching dark movies.  Also, you immediately notice the difference over LCD when you are refreshing at 600hz. 

For me, I coupled my new Denon 3d receiver with my cheap-ish 60" plasma and my PS3 for 3d bluray.  I can't say enough good things about it other than I've run out of HDMI inputs (and my Denon has 7 inputs)..

I have a large box full of cables I pulled out of the ratsnest that was behind my old read-projection TV, Yamaha receiver.  Literally 30 lbs of cables!  God smiled when he created HDMI...  ;)

Anyhow, I fear you'll soon have that projector taking up space in your closet and collecting dust-bunnies.

Ultima:
Plasma is the way to go then? I'll have to read up on all the subtle differences...

HDMI is wonderful. My LCD has HDMI which I'm using as a monitor.

Right now I have two large Projection TVs that I wanted to use as a secondary monitor but they are old and no HDMI. One does have a DVI but it's not the same...

I tried to sell them both on craigslist.com for $150....no one wanted them.

I want a nice big 60" with HDMI like you TM! Watch all my movies with ease on my HTPC.

TrailMyx:
You'll find people that have it against plasma because they view it as "old" technology.  I dunno, every time I did a side-to-side comparison, there was just no comparison. 

Originally I was going to buy and really expensive Panasonic plasma, but then I found the LG series of 3d-1080p screens for 1/2 the money.  I haven't looked back. 

Ultimately, you should go kick the tires of a nice plasma, budget plasma and the various LCD offerings.  When I was doing my shopping, that was ultimately what it came down to - best punch for the price.  That was a year ago now, so times may be different.

If you lived closer, you could have my Sony 65" projection screen.  It's a flower pot now, but still works great.  ;)

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