I have kind of an unusual situation but hoping someone can give me some pointers as to whether the 8350 would be appropriate. I had been playing Call of Duty on Xbox 360 in my theater but switched to my living room once I thought about how many hours I'm putting on the bulb of my projector, whose bulbs are very expensive to replace and don't last all that long. Moving my playing to the living room got my wife interested in the game, and now she wants to play whenever I play. I hate playing split screen mode, but don't want to not play with her since I can play more if she is playing with me

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Anyway, this got me thinking an ideal solution would be two affordable projectors and an extra xbox so we can both play in 'full screen' mode in the theater. The 8350 caught my attention for several reasons; the positive reviews, the lens shift (since we'd probably keep the projectors and xboxes on a portable cart, i.e. projecting upwards), not being short throw and the inexpensive replacement bulbs.
So my questions/concerns:
- My theater screen is 120" horizontal. If we want to play two 'full screen' games side by side, this means at most, I need a projector that can project a 60" horizontal image. This rules out short throw projectors since even at 5 feet they will typically be 100+ inches projected. Would the 8350 work well at whatever distance it needs to be to get the image that small?
- Expanding on the above, brightness becomes a concern when the projector is being used for such a small image. My theater is completely black walls and ceiling, dark grey floor, zero ambient light. Could the 8350 brightness be turned down enough to not be overly bright projecting a small image in a dark room?
- Anyone using it for FPS gaming have thoughts on it for that purpose?
- I'm also looking at the Acer H9500BD since it's similar in price but adds 3D support, which doesn't matter for me right now, but perhaps will in the future if new games come out that we really want to play that have 3D. If you have experience with both, or general input, would love to hear it.