Hi guys, long time forum member here, doing some research (quasi for myself since i will use it, but ultimately for my roommate).
Edit: I'm sorry i didnt detail the actual question. We are looking for a projecter, screen, and any hardware neccesary for a new home my roommate is purchasing. He would like to keep the budget between 2000 and 3000 USD for everything (screen, proj, etc). Overall image quality is of topmost concern. Black levels are important, 1080p is important, gaming is important but not critical. We prefer NOT to have 3d, dont really care about it.
Moving on:
Here is the back story. My roommate is buying a new house, and it has a decent sized room in the basement that is perfect for a home theater room. It looks like it can accommodate about a 120" screen, give or take, i know the previous owners had a projector and screen up because it is pre wired for the front left and center channels up front with the exits in the back of the room.
Anyways, I have all of the audio and receiver covered. He would basically be purchasing the Projector, screen, and anything necessary to connect everything up. I have HDMI cables out the wazoo so thats not a concern.
He would like to keep budget in between $2000 and $3000 for the projector, screen, and any necessary hardware.
Now, i have Klipsch RF-62 towers for L/R, and a RC-62 center channel. I've read that ideally you want an acoustically transparent screen so you can put the speakers behind the screen and the center channel as close to the center of the screen as possible. Is trying for that outside the scope of what we're looking for?
The room is not huge, i dont have exact measurements, but if i had to ballpark id say its about 13x18 or so with 8' ceilings.
As far as what would be the purpose, it would be 80% watching movies and TV shows via PS3, and HTPC via HDMI. Gaming would happen on occasion, so if there is one better suited to gaming that might be a smart thing to look for.
We dont care, nor do we want 3d, if it happens to have it, ok, but if we can get a better projector without 3d, we'd much rather go that way. Black levels are very important to us.
If i've missed anything please let me know, also, here is a picture of the room that would be used that the realtor took (no i didnt put up the twilight pictures, i do in fact have a pair between my legs). The blue wall is where the screen/speakers, etc, would go.
Edit: I'm sorry i didnt detail the actual question. We are looking for a projecter, screen, and any hardware neccesary for a new home my roommate is purchasing. He would like to keep the budget between 2000 and 3000 USD for everything (screen, proj, etc). Overall image quality is of topmost concern. Black levels are important, 1080p is important, gaming is important but not critical. We prefer NOT to have 3d, dont really care about it.
Moving on:
Here is the back story. My roommate is buying a new house, and it has a decent sized room in the basement that is perfect for a home theater room. It looks like it can accommodate about a 120" screen, give or take, i know the previous owners had a projector and screen up because it is pre wired for the front left and center channels up front with the exits in the back of the room.
Anyways, I have all of the audio and receiver covered. He would basically be purchasing the Projector, screen, and anything necessary to connect everything up. I have HDMI cables out the wazoo so thats not a concern.
He would like to keep budget in between $2000 and $3000 for the projector, screen, and any necessary hardware.
Now, i have Klipsch RF-62 towers for L/R, and a RC-62 center channel. I've read that ideally you want an acoustically transparent screen so you can put the speakers behind the screen and the center channel as close to the center of the screen as possible. Is trying for that outside the scope of what we're looking for?
The room is not huge, i dont have exact measurements, but if i had to ballpark id say its about 13x18 or so with 8' ceilings.
As far as what would be the purpose, it would be 80% watching movies and TV shows via PS3, and HTPC via HDMI. Gaming would happen on occasion, so if there is one better suited to gaming that might be a smart thing to look for.
We dont care, nor do we want 3d, if it happens to have it, ok, but if we can get a better projector without 3d, we'd much rather go that way. Black levels are very important to us.
If i've missed anything please let me know, also, here is a picture of the room that would be used that the realtor took (no i didnt put up the twilight pictures, i do in fact have a pair between my legs). The blue wall is where the screen/speakers, etc, would go.
