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This question has been asked on other forums but I don't believe it's been asked in this one.
How do people react when they see your HT in action? I was one of the first on the block with a flat panel (Panasonic Plasma) and guests used to be amazed at the image. Now of course flat panels are everywhere and have reached "just a TV" status.
But most people don't have much experience with what good projected images can look like, so I'd expect some interesting reactions to the images/sound produced by the equipment owned by this group. (Not to mention the HT room decor etc).
I've only borrowed several different projectors (e.g. Panasonic 700AE 720p, some boardroom projectors) to play with projecting on my wall (which is very sub-optimal to say the least: bumpy, ochre-colored with a light black stain effect) and already I'm getting amazed reactions. People are blown away when they see an image that big and, especially playing HD DVDs, that clear. When my sister, who had been impressed by a demo of King Kong on my wall, brought a friend over she insisted I show him something.
It wasn't even dark - just sunset, and I had nothing but light see-through roman curtains on the bay windows so tons of light was still getting into the room. I put on "I Am Legend" on HD DVD and grimaced at how washed out the image looked but nonetheless her friend was wowed. He thought it looked amazingly clear and was very impressed.
Another friend, upon seeing 2001 (HD DVD) at about 124" wide on my wall said "My God, it's like you could fall into the picture...like it's portal."
Most surprising was a visit from my techno-geek Brother-in-Law ("BIL"). He was talking about how he finally bought a nice Sharp Aquos flat screen LCD tv and how much he and his wife were enjoying watching movies on it.
I told him of my project and asked if he wanted to see a demo. He said yes not too enthusiastically. All I had was a low-res (480) business projector that day, it still wasn't dark outside (and hence not fully dark in the room) and I put on the beginning of Transformers. As soon as the wall lit up with the image his head went back and he emitted a "wow." It was only 5 minutes into it when he started talking about how it was such a great way to watch movies and after the projector went off he started asking questions about projection and how he could get a set up like that in his place.
And that's from me, a guy who hasn't even bought a projector yet.
How about your stories?
How do people react when they see your HT in action? I was one of the first on the block with a flat panel (Panasonic Plasma) and guests used to be amazed at the image. Now of course flat panels are everywhere and have reached "just a TV" status.
But most people don't have much experience with what good projected images can look like, so I'd expect some interesting reactions to the images/sound produced by the equipment owned by this group. (Not to mention the HT room decor etc).
I've only borrowed several different projectors (e.g. Panasonic 700AE 720p, some boardroom projectors) to play with projecting on my wall (which is very sub-optimal to say the least: bumpy, ochre-colored with a light black stain effect) and already I'm getting amazed reactions. People are blown away when they see an image that big and, especially playing HD DVDs, that clear. When my sister, who had been impressed by a demo of King Kong on my wall, brought a friend over she insisted I show him something.
It wasn't even dark - just sunset, and I had nothing but light see-through roman curtains on the bay windows so tons of light was still getting into the room. I put on "I Am Legend" on HD DVD and grimaced at how washed out the image looked but nonetheless her friend was wowed. He thought it looked amazingly clear and was very impressed.
Another friend, upon seeing 2001 (HD DVD) at about 124" wide on my wall said "My God, it's like you could fall into the picture...like it's portal."
Most surprising was a visit from my techno-geek Brother-in-Law ("BIL"). He was talking about how he finally bought a nice Sharp Aquos flat screen LCD tv and how much he and his wife were enjoying watching movies on it.
I told him of my project and asked if he wanted to see a demo. He said yes not too enthusiastically. All I had was a low-res (480) business projector that day, it still wasn't dark outside (and hence not fully dark in the room) and I put on the beginning of Transformers. As soon as the wall lit up with the image his head went back and he emitted a "wow." It was only 5 minutes into it when he started talking about how it was such a great way to watch movies and after the projector went off he started asking questions about projection and how he could get a set up like that in his place.
And that's from me, a guy who hasn't even bought a projector yet.

How about your stories?