I had pretty much settled on buying the Espon Powerlite Home Cinema 1080 UB until I read the review of the Sanyo Z2000 and saw that there is at least a $1100 difference in price. This will be my first projector purchase and I would like the opinions of current owners and seasoned veterans on what might be best for me, here is my setup:
I have a game-room that was just added on to my house with 7.1 speaker placement. The screen is a 92" fiberglass white screen with the white viewing area beginning about 12" from the 9' Ceiling. The projector will be mounted approximately 12' from the screen (as flush as possible, probably about 4") but may not be exactly centered on the screen. Seating will be a couch that is about 10'-11' from the screen. There are several big windows but we have fairly thick drapes that can be closed over all of them. Basically, at night (when we would mostly watch movies), it will be very dark but during the day (sports, maybe some TV, kids watching movies), there will certainly be ambient light. Blu-Ray and DVDs will be played on my Playstation 3 (sometimes games as well).
Here are my questions:
1. Does anybody think that it is worth spending the extra $1100 to get the Epson Home 1080 UB over the Sanyo and why?
2. Does my setup either eliminate either of the two or really favor one over the other?
3. The Sanyo review makes it sound like I might get some screen door effect or pixelation where the Epson does not. Has this been a problem for anyone?
4. Is there another projector that I should be considering? Other than cost, the only other requirement is that it is white to blend wit the ceiling.
5. Does anybody have any suggestions on where to order either of these? I've looked using the links from this site as well as shopping.com, etc and found the Espon for $2639 (not an authorized dealer) and the Sanyo for $1579 (after $600 rebate).
Thanks in advance for the help. This is all new to me but I am really getting excited about it and can't wait to get it all set up
I have a game-room that was just added on to my house with 7.1 speaker placement. The screen is a 92" fiberglass white screen with the white viewing area beginning about 12" from the 9' Ceiling. The projector will be mounted approximately 12' from the screen (as flush as possible, probably about 4") but may not be exactly centered on the screen. Seating will be a couch that is about 10'-11' from the screen. There are several big windows but we have fairly thick drapes that can be closed over all of them. Basically, at night (when we would mostly watch movies), it will be very dark but during the day (sports, maybe some TV, kids watching movies), there will certainly be ambient light. Blu-Ray and DVDs will be played on my Playstation 3 (sometimes games as well).
Here are my questions:
1. Does anybody think that it is worth spending the extra $1100 to get the Epson Home 1080 UB over the Sanyo and why?
2. Does my setup either eliminate either of the two or really favor one over the other?
3. The Sanyo review makes it sound like I might get some screen door effect or pixelation where the Epson does not. Has this been a problem for anyone?
4. Is there another projector that I should be considering? Other than cost, the only other requirement is that it is white to blend wit the ceiling.
5. Does anybody have any suggestions on where to order either of these? I've looked using the links from this site as well as shopping.com, etc and found the Espon for $2639 (not an authorized dealer) and the Sanyo for $1579 (after $600 rebate).
Thanks in advance for the help. This is all new to me but I am really getting excited about it and can't wait to get it all set up