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There are numerous solutions available for your situation. As far as screens go, there are ready-made ones by Da-Lite, Stewart, Vu-Tec and others. Depending on your requirements, you can spend barely 100 dollars to a couple of thousand for a Vu-Tec SilverStar. A lot of the people on this forum...

Wes, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I don't have email notification turned on for some reason. I would like to swing by. Now that you have come over and pointed out the flaws in my L200, that is all I can see! BTW: the sound is great. Thanks again. Next week (August 2nd)looks...

Ron, My 200u that I bought on your recommendation works very well with my OTA HD receiver. I am sure that moving to the 500 would look better, but truly, the increased sharpness of HD is stunning even though the PJ has to scale it a little. Wes came over and took a look. Helped me get my...

More fuel on the fire. If you want to see how complicated crossover design can get, try taking a look at the Proac Response 2.5 Clone project. This legendary (among audiophiles anyway) speaker was successfully reverse-engineered. You can build one for barely 10% of the original cost. Simple...

You might want to look into a new Pioneer as well. I have the VSX-912K. It is a 6.1 with 110 watts per channel. The reason I recommend it is that it has a very clever auto setup system called MCACC. A microphone is provided that plugs into the receiver. You place it where you would normally sit...

I made a screen from 1x4"s and blackout cloth from Joannes's fabric store. Looked good and then I painted it gray. Total cost was under 40 bucks. Screen is 54" high and 95" wide. My wife was shocked over how big it was! With your Sanyo you will be amazed. I have a Panasonic PT-L200u, which is...

Ron, That would be great if you would post your AVIA settings. I have an auction on watch for an AVIA disk on eBay, but it doesn't end for a few days.

Ron, Thanks very much for all your advice on this thread and others as well. I have had my L200 for a couple of weeks now. It is very cool. I have a question to ask. I am using a 95" wide 16:9 screen using blackout cloth. I have the shiny side out. Yesterday bought some of the Valspar...

Finding one of the low cost PJ's on display will prove to be a chore. For what it's worth, a large percentage of people here bought their projectors unseen, based on reveiws by members here and on other forums. Hardly any are disappointed. It is in a way like any other commodity. If one was...

Kim, Your western exposure kills the lower end PJ's as an option unless you opt for some extreme light control solutions. Too bad. When I put on Die Another Day last night with my newly acquired component cable running out of my Panasonic RP-56 DVD with the Faroudja processor, the hairs on...

Kim, Curious why you have picked the price range you come up with. Have you seen these projectors in action? While I can already hear the moans coming, I just wanted to share with you my experience. I originally thought that I would need to spend about 10K for my equipment for my HT. I...

I built my own screen using blackout cloth and 1x4's. Joann's fabrics has blackout cloth. It runs about 6 dollars a yard. I got three yards. It has both a matte "cloth" side and a shinier PVC coated side. I used the shiny side out. The fabric comes in 54" widths. It has a fair amount of...

Picked up a DAYTON 12" TITANIC SUBWOOFER 295-400 and 250 Watt amp on eBay. Have been looking at doing a sonotube. Most of the desings I see are for ported designs, and apparently this particular driver is more suited for a sealed setup. This is going to be used in an HT environment...

I am trying to make my HT as clean looking as possible. For my speaker runs, I am thinking of terminating the in-wall runs to wall plates with banana plugs at each end. Especially at the equipment end, rather than having this loom of wires (7.1 setup) coming out of one large hole, I will...

Mine arrived today. Got home and hooked it up. Initially couldn't get an image to come out of the unit. Pushed a couple of things on the remote and voila! As you know by now, picture is very good. Controls and remote are easy to navigate. Menus make good sense. What aspect setting are you...

PartsExpress has them for $99.00

There are several ways to go to get a great screen with prices from ~20 bucks up to thousands! Blackout cloth over DIY screen. Some folks use the "rough" cloth side, others the vinyl "shiny" side. This creates a wide viewing angle matte screen.Parkland Plastic. This company makes a material...

I second the PartsExprss route. They also have fairly knowledgable technical help over the phone. If you tell them what you are trying to replace, they will be able to recommend an appropriate crossover to go with the drivers they suggest. You should be able to get very good performance for...

For your screen ideas, check out: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=267756 For your cable solutions, check out: http://www.canare.com/catalog.html If your DVD is a progressive output model of high quality, you will need to run it's component output to the VGA input via...

Thanks for your suggestions. Just need to listen to some first hand. Being in sales, I am loathe to go waste some poor commissioned guy's time to just window shop. Of course, if I don't go in at all, he is guaranteed to not sell me anything. One thing I do know is that it is very tricky to make...

Thanks for your comments. I have read good things about the Sony HS-10. Seems like a good product for under 3,000. As to speakers, you just have to listen to them to hear what is what. Maybe I am naiive, but 3,500 for speakers in a 300 sq. foot room seems a little over the top. After I got...

Need some advice. Have been perusing all sorts of sites and publications in advance of getting a new Home Theater. I live in Salt Lake City, and know of several dealers who sell and install home theater gear. I am hoping to go to them with an understanding of what they will be talking about and...