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Well, I finally got my X1, and I absolutely love it. Before I would always regret when I missed seeing major movies on the big screen, but now I get that experience right at home, without all the crying babies and rustling popcorn. Movie heaven! Since I'm an FP rookie, I would love to get...

Rich, Many thanks for that long detailed reply - that's really helped me a lot. I actually haven't seen HDTV and plasma in a dedicated environment, or with my own DVDs, and I'm going to make that a priority for the coming week. It's a bit difficult to find large screen TV stores in my area...

John, Thanks for the reply. What I'm looking for...hmm...I guess the following, in order: 1) Great immersive experience for movies (guess bigger is better in this case) 2) Best quality visuals 3) Good performance in room with quite a lot of ambient light. 4) Not taking up too much...

Some friends recently bought a Mitsubishi WS-65711 65" HDTV, and I have to say it's pretty impressive. I was considering going for plasma (50"), but apart from the obvious size/weight advantage, is plasma significantly better quality? I guess the question is, if money was no object, which would...

Thanks for the heads up, Lew...I have been worried about that. The projector is likely only going to be pulled out for special movie viewings, probably in the evenings (after dark), so I'm hoping ambient light won't be a problem. What I'm REALLY hoping is that my wife will so impressed with the...

What puts me off the Z1 is that it's only 700 lumens, compared to 1100 for the X1. My setup is going to be in the family room where light isn't easily controllable, so I need to get something as bright as possible...

Mark, Nice screen! I will definately look into the DIY idea. I'll show my wife your pic when I get home and see what she thinks! Cheers, James

Oh, and I was thinking about making my own, but it needs to be easily collapsable rather than ridgid (wife's orders - has to disappear when not in use!), which is why I was looking at the ones at focused technology...looks like it would be easy to bundle the screen up in a case and take down to...

Yes, I was wondering about the light spill. Would it be better to buy a 4:3 ratio screen and black mask the top and bottom than to go for a 16:9 screen, do you think? I'm pretty much set on the X1 (it also just about caps my budget!), but I will take a look at the Z1 as well. Thanks for the...

Hi, This is my first post in the forum, and I'm pretty much a newbie in the home theater world, so bear with me if I ask stupid questions! :) Anyway...we have a large family room with a fairly small TV, and after straining to read the subtitles on a recent re-viewing of Crouching Tiger...