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I've been reading that thread and it seems like it's the front runner in the $1000 range. Too bad we won't see a price drop in January since it just came out so I may be without one a little longer than I'd like.

Looks like the HC3800 is rated higher than both of the others, but st an extra $300. Can't find much about the Benq anywhere. Did it just come out?

I realized after I started researching that my budget would have to increase, especially going to a 1080p. I'm now pretty zeroed in on the Optoma HD20. any comments on that projector? Thanks

Excellent article. Based on my recent research I'm leaning towards the Optoma HD20, though st $1000 it's currently out of my budget. I'm hoping after CES in January that the prices will drop a little.

Not sure how it happened but plugging a power block that my projector was plgged into caused the outlet to trip the breaker yesterday. This in turn seems to have killed the power supply on my Infocus IN72 and either the DVI/HDMI cable or the DVI out on my Oppo DVD player. A call to Infocus had...

I've got a 100" Elite Screens. I had to spend a little extra to go with a pull up model since I'm sharing my family room as my theater until we move into a bigger house. Total cost was $199, but you can get a 100" pull down for $99 (or used to as I haven't priced them since I got mine two years...

Where did you get your curtains and how much were they?

Very nice. Much better than my current setup (which I consider version 3).

Instead of trying to muddle through all the different brand threads here, I'll just ask you experts point blank. What DVD Recorder is right for me? All that I'm wanting to really do with the Recorder is to transfer video from my Sony DV Camcorder via Firewire, create my own menus, do some...

Very nice. Love the built in shelves. That blue looks almost identical to what I used in my room.

Going to Celebration 2 & 3 was kind of a no-brainer as I'm only 2.5 hours from Indy. The big sell was to go to Celebration 1 in Denver back in 1999, but since I have family out there that we stayed with, the wife was fine with it. Now she's the one who's disappointed that we're not going to L.A...

I took JustinCleveland's comment to be a tongue-in-cheek comment. But that's neither here nor there. Here's what I spent on mine: Infocus IN72 - $469 100" Elite Screens - $199 Oppo 971 DVD Player - $199 Kenwood HTiB - $249 (already had) Cables - $40 Seating - $800 (already had)...

Thanks. Nice avatar! You probably didn't look at Phase 1, but I have a wall of Star Wars autographs (it's doubled since then thanks to Celebration 3, so I really need to put up a new picture in Phase 3.) :P In case you didn't see it, here's the direct link to them...

I don't know if Amazon is any easier for you to deal with in Canada, but that's where I got my Oppo. I also got free shipping, but it may be different for you up there.

Not to hijack this thread, but I've always noticed problems with the THX Optimizer and my 5.1 surround sound. When I would play the test on my PS2, whenever it ran the test on my rear surrounds, sound would come out of both. When I would play the test on my new Oppo, there was a delay (which I...

Well, it's no where near what a lot of you guys have done. I have to share the family room, so this is the best I can currently do in this house (Phase 3). It's definately not the ideal set up, but it's better than nothing. http://home.insightbb.com/~tjbrez1/H...r/newindex.htm Here's the...

I aspire to one day have a dedicated room that looks as good as yours. Right now, I have no choice but to share the family room using a portable screen. I'll have pictures up shortly, but they'll pale in comparision to your HT. Nice work!

Infocus has a distance calculator on their website too.

I just ordered the Oppo 971 yesterday from Amazon for $199 + FREE shipping. Don't know if anywhere else beats that or not, at least I didn't find anywhere that did. Hopefully it'll be here by the weekend so I can report on my experience with it.

I'm about 2 weeks away from having my new HT set up and running (Infocus IN72 on a 100" Elite Screen). My current setup is a 32" Magnavox TV with 5.1 surround sound. I started thinking about the first movies to break it in, which as a family I think we decided on CARS (because of the vibrant...

The projector will be the Infocus IN72. Do your eyes have trouble taking in all the screen at that distance? Or do you feel like you have to scan the screen from side to side to take it all in?

I've been reading a lot about this lately trying to figure out what will be best. I've seen a ton of different calculators and each tells me something different. Bottom line, I want to be able to get maximum enjoyment out of watching a movie without feeling like the screen is too large and...

My seating distance will be about 11.5' from the screen, with the projector at about 13' using a 100" screen. So far, it doesn't seem like anyone's using this projector, or they haven't gotten around to posting pics yet.

I am going to be purchasing the Infocus IN72 in about 2 weeks. For those of you who use this projector, could you post some screen shots of your HT using it? Thanks.

Sounds like you and I are in about the same situation. I'm putting my HT in on a shoestring budget and have started slow over the years. 3 years ago, I got a Kenwood HTiB for my surround sound at about $250. It sounds very good, and you should do well with something similiar in a small room that...

Those responses are kind of what I was afraid of, but also what I wanted to know. Looks like I'm going to have to find a creative way to avoid having the screen in front of the speakers & sub.

Due to size constraints in setting up my HT which I won't go in to, it appears that all my front speakers and sub will most likely be behind my screen (Elite Screens 100" pull-up). Of course, I'll know first hand after I get it set up, but I wanted to know if anyone else runs a set up like this...

Am I going to see a noticeable difference between the regular and premium cable?

Thanks Jim! I was getting prices from Tiger Direct which ran about $22-$25 for a 25 ft component cable. Monoprice lists the regular component cable at $9+ (currently out of stock) and the premium was $22+ (in stock). It doesn't say what brand of cable they are, but at that price, it probably...

Hi Gang! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm taking the next step in my home theater in a few weeks by going to projector (Infocus IN72) and 100" diagonal Elite Screen. I'm going to run component RGB wiring from the DVD player to the projector and was looking at wiring. The cheapest wiring...