i am looking to upgrade my home theater and keep extra spending at bay. I came across this receiver/dvd system at best buy.com and liked the price and the rave reviews it was getting. i have a projector, and right now i am only able to use component input through an adapter onto the back [...]

I’m going to project from a coffee table in front of our couch. I will hang a pull down screen from below our fireplace mantle, that will only be 60 inches diagonal. The projector will be about 7 feet from the screen, or less. I would like to project dvd’s mainly. Probably [...]

Can someone please plop down a list of home theatre projector brandnames?
I would say viewsonic and Benq are kind of economy then maybe panasonic is a step up perhaps….then I saw INfocus.
but whats a list of 5 or 10 brandnames to look at. Im going to buy a projector so I want to look [...]

I was thinking of getting a projector for my home theater and i was wondering, which aspects do i need? and which one should i get? Please try and remember that i am on a budget.
I was thinking of the InFocus IN2102EP. Does this look good for my needs? Is there anything i am [...]

I would like to create an in home theater as a surprise for my husbands return home from overseas but I really do not know what to look for. I would like to use a projector to project dvds and possibly ps3 onto a 5 foot wide projection screen in a very dark room in [...]

Hello,
I have a Optoma HD65 projector set up in the living room of my apartment for entertainment. I bought the projector in late June of 2008 and have loved it since. About a year from when i bought it, aka, a couple weeks ago, i got blotches on the screen (dust), but more annoying was [...]

My mom has the perfect room in her basement for a home theater with a projector and wants to set one up for my step-dad’s birthday.
She has a speaker system for it, and that is already wired (though not installed.) I know we need a screen and projector.
What else will we need?

The room I am putting this in is 24′ long x 16′wide x 10′ high and the room will be pitch black (no ambient light). My question is with an Optoma HD70 and a screen of 145″ diagnal, does it matter what screen gain I get since there is no light? If so what do [...]

Hello - I would like to get the best picture/audio possible with the components I have.
Sony blu-ray 350 (1080p)
Sony Bravia HD278 home theatre system (w/ 1080 upscaling dvd)
Optoma HD65 projector (720p but accepts all signals)
Here’s my idea..
HDMI from blu-ray to projector
Optical cable from blu-ray to home theatre receiver
Please help as I want to purchase the [...]

I’m looking for one that has: Composite video input, audio output, RCA input, laptop/computer input (mac preferably), 1024 X 728 minimum resolution, manual zoom lens 1:1.6, and aspect ratio 4:3, 16:9, and maybe even 5:4. I’m looking for these things within $600. I’ve found some that come very close and I’m just [...]