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Plasma TVs vs. LCD Projectors for Your Home Entertainment?

Posted by Cliff on from the which-one-would-you-buy dept.

Kent Brewster asks: "We're working on making the presence of a TV set in our living room as unobtrusive as possible. The two main flat-or-invisible screen choices seem to be plasma and LCD projection. Gateway has a $3000 42-inch plasma screen, but I see ominous comments on Usenet about how that one's not really an HDTV and therefore to be avoided. Projector Xpress has a page of Sony projectors that are at or around that $3000 mark, and the street price for a home system that's HDTV-compatible seems to be working its way down to $1000. I would love to hear from anyone who's actually owned one of the Gateway models and might be willing to discuss pros and cons; same goes for anyone who's watching TV on a video projector. How's your bulb life, and what do they cost? Is the thing hot and noisy? Was it hard to set up? Have you integrated it with your home theater? Are you using a screen, or just shooting it onto the wall? If I do this, am I going to feel like an idiot a couple of years from now when LED bulbs replace everything?"

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  1. projector all the way by Bonewalker · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I use an NEC LT-150 projector with 800 lumens. I am thrilled with it. It uses DLP technology and is HDTV ready.

    Also, I have hooked it up to my home theater and watched crystal clear DVD's on the size of my wall, played my PS2 on it, and used it as my computer screen on occasion when playing some games. It works perfectly in all of those scenarios.

    I have even pointed it outside and the picture was stunning up against the neighbor's house...it was at least 40 ft wide and 25 feet tall!

    Also, it is a very small device. Much smaller than InFocus' stuff. Very easy to hide, or remove and put away until you need it.

    Best part is they are available on ebay for less than or close to $1000.