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I am building a front projection home theatre in my new house and wanted to post my ideas and see if anyone sees any problems. This is going to be mainly for watching movies and sports in HD. I will post a componet list first. Projector: Mitsubishi HC4900Screen: Not decided...Projector people suggested I get the projector first then decide on size and screen type. Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805 THXSpeakers: Polk Audio RM85SUB: Polk Audio PSW125I am going to hold off on a Blu-ray player until prices come down and all the bells and whistles are figured out. I think they are in between models right now with Blu-ray 1.1 being the main one available with v. 2.0 coming out this fall. I think a progressive scan DVD player will be fine until then. Anyone have and suggestions? The room has no ambient light so I can opt for a projector that isn't as bright.
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That is pretty dim with only 1000 lumens. I think you'll be ok but it may not get as big as you want. I was reading some reviews on some 1500 lumen projectors and it says not bright enough to produce a very large picture. In addition, it may not be bright enough if you are having friends over to watch a game, as that would be weird to watch in complete darkness.
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This is what the lady from Projector people had to say about the projector. Quote:All 1080 projectors are designed for a dark space, preferably no windows or ambient light. If you want to have some light in the room, it would need to be at the back of the space, to keep it as dark as possible where the image is being displayed. If you are really concerned with brightness, the Panasonic PT AE2000U is the brightest 1080 there is. The Panasonic has 1500 Lumens. Looks like for 1080P there isn't much available for lots of light. Maybe I can get the lights on a dimmer or something...or just have the lights right over the screen on a seperate switch.
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I know nothing about projectors, sounds cool though being that big. I do have a question about the reciever though, does ti act as an HDMI switch (ie will all HDMI go through it?). The only reason I ask is that I thought the point of HDMI was that the signal was encoded on the player end and decoded ONLY on the TV/Display end (so no middle men). The point was so that devices could not sit in the middle and record what is going on (like the problem the movie companies had with DVDs and the ease of copying them). Looks like a cool set up though. Nice to play some NCAA on there with the characters as big as real people :)
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The receiver does have HMDI switching. This particular model has 3 inputs and 1 out. This one will upconvert non HD images to 420p as well. The more expensive ones will upconvert to 1080. It also allows you to hook up componet cables into the receiver and the image is transfered to HMDI to the projector or TV. Looks pretty sweet. I hope it works as advertised.
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ok, So I started buying the system yesterday. Here's what I got! Speakers: Polk Audio Surround system with SubProjector: Panazonic PT-AX200UReceiver: Onkyo TX-SR606Once I get in the new house I will get a screen and get it all setup. Getting excited about football season. I will take come pictures of the before and after although I don't plan to do anything dramatic with the room.
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