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So I'm thinking a buying a projector that will be used for movies and some gaming (PS3, Wii)
Room is 20X11'6 (or TV designated space rather cuz the room is much bigger) if it matters, and I'm thinking of putting the projector on a tallish piece of furniture behind the couch (so the projector would sit about 19 ft away from the screen while eyes would be at around 18 ft. I'm hoping to get an image of 100-120 in diameter.

I am looking for a projector with 3D capability and that costs below 1400. Right now, the Optoma GT750 is the winner for me by a mile. For the price (found it for ~750+tx) it seems like the best choice by far. Internet reviews are great and saw it at a friends place also and was pleased with image quality and everything.

Any other suggestions or ideas why I should NOT get this model Optoma?Any other advice with projectors and their installation in general?

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Specialistes en projecteurs, besoin d;aide a choissir un projecteur pour des films et jeux ps3 & wii.

Doit etre 3D et moins de 1400$. Le projecteur va etre a environ 19 pieds de l'ecran et mon but est d'avoir une image de 100-120in diametre.

Pour l'instant mon premier choix est l'Optoma GT750 que j;ai trouve a 750$ en rabais et qui a des commentaires tres bons partout sur le web.

D'autres suggestions ou conseils?
 
I higly suggest a roof mount as you will often be in the way of the projection.
Be carefull for gaming id you play while standing up.

Remember that light bulb last 3000 hours max but quality starts degrading way before that. Don't forget the projector on before going to sleep.

Tv or blue ray remote, if you put your av rack next to your seating place to minimize wire lenght to projector, the remote won't be pointing to receivers so using remote won't work while seated.

Wall, do not paint it white, use home depot behr silverscreen paint

Ensure the room is usually dark like a basement. Even the best projectors aren't as good with lights turned on
 
Arsenal said:
Si sa peut t'aider :)

http://www.projectorcentral.com/top-3d-projectors.htm
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donc c'est le GT750E est cote nr 6 mais le prix est bcp bcp moins eleve

snakoil said:
I higly suggest a roof mount as you will often be in the way of the projection.
Be carefull for gaming id you play while standing up.

Remember that light bulb last 3000 hours max but quality starts degrading way before that. Don't forget the projector on before going to sleep.

Tv or blue ray remote, if you put your av rack next to your seating place to minimize wire lenght to projector, the remote won't be pointing to receivers so using remote won't work while seated.

Wall, do not paint it white, use home depot behr silverscreen paint

Ensure the room is usually dark like a basement. Even the best projectors aren't as good with lights turned on
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Great advice, thanks! It is in the basement, in a section where there;s no windows close by, so light is not a problem.

Interesting about the paint. I already painted it white and was gonna put another coat of matte white. What are the disadvantages to this vs the behr silverscreen paint you are talking about? At my buddies it was pretty ok with a white (and I think semi-glossy) paint. True that I have not seen it done on other paint so I can't compare....

I thought about wall mounting versus the piece of furniture I was looking at, there are 2 issues with this:
- from what I read, this particular Optoma model is build in such a way that it makes ceiling mounting difficult
- It wouldn't look very good because it's not a drywall ceiling (it's soft suspended ceiling) and there is a light fixture that would be in the way also. I'm still thinking about it though.

For the wires, I'm gonna pass everything through the suspended ceiling so that's gonna be ok, I wanna put the wii and ps3 in front (under the "screen") and the receiver and other stuff on the side in such a way to still easily control them from the coach. I will need some long wires, that's for sure.
 
J'avais un vraiment bon projecteur Optoma HD, vela environ 4-5 ans pour gamer et écouter des films. Tu vas avoir de besoin d'un roof mount comme l'autre gars a dit et de long fillage dépendament de ton setup. ( www.monoprice.com pour le fillage )

Quand ait venu le temps de changer l'ampoule de mon projecteur, elle a été backorder pendant plus d'un mois jusqu'a temps que je me tanne et décide de le vendre! Donc si tu achetes un projecteur, achete au minimum une ampoule de rechange, sinon 2. C'est bon pour la revente d'en avoir une d'extra!
 
le peinture behr silverscreen va aider le contraste que tu va avoir avec un mur blanc et permettre que tes noirs soient plus noirs plutot que gris.
On s'entend que c'est pas l'équivalent d'une toile mais pour le prix tu te rapproche de beaucoup comparé à ton mur blanc.
tu peut acheter de la behr silverscreen chez home depot au prix de la peinture normal

tu te pogne sur un beam pour un projecteur de cette qualité la a mois que tu veuille le retrouver en miette a terre un de ces 4! ;-)
meme si tu as un plafond suspendu tu as des trust qui passe a chaque 12-16 pouces
 
I painted my screen with Behr Silverscreen, extremely happy with it. You can find the silverscreen mixing code by googling.
 
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