Home Theater Projectors

Projectors make great additions to a home theater setup. My home home theater is actually comprised of only a projector and an RCA theater sound system. Frankly, I love this setup. About the only requirements for using a projector at home are a low-lit room with a good-sized wall. You can use a screen, which normally runs about $120, or you can use a wall with special screen paint.

I use one of my walls. The wall itself is about 20 ft long, which means I can have a good widescreen of about 100 inches diagonal. The maximum for my wall/projector combo is actually around 120 inches diagonal but reducing the size positively effects the quality. In other words, making the screen smaller, increases the intensity of the light beam itself, making a brighter, higher quality picture.

There are other positive reasons to go with a projector as opposed to a large TV. If you are worried about the resolution, rest assured that most of the latest projectors do 1080p. Most have HDMI, component, and s-video inputs. Most of them have VGA or DVI input for computers. There's one final advantage. This one is my favorite actually because I'm somewhat lazy. Projectors are much easier to move. :)