HD projectors

[Waitey]

Are any actually any good?

I have a spare room I use for nothing, so I fancy making a gaming room out of it.

What kind of budget gets you a good one?

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Optoma GT 750 is what i have, Around £500 and gives a fantastic picture for the money. If you up it to £1000 they obviously get even better.

 

[C.J]

Optoma are very good projectors, AVF rate them. Hell, Apple sell them.

I've looked into these a lot for my dedicated room. Best option, find a local independent AV store that will let you try them out. There's one in York (Wall of Sound - they have two stores) who have a dedicated room. They are pricey, but you can get a feel for it. You want to compare the two types (DLP & LCD), a bit like LCD & Plasma.

 

[mantis946]

I think I picked mine up for just shy of £800 many moons ago, the HD200X I have has only had 1 issue in the last 4-5 years and it was the colour wheel getting dirty (caused the image to stick to a colour) It's still on it's original lamp (Not that expensive to replace anyway) only negative thing's I'd say in comparison to a large TV is the noise of the fan, it's by no means loud but my PC is silent so it's audible.

Projected onto the roof:

Look's like you can pick them up now for around £600 or less if you shop about.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/optoma-hd230x-1080p-full-hd-home-cinema-projector