Doesn't anyone have a front projection tv in their home theater?
I have wanted a digital projector for a long time. I don't know if I have enough knowledge about them right now to buy one.
I'm looking at the EzPro 739 Micro-Portable DLP Digital Projector . I like this projector because of its resolution,DLP,lamp life, & portability.
It has a resolution of 1024 by 768 which is the resolution my monitor is now. I'm looking at cnet specs and it also says '1400 x 1050 (operating)' What does this mean? My monitor is at 1024 by 768, but with some games I use 800 by 600. Would this projector handle the switch?
I don't have HDTV yet, but when I do, can this projector display a good HDTV picture?
The lamp life is 5000 hrs in economy mode. How realistic is that amount of use? Can economy mode be used all the time(4 hours a day) for a 60" picture in a dim room?
I've read it takes at least 8ft to display a 60" picture with this projector. My room is only 13" long, so I would be sitting fairly close. Since I would be so close, I'm thinking that I really would not want an LCD projector because of the 'screen door effect'. A lot of my movies have dark scenes. I've read that with DLP, the rainbow effect is more noticeable in dark scenes. I don't know I would notice the rainbow effect, but I'm thinking it is less of a problem than the screen door effect.
I like that this projector is portable so I can move it to a place where I can use a larger picture than 60". What exactly makes a projector portable? Since DLP uses thousands of little mirrors, it sounds really fragile. Is it really any more fragile than an LCD projector?
I guess main reason I have not bought a digital projector yet is because of the price. I think prices have been falling, but by how much? Maybe $10 a year on average(just guessing)? Has the price of replacement lamps dropped at all?
If it helps answer any of my questions, I would be using a projector for pc games, dvds, and SDTV TV. My computer has a dvd player and a tv tuner so it would be connected to the same source all the time.

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