Dw318 Optoma Projector

I guess most people buy their TV's because they're nice? They fit their budget, they like the picture, and they've got the right connections? Well I'm sorry, but unless it's under £500 and over 100 inches, I'm not really interested. Projectors offer such amazing wow factor for such little outlay that it beggars belief that they're not more popular than TV's. Yes, admittedly, they take much more setting up and commitment than your normal 'plonk it on the sideboard' and 'plug it in' flatscreen TV. And granted, in a bright room, the picture quality is nowhere near as good as a backlit LCD, Plasma or LED. Come to think of it, I understand why they're not more popular, but c'mon, my argument started well. In fact, this DW318 that I use is set up in a spare room. My room. Hooked up to my Xbox, a 5.1 surround sound Amp and DVD player and it's a fully fledged Cinema room. Racing games on it just feel immense, or perhaps immersive is a better word to use. Racing around a full scaled Nurburgring can see hours eroded from my life. The DW318 is 720p, But 1080p projectors can now be found for sub £1000. It has a number of inputs and even has it's own (totally useless) speaker in it for HDMI audio. Picture quality is superb compared to my old VGA projector there's little in the way of distortion, motion blur, and blacks look dark, yet detailed. Yes at 100 inches plus, you can, close up, clearly see the pixels, but sit yourself a good 6ft back and the picture is bigger (relatively speaking) than your local cinema screen.   The Dw318 is 3D capable, but you'll either need an Nvidia 3D ready Computer, or a £280 3D convertor box to take a 3D feed from your 3D bluray player or Xbox. Movie nights take on a whole new meaning, popcorn becomes essential. If you have anywhere in your house, a spare room where a fold down futon could do as a spare bed, if you have any chance of creating your own mini cinema, do it, do it now, you won't regret it.