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« on: November 17, 2006, 05:02:19 PM »
honestly kings x i am in the same kind of situation as you - i wanted a CHEAP CHEAP home theater setup so i did this:
infocus 4805 projector (480p) - $700 you can probably get it cheaper now (the newer version even - Infocus IN72)
RCA 500watt 5.1 reciever + 5 speakers/sub (HTIB) at wal-mart - $130
unofficial ceiling mount on ebay - $50 (vs $300 for "official" mount, lol - mine hasnt fallen yet!)
various cables - $70 (i did need a 16 foot component cable, costed 40 or so - but you can connect it to your wii with an rca cable splice)
total cost $950-$1000
i know all these audiophiles out there are saying "oh my god how can you possibly hear everything clearly" but a speaker is a speaker in my opinion. and all those videophiles are saying "theres not enough lumens in that to project the image onto the face of the moon" and yes they are correct. I pretty much have to play in the dark, like with many front projectors. i've heard "higher quality" speakers and yes, the sound does sound better and everything, but i just can't bring myself to spend much on an audio setup until maybe i get my own house or something.
if all you wanna do is watch movies and play games, a front projector might be for you (standard dvds are 480p so my projector resolution matches perfectly). i'm personally going to skip the whole 720p and go straight to 1080p in a couple years and get an HD-DVD player or Blu-Ray (if, god forbid, sony wins the hd dvd wars)
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