Help buying a new projector and screen

[L1ght]

Hi I need some help buying a new projector. I have no knowledge and was hopping for some help.

It's for my brothers spare room and his budget i think would be around £1000 or lower for the projector.

All help is really appreciated thanks.

 

[lucid]

Is "£1000" just for the projector, or has it got to spread across projector, pj ceiling bracket, pj screen and cabling?

 

[L1ght]

I'm not totally sure, I think the most part he was looking at the projector and possibly the screen as well.

 

[Phate]

As lucid will explain (in a much better way than me) sorting out a projector setup is not simply a case of buying all the bits and nailing it together, no.

What you need to figure/find out:

- Distance from the viewing position to the screen
- Distance from the projector position to the screen
- Desired screen size to determine the required 'throw ratio'
- How're you going to put the content through the projector

Have a read of this thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18624017

It's a thread I made which went on with many lengthy discussions and covers a lot of the commonly asked questions. I should give you a good starting ground

 

[L1ght]

Thanks for the reply I'll check out the thread.

 

[vintage-x]

One projector to look at is the optima hd26. At £560 its a bargain (although I admit I got mine for free) the picture is great and gives more money for the screen and everything else