That's the plan (to put it in the basement). Sorry for the confusion about the HD2+. What I meant was that by the time I get this setup (maybe in the next few months) the HD2+ will be replacing the HD2's so companies such as BenQ will be replacing their PE8700 with a newer model with a newer chip. This means the older PE8700 will be even more affordable. I don't know of any plans for the 8700's to get the new chip. And certainly not at the cheaper price I would be looking at.
I'll investigate those other projectors if I should expect them to be similar quality.
This quality projector could be overkill having not seen the different ones to compare. I will have to get out somewhere and get a feel for just "how good" these are. Obviously you know a lot about them and felt I might not need this much.
-Nick
