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Unless you are planning to spend the bucks soon to purchase a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player and play HD discs, I wouldn't recommend purchasing a 1080p projector at this time. 1080p projectors are still in the $5000+ CDN neighbourhood and if you are like many of us and will mostly be viewing SD DVD's through your projector with a decent upconverting player (e.g. Oppo or many others) you won't see a big improvement in image quality (detail) between a 720p and 1080p projector. However, if you plan to watch HD TV with the projector then going with a 1080p model may better suit your needs/desires.
Very true. I was thinking of getting a PS3 for the Bluray player, and gaming and HD sports are a pretty big component of what it'll be doing as well.
And good points about the features, the room is a walkout basement so light control is a bit of an issue (though thicker curtains will help I'm sure). Placement is pretty straight forward, ceiling mounted about 12' back.
The one I was thinking of was the new Epson 1080p one.. can be had for $3k in the US, so I was thinking of buying it there. (Just have to make sure the warranty is still applicable).
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>>John - I was in your neck of the woods 2 weeks or so ago. Was at the waterpark a concession road or two N. of Taunton Rd. and slightly W of Bowmanville cooling off the kids on a hot day while in S. Ont. visiting family. We have a waterpark in the area ? Dang !! You were probably just south of me... somewhere. I'm one road north of concession 8, maybe 8 km north of Taunton -- you were probably around conc 6 or so ? Always PM if you're going to be in the area; it doesn't take me long to clean up the house 
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Yup the waterpark is here (just off Concessional Rd 6). Thought about PM'ing you but was only in the area for a day before heading up to a cottage on Georgian Bay (just S of Thornbury). Photon - your home theater room is coming along nicely.
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Hi,
I like that ceiling. It has an old-style movie house look to it.
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Just an update.
Got the priming done and the ceiling texture is going on today. After that it'll be the first coat of paint!
I ordered my speakers late last week as well, went with 60's for the fronts, the 150 for the centre (I'll try it that way) and QS8s for the surrounds. And I went with an SVS sub, I wanted to get HSU but with no Canadian retailer for the Mk3's the shipping was just too much.
I'll post more pictures when the first coat of paint goes on.
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I can't wait to see it and hear it  . Maybe I can bring my 600 over and compare with the SVS.
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Just an update.
Got the priming done and the ceiling texture is going on today. After that it'll be the first coat of paint!
I ordered my speakers late last week as well, went with 60's for the fronts, the 150 for the centre (I'll try it that way) and QS8s for the surrounds. And I went with an SVS sub, I wanted to get HSU but with no Canadian retailer for the Mk3's the shipping was just too much.
I'll post more pictures when the first coat of paint goes on.
Which SVS did you get?
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Which SVS did you get?
I went with the 20-39PC Plus Cylinder. It came in a few days ago.
http://www.sonicboomaudio.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=477
Mojo will laugh at me, as I was telling him about being concerned about sub size since the 600 is such a brute, and this thing ends up being twice the size I had in my mind. It's HUGE. Not as big as the 600, but holy crap it's still large.
Ceiling texture and paint is on, casing and door woodwork is being done, getting close to putting in the floors (just waiting for delivery) so should have some more pics to put up soon.
Got my projector too, went with the Sanyo Z5, was just too much to go with the 1080p ones.
And waiting for my speakers too of course.
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I can't wait to see it and hear it . Maybe I can bring my 600 over and compare with the SVS.
Heh sure! You can carry it
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