Cool Stuff You Just Bought

[bjc]

Don't worry about a dedicated HT room just get a projector now and be done with all these miniature 75in and below TV's!

With nearly all of them being native 4k now and having hugely improved versions of the auto zoom feature (press a button and it zooms the image for scope movie watching) it is a no brainer now... I've had my JVC HD550 now for 5yrs and started out just projecting it on a wall in a rental with a small 82inch image and now have in my own house a 120inch scope screen (about 92inch 16x9) and I can guarantee that you'll NEVER buy another expensive TV again (in my case now it's just cheap 55in Soniq TV's)...

[.Stripes.]

Already got the TV for now, so projector can wait. Will definitely get one before I buy another big tv though...purely from the perspective of having to move the thing come time to move house!

[bjc]

My HT room is purely for movies, gaming, music and big tv events (V8's,rugby). I don't use it as an every day TV as the room needs to be light controlled. When I finally upgrade to a 4k PJ in 5yrs or so the JVC will then go upstairs for TV duties but by then lcd/led PJ's will be cheap as chips... As it is an entry level full HD Benq 1080 can be had for under $970 so I don't see why allot of people aren't going the big screen route at that price and easily up to 150inch screen can be had with it!

[bjc]

Just checked the AV forum (DTV) and someone is selling the W1070 (sorry, I said 1080 which was wrong) for $600 with only 800hrs on the bulb! That my friends is the cheapest I've ever seen them for 2nd...

Link- http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?/topic/191400-Fs:-Benq-W1070-Full-Hd-Projector

[k31th]

damn, projectors seem to hold their value better than expected... 2 years old and 800+ hours of usage, you'd think more than half of the original value would be gone.

[bjc]

Nope. 800hrs is nothing for starters. The higher end units $5k+ sell for roughly the same 60%+ of the value depending on age and hours used. Bulbs are cheap in comparison so not an issue really...

[k31th]

if you use for a TV, yeah, definitely 800hrs is a pretty small number.

[masda74]

The upgrade arrived!

So Az, you thinking of selling the old TV?

My 6/7 year old 46" tv needs to be upgraded.

[Krazy Kyle]

im currently working on/off in south korea. Easiest form of transport is pushie, plus its quite mountainous. bought myself a bike to get around on and do a little cross training on

[Pixy Angel]

Nice good bikes the cannondale. I got a new road about 12 months ago enjoy mate.