Acer H5360 720p Home Theater DLP Projector $349.99 + Free Shipping

Quote from richman : I'm confused, most repairs are gonna cost a hell of a lot more than 20 dollars or 50 dollars, so if it costs 100 dollars to repair, does that mean they only repair it one time, from what you are saying. Help me understand. Or if they find out it will cost 400 dollars to repair they will send the broken PJ back to me and refund my policy?

I'm guessing you substitute the PROJECTOR sales price ($350) and MSRP ($670), right? If that's the case, this is a huge difference in the amounts covered.

Quote from richman : I'm confused, most repairs are gonna cost a hell of a lot more than 20 dollars or 50 dollars, so if it costs 100 dollars to repair, does that mean they only repair it one time, from what you are saying. Help me understand. Or if they find out it will cost 400 dollars to repair they will send the broken PJ back to me and refund my policy?

Quote from mattzane227 : What? I think the cap is the cost of the item, not the cost of the warranty.

there are different types for different items. That's why most are based on categories.
Most importantly, warranties from third-parties are one-time replacements up to the total cost of the depreciated item(sort of like a car). Parts come in cheap and they have contracts with foreign companies.
Say, the most common failure for this type of projector or any is the electronic ballast. It costs up to 20 bucks in the US(which is why i gave $20 as an example). But if you have a contract, parts will be cheaper and labor will be cheap as well, especially overseas. Probably $5 total but they give you a sheet with US prices for caps.
Do not confuse this with car insurance or anything of the sort. Electronics depreciate rapidly and so do its parts.
Do you think they're out to lose money? lol

If this were HDMI 1.4 compatible for 3D I'd be all over this. Even if it was a couple hundred dollars more. I can't believe that 2 years after Acer introduced this ground-breaking PJ, they haven't done a simple HDMI 1.4 interface upgrade to it. So many flat panel 3D TVs all come with HDMI 1.4 interfaces these days. I've got a 65 inch 3D TV, and just recently bought a 23 inch Asus monitor for just around $200 adn both work great with the HDMI 1.4 i/f . I really don't want to be messing with the Nvidia 3D stuff, drivers, emitters and what not.

For 3D, you need to bone up on a pretty confusing set of standards, incompatibilities and requirements and how they fit together:

http://www.best-3dtvs.com/guides/...mat-guide/

http://3dvision-blog.com/forum/

http://3dvision-blog.com/

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1240499...he-3d-htpc


In the last year or so, 3D is simplified significantly with HDMI 1.4, atleast for video and movies.

But even for a 2D HD PJ this is a great deal, so no faulting this!

Quote from McNasty : No discount - just check $300-$399 for home theater. What's this discount you speak of? Any thoughts on the value of a ST warranty with this projector?

I was talking about the squaretrade discount offered a few times per month every month pretty much. 30%

Quote from dealsalways : If this were HDMI 1.4 compatible for 3D I'd be all over this. Even if it was a couple hundred dollars more. I can't believe that 2 years after Acer introduced this ground-breaking PJ, they haven't done a simple HDMI 1.4 interface upgrade to it. So many flat panel 3D TVs all come with HDMI 1.4 interfaces these days. I've got a 65 inch 3D TV, and just recently bought a 23 inch Asus monitor for just around $200 adn both work great with the HDMI 1.4 i/f . I really don't want to be messing with the Nvidia 3D stuff, drivers, emitters and what not. For 3D, you need to bone up on a pretty confusing set of standards, incompatibilities and requirements and how they fit together: http://www.best-3dtvs.com/guides/...mat-guide/ http://3dvision-blog.com/forum/ http://3dvision-blog.com/ http://www.avsforum.com/t/1240499...he-3d-htpc In the last year or so, 3D is simplified significantly with HDMI 1.4, atleast for video and movies. But even for a 2D HD PJ this is a great deal, so no faulting this!

htpc + nvidia 3d vision glasses = 100" screen of pure 3d awesomeness.
My cousin bought this projector for 450 and I was quite jealous when he showed me his setup and the 3d stuff.
Now, I can have my own. I already have an older projector so I'd have to remake my screen.

Quote from ChristianM19 : htpc + nvidia 3d vision glasses = 100" screen of pure 3d awesomeness. My cousin bought this projector for 450 and I was quite jealous when he showed me his setup and the 3d stuff. Now, I can have my own. I already have an older projector so I'd have to remake my screen.

I am a little confused, I thought I needed a converter box in order to watch 3d but after doing some reading I realized I can do it with my ATI video card. My question is, Do i need to buy the 3d glasses kit, or can i just grab a pair of nvidia glasses from ebay?

let's talk projects screens .... what should I get ? homemade ?

http://www.draperinc.com/projecti...nsmain.asp

great screen and great prices.

Quote from tremendazo : I am a little confused, I thought I needed a converter box in order to watch 3d but after doing some reading I realized I can do it with my ATI video card. My question is, Do i need to buy the 3d glasses kit, or can i just grab a pair of nvidia glasses from ebay?

i don't know about ati video cards. My cousin had an nvidia card and he was playing 3d movies from his pc with nvidia software and his gtx graphics card.

Word of advice if you want your projector to run for a long time..Remember projectors are not like TV you cannot just turn them on and off frequently.. If you're going to turn on your projector I suggest leaving it on for at least 2 hours.. I've owned 3 projectors including this one.. I have a Mitsubishi Hc1600 that I have owned for 5 years in my room and have put over 6000 hours on my original bulb and its still going great.. I've read you put the most stress on your projector when they start up.. So the more you turn them on and off the more stress you put on them. I use PJ about 3-4 times a week and when I do they usually stay one for at least 3 hours.. If i need to watch something real quick I usually just turn on my TV and not my PJ..

Quote from OP : let's talk projects screens .... what should I get ? homemade ?

IMO the best screen there is is a Dalite Hipower. The screen surface is almost magical in how well it rejects reflections, and the brightness and gain it provides (both for table mounts and ceiling mounts). It tends to be quite a bit more expensive than the others, but the difference is very perceptible. For a 3D projector, since you can use all the brightness you can get a Hipower screen I'd imagine it should be even better of a choice (I don't have a 3D projector now).

I've found the best prices for Dalite projector screens to be from

http://thefinalclick.com

You can get good value projector screens from other places like monoprice. I'm sure they'd be satisfactory. But in the few hundred dollar range for something like this I'm not that price-sensitive so a Highpower would be my choice.

It's not easy to do comparison testing of screens due to returns difficulty etc.

I thought over this for 2 days and decided to buy it this morning. My InFocus 4805 was good to me for 7 years until the light tunnel went to pieces. A lot of negative reviews on dead pixels and I hope mine won't do that.

How does this compare to the Dell M110, which is at the same price?

http://slickdeals.net/f/5554016-D...NewEgg-com

or the LG PA70G which is $50 more?

http://slickdeals.net/f/5563616-L...ys-B-M-399

bought one ! lets hope for the best