Epson PowerLite 410W Multimedia Projector Short Throw WXGA - Refurbished $199 Shipped

Quote from Jons : http://www.amazon.com/Epson-Power...B002673AY8

Only $1,165.00 for this PoS at Scamazon? In for 10!

How much does replacement bulb for this cost?

Quote from 1mememe : Any good deal on a projector that would be great for movies and gaming ??

I haven't looked recently, but anything decent for movies and games would cost $400-$600 for a 720p, unless you get really lucky. This one is a business projector, not home theater.

It has a NIC for monitoring and controls. that's interesting, I guess...

So I read it has 87" diag at 3.4' distance. So that would be 46" Hight at 40" distance at 16:10 native ratio. so 16:9 would be almost a 1:1 ration. So if you have a 10 Foot High wall the lenses would need to be a little less then 10 feet from the wall.

I kinda want to mount this over my bed some how so I can lay in bed and watch a large screen display laying flat on my back.

ELPLP42 Replacement Projector Lamp / Bulb (170W) (projector rated at 251W, 4.9W stand by with network)
Always be prepared! Buy an extra lamp for your projector.
Product In Stock V13H010L42 Our Price: $199.00*

so replacement bulb bought at time is the same as the projector itself.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com sells for $150

http://www.officeelements.net/Ima...w_spec.pdf

Better than a pico projector for about the same price
Edit lulz just watched this video. Ahem not quite a pico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6nfo2Ya0FY!

I wish I had a use for one of these. The short throw feature is quite cool, but I have no use for a short throw projector.

Quote from 1mememe : Any good deal on a projector that would be great for movies and gaming ??

Would really be useful to know your:
1) absolute budget
2) optimal screen size
3) seating distance
4) rough idea of how dark you're able to get your room
5) rough idea of how quiet you want your room to be

An estimate of how long the pj will run per day would be good too, along with how often you expect to turn it on and off (how long per session, and how many hours per day).

You don't need to know all the above, but if you're coming to SD, a budget at least would be nice.

Personally, I had an old bulb pj that was super loud and pretty bulky (vcr-sized) and got pretty hot, so I was glad to go with the Acer K330 500-lumen LED pj right when it came out. I wanted something portable and relatively care-free to use (turn it on, turn it off, move it around, whatever), and the K330 still hit most of my needs. The weird diamond pixels were a little off for reading, but you said you're looking for movie and game use, and it does just fine. 720p native, 1080p looks good too. The K330 500-lumen LED also gets decent detail at 80" in the daytime even with just dark yellow non-blocking drapes in my room, a den with a big glass sliding door. That's 80" at about 7-8' on the fixed-zoom lens.

The 500-lumen LED pjs go for $450-500 now, when they came out for $500-550 15 months ago. I think 300 lumen LED pjs would still work in just a little darker room (like 1-2 regular sized windows with darkish drapes, or better, blackout cloth/blinds), and those can be found for $300-350.

Best bet is to see if you can buy, try, and return pjs with different features and try them out in your intended place and screen size, with your usual light level, and note the lumen ratings and bulb/LED combinations that just aren't good enough for your conditions. If LED pjs give you good enough performance, I'd recommend you go with them just to get rid of bulb changes and reduce heat and noise. LED pjs are much more resilient to being flipped on-and-off and tossed about too, so they make excellent portable or random houseroom pjs.

The only things you really miss from comparably-priced bulb pjs are brighter beams if you really like to turn your ambient light up or have the room for 120"+ screen, adjustable zoom, 1080p native (unless you go >$900 for LED), and horizontal keystoning.

Quote from braincrusher : Better than a pico projector for about the same price Edit lulz just watched this video. Ahem not quite a pico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6nfo2Ya0FY!

I'd hit that, but I think it'd lock me out of the ship and leave me to die a horrible lonely death in space.

Quote from 1mememe : Any good deal on a projector that would be great for movies and gaming ??

go for a led projector if you want to avoid spending money on bulbs every other year. i have optoma ml500 and lg pa70.both are great.

Quote from mangodrink : I'd hit that, but I think it'd lock me out of the ship and leave me to die a horrible lonely death in space.

I'd hit it as well. The girl isn't bad either

LED's are dim. I'd stay away from them until the technology improves, unless you have a 100% light controlled room.