| Intrinsic said: Are you kidding??? I feel you on the projector front, but come on.... with a budget like rhat if ur willing to spend $4500 just for the projector; by thr time yoi factor in all tjose other costs that we know goes inot these things you will be at aroumd $6k/$7k at least. Thats not even cointing the at least $250 you are probably spending on each bulb replacement for a PJ like yours. You can land an 85" 4k HDR with every bell and whistle you can imagine for around $6k today. And believe me when I say the IQ is a night and day difference and I'm not even talking about the simplicity. I walked into a store and spent about an hour with an 85" 4k HDR tv and that was all it took. |
You make good points, can you convince my wife too :)
I'm still going to wait a year until the dust settles on HDR, but you're absolutely right, about an extra $1000 for replacement lamps so far, $1200 for the screen (although that doesn't need to be replaced), $300 for custom made 20ft long hdmi and component cables (in 2007, all so much less now), custom extension brackets for hanging the thing. That all together would buy a very nice tv today.
Hopefully the Canadian dollar recovers a bit, that hurts buying expensive electronics. 86" LG is 10k here atm, Sony 850D 11.5k
Still, since I have all the extra stuff swapping out the projector should be easy.
