No Turning Back Now

I did a sales presentation with the company projector last Friday. I noticed during the setup while the projector was turned on before we set up our screen, the projector threw a large image on the back wall.....I'd never seen our projector in a room large enough to be back far enough to throw such a large image. Curious, I took the projector home for the weekend.

I moved some things around because I already have a 61" Phillips big screen in place. I threw the image from about 18 feet onto an egshell white blank wall. Oh my goodness! I was viewing "Master and Commander" starring Russell Crowe. The image was 11 feet wide and 8 ft high. While watching this in DTS, I could have sworn that I was on the boat with the crew. I had to duck to keep the cannon balls from crashing onto the couch....we checked for damage after every battle scene. My wife and 7 year old son were overwhelmed.

The 61 inch Phillips is very nice. It is no match for my company's $1500 data projector for sheer size and scale and the "being there" feeling. This was a projector on the low end of the rung. The thought is downright frightening to know that it gets much better using a proper screen and a higher end projector. I had IMAX right in my house last weekend.

I'm bringing it home again this weekend and we're watching 'Jurassic Park' and 'Gladiator'. I will also hook up my Atari Jaguar and play 'Defender'.

I'm saving my money to buy a projector....if you have the room, there's no other way to go. I'm convinced of that now.