Woohoo! My basement (and subsequently, my theater room) is started. So it's time to start looking at new gear, and of course, that comes with tons of questions.
Screens: Looking at the acoustic screens. Has anybody tried them?
This one at Costco is a wall mount. How would one get a speaker in behind? I would imagine the screen sits fairly close to the wall. Mounting on the ceiling won't be an option for me, as I've decided to go with a paneled ceiling for ease of wiring.
Secondly, motorized screens. As neat as I think it is to have a screen controlled by my amp, is there really much of a point? Do you folks running projectors feel the need to retract the screen very often?
Projectors: What's good? Hoping to have the basement as dark as possible, but being a walkout with lots of windows, it may prove to be tough, so something that works well with a bit of ambient light is important. I'm up to speed enough on TV's, not on projectors. I know the Optomas were popular in this thread. Looking at the ones at Costco, is there actually a $2000 difference between the two?
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Wiring: Is there any loss of signal over a longer run of HDMI cable? Haven't measured, but I'd imagine I'd need 40 feet to go to my amp.