Hi,
I am planning to convert my guest room into a dedicated HT Room.
First planned to complete the purchase of the porjector to begin with and then later add an AVR.
Intially wanted to go for an LED projector(LG 75U LED Porjecotr) but as this is purely for movies and not for any gaming activities decided to go for a bulb based projector with better lumens and quality.
After lot of research and reading shortlisted 2 models:
Benq w 1070 and
Optoma HD 25
Had a demo of Benq model and Optoma Hd 20 but not in a dedicated room and liked the Benq model. Then visited another dealer and had a demo of Panasonic AE 7000 in a dedicated room.
Now my wife and Daughter are voting for this Panasonic AE 7000 and my wife's argument is once we buy this we should not think about upgrading for the next 3 -5 years. We have Bought a LG 47LM 7600 in August 2012 exclusively for watching movies as an addition and upgrade over our 5 year old LG 42 LCD TV.
Have almost decided on Panasonic AE 7000 and have paid an initial amount, now reading through certain forums where some people are suggesting that Panasonic is going to shut down their home projection market.
Will this be a good buy at 1.6L with Bill and warranty or to buy Epson TW8100 at around 1.5L.
As per the reviews nothing much different between these 2 with Pana having the lens memory feature while Epson providing the PIP mode and Epson being slighty brighter with 2400 lumes compared to Pana with 2000 lumens.
Please suggest as I need to make the decision by today
I am planning to convert my guest room into a dedicated HT Room.
First planned to complete the purchase of the porjector to begin with and then later add an AVR.
Intially wanted to go for an LED projector(LG 75U LED Porjecotr) but as this is purely for movies and not for any gaming activities decided to go for a bulb based projector with better lumens and quality.
After lot of research and reading shortlisted 2 models:
Benq w 1070 and
Optoma HD 25
Had a demo of Benq model and Optoma Hd 20 but not in a dedicated room and liked the Benq model. Then visited another dealer and had a demo of Panasonic AE 7000 in a dedicated room.
Now my wife and Daughter are voting for this Panasonic AE 7000 and my wife's argument is once we buy this we should not think about upgrading for the next 3 -5 years. We have Bought a LG 47LM 7600 in August 2012 exclusively for watching movies as an addition and upgrade over our 5 year old LG 42 LCD TV.
Have almost decided on Panasonic AE 7000 and have paid an initial amount, now reading through certain forums where some people are suggesting that Panasonic is going to shut down their home projection market.
Will this be a good buy at 1.6L with Bill and warranty or to buy Epson TW8100 at around 1.5L.
As per the reviews nothing much different between these 2 with Pana having the lens memory feature while Epson providing the PIP mode and Epson being slighty brighter with 2400 lumes compared to Pana with 2000 lumens.
Please suggest as I need to make the decision by today