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Are you tired of watching your favorite movies and programs on your tiny screen and thinking of finally upgrading to an awesome giant screen TV? Selecting between big screen HDTV pics like plasma, LCD, rear projection or front projection shouldn't be that difficult. If you have the space like a good size separate media room AND the room is dark enough, then a home theater projector like an Optima Front Projection TV is an excellent choice.

People can get conflicted about buying a big screen HDTV because of the size-versus-price conundrum. They want a BIG screen with a little price tag, and it just can’t be done. Front projection TV systems are priced very competitively, though, and they usually do give you the biggest picture possible for the amount of money you want to spend. For example, you could find the best price Optima HD72 projector for under $1,900 (including free shipping from places like amazon). That is very competitively priced considering it throws a 100" diagonal picture from 12 feet away. That’s a BIG picture for a very good price. (NOTE: If you can’t find "Optima" when you do a web search, try "Optoma". That’s actually the way it’s spelled, but "Optima" is a very common misspelling.)

Some Advantages of Front Projection TV's:

As we've mentioned, a front projection TV is a great value for the money. It also gives a BIG picture which more closely resembles a theater experience.

Another advantage is that it isn’t the focal point of your room when it’s off. Big screen HDTV’s are…BIG. They take up room and they sit there and look like a big TV. The new ones are much sleeker and nicer looking than the old CRT big screens, and they don’t take up quite as much room, but they are still big television sets.

Not so with a front projection TV. The projector and screen can easily be hidden away. The focal point of your home theater room doesn’t have to be the TV anymore, except when you want it to be.

Most front projection TV’s are easy to install and use, and they have multiple inputs so that you can watch TV or movies, play video games on your Xbox or PlayStation, or hook up your computer to it.

The biggest disadvantage to using a front projection TV is that the bulbs burn out over time and need to be replaced. They can be a bit pricey, so a lot of people reserve this TV for movies and special events. Front projection TV’s aren’t usually used to watch Saturday morning cartoons or the news.

Projector Screens

You can project the picture onto any flat surface, of course. That includes the wall, or the side of the house, or a sheet in the back yard. For true theater viewing, though, you want a projector screen.

You could use a pull-down screen like they showed pictures on when you were in grade school, but it’s not much better than a wall. You really want a screen that has a hard surface so that it remains completely flat, without any wrinkles or distortions.

Your screen can be mounted on the wall, or you can buy a motorized system that tucks the screen out of site when you’re not using it. You can also easily hide a wall-mounted screen behind a curtain.

LCD or DLP?

Front projection TV’s are usually either LCD or DLP. Both technologies have their advantages; it’s pretty much a matter of choice which one is better. Both technologies produce great images and they are constantly improving.

LCD, or liquid crystal display, uses three liquid crystal panels in red, green and blue to generate an image. The result is rich color and sharp images. LCD gives you poor contrast, though, and scenes that are dark or have a lot of gray in them may be difficult to see.

DLP technology, on the other hand, generates the image by reflecting light off of millions of flipping tiny mirrors (no, really—they work by flipping around). The image quality and color may be a little inferior to an LCD image, but the contrast is better.

The Optoma HD 72 front projection TV uses DLP technology, and it is highly recommended by home theater users. It is the most affordable DLP projector available and it produces an excellent picture. Like most DLP projectors, it is small and lightweight. The case is white, so it can be unobtrusively mounted against a white ceiling. The Optoma lets you enjoy true home theater picture size for about the same money you would spend on most rear projection big screen HDTV sets.

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