Home Theater setup: Conflicted on what to do

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Current hardware to work with (2 bedroom duplex):

Velodyne VX-10 sub

Velodyne CHT 5 speaker set

Onkyo SR502 receiver

Dish Network 811 HD receiver

Compooter with a 6800NU and Hauppague MCE tv card

Olevia 30" LCD

Logitech Z560s

Panasonic 53x54 HDTV (53")

Xbox

Gamecube

Dreamcast

Norcent 301 DVD player (non progressive scan)

What the problem basically comes down to is this:

I've decided to use the 30" LCD as my computer monitor in a bedroom, computer with Z560s

53" Panasonic HDTV as the tv in the den, with all the other equipment

Now I'm not sure if I want to drop the $1000 on the LCD (already have it, but still in the box) and then $1300 on the TV this Friday. I have been considering the projector thing for a long time, just never got around to doing it. Certainly cheaper...

But if I do a projector, would I want to use that for my computer as well, and move my computer to the den? Then could use the Z560s instead of the 5.1 system I have.

I dunno if a projector would even work, may not sit far enough back to focus. The room is roughly 10.5x15.5 And still haven't figured out how to mount the rear speakers, since the couch is probably going to go up against the wall.

So do teh projector and cut out a rear-projection TV and computer monitor? Saves $2000. Or just get the big tv and 30" lcd and be done wif it?

 

[jammur21]

How's your light control in the room where the projector might go? I have an X1, and on a sunny day without very good light control it is nearly useless unless you're willing to give yourself a headache. You might be better off going with the big Panasonic and a projector in your living room with the HT set up for both of them, a screen that pulls in front the TV; and return/ebay the Olevia and maybe get a Dell lcd for a couple hundred.

Good projector website
http://www.projectorcentral.com/

Calculate your throw/image size for each model
http://www.projectorcentral.co...jection-calculator.cfm

Infocus X1
Olevia 30
Onkyo 601 w/ Onkyo HTS-760 6.1
Xbox
PC