Best home theater projector for $500 to $1000 for a small living room setup?

I’m going to project from a coffee table in front of our couch. I will hang a pull down screen from below our fireplace mantle, that will only be 60 inches diagonal. The projector will be about 7 feet from the screen, or less. I would like to project dvd’s mainly. Probably no high definition. I am an artist, so I will also use the projector to enlarge digital artwork onto canvas for painting. I would prefer to stay in the lower cost range if it won’t make much difference.

Any suggestions?

I’ve been looking at:
Epson Powerlite 77c LCD projector, $550
The Epson Powerlite S5, $650
Optoma HD70 or HD65 DLP projectors, $1000+
Mitsubishi HC1600, $500
Panasonic PT AX100U, $1000

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3 Responses to “Best home theater projector for $500 to $1000 for a small living room setup?”

1. Andy says:

   November 23, 2011 at 2:02 am

   I would suggest the Optoma HD65 720p DLP Home Theater Projector
2. Pole says:

   November 23, 2011 at 2:23 am

   Epson EX70 3LCD Multimedia Projector is a good choice.
   Advanced 3LCD, 3-chip optical engine
   Native WXGA resolution (widescreen 16:10)
   HDMI audio/video port — HD quality with 1Cable
   2000 lumens color, 2000 lumens white light
3. govicseo says:

   November 23, 2011 at 2:44 am

   Here’s a personal recommendation because of the high-quality DLP imagery, built-in speaker and Farajouda deinterlacer which the following ad is offering:

   http://losangeles. craigslist. org/wst/ele/1402296812. html

   Here’s an actual 96″ diagonal movie snip from the foreign film “The Promise” shot from a distance of 14′ while the projector is on a coffee table:

   http://g-ecx. images-amazon. com/images/G/01/ciu/8a/f7/6866729fd7a0f1af104de010. L. jpg

   Good luck!