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I've got a dillemma...
I'm selling my paintball gear which totals to around $500 because I can't afford to pay $50-100 weekly to play... and leaving the stuff sitting around is just a waste...
Thus, with my $500 budget in mind! I'm going to be making a little room for myself to chill in during the summer with friends and alone. The room itself is 13' by 16' and has two doors and a small 2' by 6" window at the very top of the room on the far wall. (Its in the basement so the window can be easily covered if I'll be using the room for a projector)
So... should I get a budget projector for for around $400 or $500 and use that to play games on, watch movies etc.
Or should I just get a nice size monitor. (~22") and spend the money elsewhere?
I'm leaning towards the projector personally since picture quality isn't that important as long as it looks decent. The only problem I can see is that budget projectors may not have many good resolutions that will let me see text clearly... Brightness seems to be fine since you can get budget projectors with anywhere from 1500-2500 lumens for a nice price.
Just remember that if I choose a projector, the $500 budget will need to also accomodate a screen... if I so choose to use one. The room however is all white and would be decent enough even without a screen... I'm thinking that I can find a projector with a rebate that I can use to buy the screen a while after using the projector.
One problem with using a large monitor is that my poor little 9600 GT won't be able to handle it all that well... although with the extra money I could upgrade my graphics... and a 22" monitor won't fill up a wallspace and thus cant really be used to watch movies etc. on...
I'm selling my paintball gear which totals to around $500 because I can't afford to pay $50-100 weekly to play... and leaving the stuff sitting around is just a waste...
Thus, with my $500 budget in mind! I'm going to be making a little room for myself to chill in during the summer with friends and alone. The room itself is 13' by 16' and has two doors and a small 2' by 6" window at the very top of the room on the far wall. (Its in the basement so the window can be easily covered if I'll be using the room for a projector)
So... should I get a budget projector for for around $400 or $500 and use that to play games on, watch movies etc.
Or should I just get a nice size monitor. (~22") and spend the money elsewhere?
I'm leaning towards the projector personally since picture quality isn't that important as long as it looks decent. The only problem I can see is that budget projectors may not have many good resolutions that will let me see text clearly... Brightness seems to be fine since you can get budget projectors with anywhere from 1500-2500 lumens for a nice price.
Just remember that if I choose a projector, the $500 budget will need to also accomodate a screen... if I so choose to use one. The room however is all white and would be decent enough even without a screen... I'm thinking that I can find a projector with a rebate that I can use to buy the screen a while after using the projector.
One problem with using a large monitor is that my poor little 9600 GT won't be able to handle it all that well... although with the extra money I could upgrade my graphics... and a 22" monitor won't fill up a wallspace and thus cant really be used to watch movies etc. on...