Quote Originally Posted by raulv2003
I need to buy a front projector and need a reccomendation. I will mostly use it to view movies at night so lighting will not be a problem. I have a Da-Lite 96" W screen and the projector will have to be 18ft from the screen. The projector sits pretty well centered on the screen so not too much correction should be necessary. I would like to have something that is HD ready. I'm hoping to stay under $1,500. Can someone lead me to some reviews or reccomendations? Thank you.
Getting a 96" picture from 18 ft is going to be difficult. Most projectors will have a lens zoom of 1-1.4X which means that to get a 96" picture you'll need to have the projector at a distance of between about 10-14 feet. I believe all new projectors are HD ready.