for $ 500 , you can get a 7 foot wide high quality image onto a DIY blackout screen . you must darken the room , use the component connection and rout the audio to a separate receiver or stereo . it do take some savvy to get thing right . you should also mount this to the ceiling . that cut down on noticeability of the fan noise and mean you can sit right underneath it , which be the best seat in the house . so , you need a 25 ft cable , and a ceiling mount -lrb- $ 150 ? -rrb- . although you can make that yourself . do I say wow , yet ? the sharpness be very good , although you will see screen door if you sit too close and\/or the image be too big . but I do not see screen door with the image 6 foot wide , with I 10 foot back . and you should not be closer than that anyway . you might be bother by the rainbow effect , with b&w; movie , sometimes . otoh , I notice it as soon as I get it , but it be never bother I . you should not be flicker you eye back and forth fast when watch a movie anyway . the best thing be the color and black . the image have a soft quality that be great for movie , less good for sport . the difference between my home theater and the multiplex be that the Plex have a even bigger screen and the color on it be a bit more saturated . but these front projector offer the same type of experience as the real movie . do not bother connect a ground cable signal to the projector via a VCR , the image be not good enough for the projector quality . component connection be far better than composite . I have have it for a year with no problem so far .