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Most fabric stores carry blackout fabric and it does improve the picture. I highly recommend it. You may want to add speakers as well the sound is a bit faint. Simple and easy projector with a beautiful picture. I made my own movie screen out of blackout fabric.
My daughter uses it for trade shows when she travels.very easy carry on. Also hooked up wireless speakers a few times as well as the X-box.after seeing how well mine works and how easy it is, my brother-in-law ran out and purchased 2 for gifts. can't say enough great thins about it. I love this product. I used it in conjunction with a 12' diagonal inflatable screen for outdoor movies during the summer.
You plug it in, insert a DVD, and pretty much go from there. I also haven't seen them in stores. If you're looking for an indoor projector, I think you could have a better setup with a ceiling-mounted projector and regular video inputs and surround sound.I opted for the non-HD projector because I didn't think it was worth all the extra money. I think anything that plugs into a tv with video/audio inputs can be plugged into the Epson. If you can find it, this little Epson is a good machine.
I don't know why this unit is out of stock everywhere. I'm not that picky.The sound that comes out of the 2 side speakers is actually pretty impressive. Even the Epson store doesn't carry them. I had an order in with Amazon for one, but after 3 weeks I hadn't gotten any shipping notice, so I cancelled it and went searching for another online vendor. The remote allows more fine tuning than the buttons on the unit (zoom, picture aspect, color settings, etc), so definitely don't lose the remote. In the box = projector, dust case, power cord.
I wanted a projector unit that would play DVDs because I didn't want to have to drag too many components outside every time we watched a movie. It's enough that we don't need to add speakers if there's just a small group watching a movie. That's it. I did buy this projector for outdoor movies, not for indoor watching. I like that you can manually zoom the picture in or out without having to movie the projector itself. Depending on your use, the built-in speakers may be adequate.It's extremely easy to set up.
Having said that, the picture that is projected is very clear and nice, so if you're able to tell the difference between a regular DVD and an HD-picture, you may be able to tell the difference with the projectors as well. However, when we brought it out for a bbq, we did plug in computer speakers (through the headphone jack) for a more projected sound.
We painted a white screen on the wall. It was very easy to set up and run. I ordered the projector to use for camping. The picture is very good we are enjoying older movies again and watching new ones is even more exciting. My husband even hooked up our surround sound to it. We think showing big movies around the campfire will be great fun this summer. In the meantime we have set up a theater room in the family room in our basement.
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