Movie Room in our new house : I need projector Advice.

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: datdamkid
I bought the 4805, its an awesome projector. Question is watching a dvd on it, how come the dvd isn't using the full projection basically what i mean is if im watching it on a 4:3 tv thats what it lokos like/ but its in 16:9 mode. Looking at your picture mine does show it all wide like yours is.

So for 4:3 material it only takes up the middle 4:3 portion of the screen, right? (leaving black bars on the left and right?)
The other option for 4:3 without stretching is to "letterbox" it which zooms the middle 16:9 portion of the 4:3 material to fill the full screen and cuts off the top and bottom of the 4:3 image.

For 16:9 material, are you saying it's just taking up the middle of the screen and has a 16:9 image in the middle of the 4:3 area?
Muadib's suggestion of setting up your DVD player for 16:9 sound like the right suggestion to me.

You're not just talking about having black bars on the top and bottom of the 16:9 area, are you? The reason JP takes up the full area is that it's a 1:1.78 DVD and fills up the whole screen without bars.

Most DVDs will still have black bars on the top and bottom for me, but they should fill up the whole horizontal area of the screen. If yours has bars on all sides, something is wrong.
gladiator example with bars on top and bottom

 

[datdamkid]

does the 4805 have wireless capabilities? My brother said it does, but I cant seem to find anything in the manual. Does anyone know?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: datdamkid
does the 4805 have wireless capabilities? My brother said it does, but I cant seem to find anything in the manual. Does anyone know?

Uhh... it has a wireless remote

So you want something that can get DVI/Component etc. signals wirelessly?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I'm using a 50' run of python component cable to my 4805.

What are you hooking up and what are you hoping to send to it wirelessly?

So now does this mean that the rest of your budget is going for sound or are you going to keep the sound budget the same and save the rest of the money?